Quotes by Jamal Crawford - Page 2

When you have a guy like Chris Paul, who's the best point guard in the world, saying I should be an All-Star, and other coaches and players coming up to me and saying I should be an All-Star, it's an unbelievable compliment.
Jamal Crawford /
Coaches
Compliment
Point Guard
Unbelievable
Best World Me
All-Star
Chris
Guard
Paul
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When you're in love with it you're willing to do whatever it takes, whether be it cold tubs, or massages, acupuncture, whatever it might be. I think when you love the game purely all those things you're willing to do is sacrifice.
Jamal Crawford /
Acupuncture
Sacrifice
Purely
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I mean, a guy can get 20 points a game. But if you are not winning, who's really paying attention? It's like, 'yeah, his game is nice. But I need to see him do it when it counts, when it really matters and something is on the line.'
Jamal Crawford /
Counts
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To me, the Northwest is the best. The air, it feels cleaner. The people are so nice and caring. Every time I fly in on a plane, I say, 'I'm never leaving here.' It's just different. People who aren't from here don't get it. It just fits certain people.
Jamal Crawford /
Caring
Cleaner
Different People
Fits
Northwest
Plane
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No matter what the trends are in the NBA - teams going big, going small, getting more efficient with analytics - the ability for a player to create his own shot, then convert tough shots, will always be a weapon, particularly when you get to the playoffs.
Jamal Crawford /
Efficient
Nba
Playoffs
Convert
Weapon
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When you are a rookie you are going through everything for the first time, your first DNP, your first not seeing eye to eye with a coach, first understanding trades happen, guys making more money play more. I was overwhelmed. I had a lot of maturing to do.
Jamal Crawford /
Overwhelmed
Maturing
Rookie
Trades
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I think there's a role for everybody. Even a guy who's not known as a scorer, like a DeAndre Jordan - he sets the best screens, he blocks the most shots, he gets the most rebounds, he's great for your team, he helps you win games. Like, he helps you win big.
Jamal Crawford /
Jordan
Screens
Best Great Your
Blocks
Scorer
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I think when you're starting you have more of a luxury. You know you're going to play 33, 35, 37 minutes per game, so you can kind of feel the game out. When you come off the bench you have to be more in attack mode. You have to make something happen immediately.
Jamal Crawford /
Luxury
Minutes
Attack
Bench
Per
Immediately
Mode
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When I was younger, I used to always think making it to the NBA would be the coolest thing in the world. I'd dream about it every day. But as you progress and you attain that goal, then you realize the coolest thing is the effect you can have on people, and kids especially.
Jamal Crawford /
Nba
Attain
Coolest
Coolest Thing
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There are basically five ways to score in the half court. Layups, mid-range, three-pointers, free throws - and then what I call 'tough shots.' Tough shots come anywhere on the floor, under difficult circumstances. The ability to create that shot is a special skill in the NBA.
Jamal Crawford /
Difficult Circumstances
Nba
Floor
Skill
Throws
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I don't take time off. If you've been out of a house for six months and then you come back in and you turn the light on, it might explode. It isn't used to be used. I keep my energy going. It's not a shock to the body when I start playing again. I don't have to 'get in shape.'
Jamal Crawford /
Shock
Explode
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When I was in college going through the draft process my dad was like, 'Hey Michael Jordan loves your game,' I'm like dad? This is before social media; this is before any of that so I'm like, 'Dad, get out of here, there's no way you can know that Michael Jordan likes my game.'
Jamal Crawford /
Hey
Jordan
Likes
Media
Social Media
Michael
Draft
Loves
Michael Jordan
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Like, I don't do drills at all. I think that's why a lot of people who handle the basketball, I think mine looks different. You know, 'cause I've never done a drill. I've never done 'get to a chair and go through your legs,' or 'get to a spot and a cone and go through your legs or behind your back.'
Jamal Crawford /
Legs
Chair
Cone
Drill
Spot
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I used to sneak into the Forum to watch the Lake Show, when I lived in L.A. with my pop. I was born in Seattle, and for fourth, and fifth grade, I went to L.A., then I came back to Seattle and then back to L.A. for eighth, ninth, and 10th grade. But it was easy to sneak in the Forum, like really easy.
Jamal Crawford /
Fifth
Fourth
Seattle
Sneak
Eighth
Forum
Grade
Ninth
Lake
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You know, my first nine years I only played for two teams, Chicago and New York. And the only reason I got traded from New York was the 2010 free agency period, when they had a chance to sign LeBron and D-Wade and that whole class, and I understood that. But from there it's kind of been a roller coaster.
Jamal Crawford /
Agency
Free Agency
Roller Coaster
Coaster
Roller
Traded
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A prodigy to me is someone that is enormously gifted at a young age - to the point that people can't deny it. I think when you are a young kid and you are a prodigy, other parents, when their child is on your team, they aren't even mad that their kid isn't getting the shine because that other kid is special.
Jamal Crawford /
Deny
Young Age
Age Your Me
Age Me Parents
Shine
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I remember when I was 8 years old when I first started playing organized basketball, and the coaches had the kids in single file doing two-line layups and they were struggling to get the ball up there. Me, I'm doing reverse cradle layups with the backhand spins on it, like, jump from the right side and lay it up on the left side backwards.
Jamal Crawford /
Backwards
Coaches
Cradle
Organized
Remember When
Me Remember Doing
File
Lay
Right Side
Struggling
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The NBA makes you become a bigger version of what you already were. If you were somebody who was not so nice and you came into a lot of money and fame, then you're probably going to abuse that in the wrong way. But if you come into those things and you were doing the right things, then chances are you're going to do more of the right things.
Jamal Crawford /
Abuse
Bigger
Fame
Nba
Wrong Way
Version
Chances
Right Things
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I feel like I can get any shot I want. That's not to sound cocky or conceited. It's because I've played basketball basically every day of my life. So at some point, I've taken just about every shot there is. I've figured out the angles, almost like a pool shark. I know where to use the glass, which dribble I need and which spot I want to reach.
Jamal Crawford /
Basketball
Cocky
Conceited
Dribble
Pool
Life Day My Life
Angles
Basically
Shot
Figured
Glass
Spot
Reach
Shark
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