A biography for Jaren Jacksonhasn’t been written yet.
“I wanted to find a way to use my first shoe deal to promote girls and women in sports.”
“People are gonna score sometimes, and you've just gotta get over it.”
“You do anything hard, you are going to be success.”
“If I can make one person feel good from something I've done, that is cool.”
“I've been rapping since I was, probably, 14.”
“Being together, unselfish and competing hard. Do that, and everything else pretty much takes care of itself.”
“You're always going to make mistakes, but the point is to just keep pushing, playing hard and being there for your teammates.”
“I just make music you feel good to, stuff you can play to turn up, to chill, whatever. It's more of a feel. It sounds good. I create more than I rap. I try to, sonically, please.”
“Summer league is honestly like practice, if that. Maybe not even.”
“As a rookie, you're supposed to stay grounded, play defense and do all the little things.”
“You look at the big perspective, which is you want to be pushed. Your main goal is winning games and improving as a person and a player. So all those things screamed Michigan State.”
“I don't really like to do media training. But if you ever see me talking while I'm standing still and my eyes aren't moving, I'm not into it. That's not me. I'm just doing it.”
“I like to do everything that can help my team win.”
“The Oklahoma City Thunder, they asked me to sell them a pen, like 'The Wolf of Wall Street.' I just thought that was funny. We started off with that, so I was taken aback a little bit. I've seen the movie so I was able to kinda do it, but that was really interesting.”
“You've got to be quick. You've got to be able to handle the ball.”
“If you're not learning, then what are you doing?”
“At the end of the day, lingering frustration only makes it harder to do your job and make adjustments.”
“I grew up in a position-less age of basketball, I guess you want to call it.”
“Finding meaningful ways to support the youth and families in the city of Memphis is very powerful.”
“In terms of shooting, just me being out there, I feel like I can space the floor.”