A biography for Jaren Jacksonhasn’t been written yet.
“It's an awesome thing to see the Jr. NBA providing a platform to reward and empower young athletes who have displayed exceptional passion, leadership and work ethic.”
“I'm getting older and the older you get, the more scheduled everything is. It becomes more of a business than just coming around and playing pickup.”
“You have to get on the outside hip of the player, and you have to make sure that if you're chasing over a screen, that you stay attached. If you're gonna go under, you stay attached and then you dart under at the last second to make the screener think that you're gonna go over - so he doesn't clip you.”
“If you watch me work out, I'm never, ever, ever happy.”
“I guess I always have confidence, just by the work I put in. In terms of shooting and getting my balance right and just getting my feet right so that I can make those shots when it's harder and it's like a hand up.”
“Obviously, you want every game back you lost. But you can't think like that, you got to think in the present. You got to keep understanding you can take a lot of things away from that, you can just learn and try not to make the same mistakes.”
“Win or go home. That's what you play for. That's what we love. We love this type of game.”
“It could be the 5, the 4, the 3, the 2, the 1. Realistically, the 5 or the 4. Whatever coach can put me in, I'm all for it.”
“I'm trying to play every game like it's my last.”
“If I'm beat, sometimes a defender just got one. These are NBA players, so you can't get everything.”
“You've gotta watch as much film as you can. You've gotta know every play they're gonna run and who shoots the most - when and where they shoot, and why. You've gotta know all those things. You've gotta just keep watching until you can't watch it anymore. Then eventually, when you're in the game, it'll get easier.”
“My Grandmother always reminds me that 'to whom much is given, much is required,' and that is how I want to live my life and honor the people around me.”
“Yeah, I rap, for sure. It's the only thing I like doing in my free time. It's just fun. I've been rapping for years.”
“Any player has to go through a lot of learning curves.”
“I love threes so I'll keep shooting them.”
“I'm a competitor, and at all costs I want to get a win.”
“You can't overreact to certain things.”
“A lot of similar things happen in games. And when you notice those trends, you adjust and correct them.”
“You get drafted one time. Enjoy it, but know that right after that the real work starts.”