Jay Williams

“I've never been the type that's been highly athletically talented or can jump that high. I'm a guy who's 6-2.”

“I've had to learn how to control my animation.”

“My story's been an open book for a long time, no pun intended.”

“I've dreamed about being in the Final Four since I was a little boy.”

“I love to dress in Italian clean-cut three-piece suits.”

“I think Villanova is a really good basketball team and Jay Wright's a great coach.”

“The rules within the educational system really teach you not push the boundaries, or not to think outside the box. They teach you to think inwardly about what's in the box.”

“In dealing with athletes or celebrities or people in general, I think there's a tendency to get on their pedestal or their platform and just kind of blow the ink.”

“If you have a team that believes in one another that's ok, but you still need that individual motivation.”

“Nolan Smith is going to be a guy that can drive to the basket, can create his own shot.”

“For me, the best part about doing television is the moment the red light comes on and you are live. As a former NBA player, performing live on air gives me the same exhilaration.”

“When you're in the NBA, you think about playing time, how to make your coach happy or if you're winning. It really just took my focus off some of the most important things.”

“It's funny because I think everybody when they see me, the first thing they say is, 'Man, you could have been a heck of a basketball player.' My response is, 'I have a heck of a life.' Basketball is such a minute thing in the big picture. I almost passed away at 21 years old.”

“There's nothing like watching basketball being played at its finest.”

“I hope people remind me of my accident every day of my life. Because that means I'm a prime example of somebody who had it and lost everything and may not have gotten it back in the same capacity but still reinvented myself.”

“I was a scorer in college. That was the one thing that I loved to do, I loved to score the basketball.”

“I've been lucky enough with my NBA money to make some investments in some pretty cool things, whether it be partnering up with Ben Sturner and the Leverage Agency; being involved in an analytics company called Simatree; or creating a production company and working with brands and creating content in house.”

“Growing up and meeting people, you always want to work hard to become something.”

“I don't want to get into who's the No. 1 player. The player who is the most electrifying to me is Cole Anthony.”

“The more I accomplish in a day, the happier I am. I truly love to work.”