Jamal Murray

“I really wanted to step up my defense night in, night out. So that's my mindset, just playing defense and trying to be consistent with that.”

“You don't want to be the selfish point guard. You want to be the guy that gets everybody open, that makes plays, and see the ball move before it goes in.”

“My dad knows me better than anybody else. He probably knows me better than me.”

“Having the coach trust in me, that means a lot.”

“My whole life I played the point, so naturally I think as a point. Two guard, I get to score more... During the game, I like to mix it up.”

“The color of my skin should not determine whether I live or die.”

“Life is a weird thing because it puts roadblocks in front of you, sometimes you gotta go through it, sometimes you gotta go around it, sometimes you gotta take a pause and look back at what you're gonna do, have a plan.”

“It's cool to turn some heads.”

“At Kentucky, that was my job - coming off screens, catch and shoot, spacing the floor - no hesitations. Just go right into my shot - don't focus on the defender.”

“When we go out and play the teams that we need to beat that aren't near our level, then we've got to go out there and blow them out.”

“Not every cop is bad, not every white person is bad or racist.”

“We make mistakes, but we learn from them.”

“When I was six years old, I was always playing with the 10-year-olds. When I was 10, I was always playing with the 14-year-olds.”

“Fatigue is one thing. Injuries are another. But if you are just tired because you just practiced - well, I'm not having that.”

“I grew up very disciplined and doing what I had to do.”

“Bruce Lee took his craft very seriously, just as my dad took his stuff very seriously. I just loved Lee's attitude.”

“It doesn't matter who you're playing against. It's what you can do with your ability and what you believe in.”

“I was very disciplined growing up. If I didn't want to run hills, I ran hills; if I didn't want to jog around the block, I jogged around the block.”

“For it not to be safe for kids in school, it's tragic.”