A biography for Jamal Murrayhasn’t been written yet.
“It's hard to say a favorite rapper. If I had to pick two, I'm going to go with Busta Rhymes and Jay-Z.”
“You want to make every shot, but it's not going to happen like that.”
“I just want to go to the right team. The team that wants me. The team that believes in my potential.”
“I just go out there and play basketball. I'm not worried about missing. I just got to be thinking about the next shot.”
“I don't let other people get under my skin.”
“I believe I can score on anybody.”
“My dad is the person who taught me how important the mental side of the game is. He studied kung fu growing up and he taught me how to meditate when I was a kid.”
“As a child, I was competitive in whatever it was - first one to eat your wings, first one to run to the door. In everything we were competitive. I always wanted to have the edge.”
“I play with a lot of heart, play with a lot of passion. And when you're fighting for something, it means a whole lot more.”
“I always bounce back.”
“It's not just passing, I gotta play defense, I gotta rebound, I gotta talk, I could have 40 and not talk and not bring energy. But it's just trying to have an all-around game, just trying to be the leader I can be, get the pace up.”
“Favorite rap album? Damn. Lil Wayne's mixtapes... He got a lot of good mixtapes like 'Da Drought 3.'”
“Meditation helps me see things clearer. When things are going fast, it helps me slow them down.”
“Coming from Canada, I've always had people doubt me or doubt my ability. We're just going to keep letting our game talk.”
“You see who the real people are when they're challenged.”
“The point guard thing was I had to figure out how to score when I'm hot, and how to distribute and make sure everybody is happy. Because I can be happy scoring the ball. But when everybody isn't touching the ball, and we're not making the defense move, it's kind of pointless. So, I've got to find a way to keep everybody in the loop.”
“I remember playing hockey as a kid - I was goalie in gym class and I was pretty good at it. But basketball was my passion. As a kid I went to class, came back from school, did my homework and went straight across the street to practice.”
“If you actually understand and listen to what he's saying, there's no one that can compete with Eminem. That's why no one goes at Eminem because everybody knows Eminem is just, he's too good in a rap battle.”
“When you go to like the Nike Hoops Summit, or the All-Canadian Game, all those really matter in your development and how people perceive you as far as how good of a player you are.”
“When I'm talking to my teammates, being the vocal leader, going up and down, pushing everyone, they tend to follow.”