A biography for Jamal Crawfordhasn’t been written yet.
“You look at my career, when the fit was right, I contributed on the court.”
“Basketball has given me everything.”
“My earliest childhood memories are of my dad putting a basketball in my hand and playing with me in our backyard.”
“Seattle is home, that's first and foremost.”
“As I've grown in the league and in life, having my kids around and seeing their growth and development is special and it's something I wouldn't trade for all the jobs in the world.”
“I played with Eddy Curry twice and in New York, the second time, he asked, 'Who are you?' My first to fourth year I was a different person. I started thinking big picture, that maybe I don't have all the answers.”
“I love passing. I really do. And I try to get my teammates easy stuff.”
“It's weird watching games and being apart from it but seeing teams that could use you in certain situations. You see where you could help different clubs in different ways.”
“When I was younger, I used to always think making it to the NBA would be the coolest thing in the world. I'd dream about it every day. But as you progress and you attain that goal, then you realize the coolest thing is the effect you can have on people, and kids especially.”
“It takes a certain level of maturity to get hit and get knocked down and get back up.”
“Shooters shoot. The worst thing a shooter can do is think. That's the best defense out there.”
“Derek Jeter seems like a cool dude.”
“It doesn't matter if it's one person in the gym or 10,000, I've always played to win.”
“Wherever I go, I have a basketball with me. I used to dribble a basketball down the street to the movie theater, to the mall.”
“When you love the game, playing is easy.”
“I think if you're in love, you're willing to do anything that comes with it.”
“Playing shooting guard is different. On defense you have to chase guys around more. On the point I'm just guarding guys on top.”
“The goal is to win a championship, but when you win and you play pretty well, and you start hearing 'All-Star' and 'Sixth Man.' That's really unbelievable.”
“Obviously you want to play hard all the time, but at different moments of the game you step it up even more.”