Jae Crowder Quotes

My game has really picked up in the NBA.

The NBA has the best point guards in the world, so it is important that I come ready to play every night.

The big and the fast beat the small and the fast. If you check out the NBA today, they're big and fast.

I was an all-around player - if I was just a scorer, there's no way the Hawks would have won 50 games four years in a row.

There's always a good point guard in this league.

I know that if I am playing at an all-pro level, our defense is playing well.

You have guys that are all over the field that are making a lot of plays, you'll win a lot of games in the NFL.

I love NBA. I enjoy it, and I also really love the dominance that LeBron James brings to the court.

I just try and make the right play. It led to me leading the country in points and assists.

When you bring a winner onto your team, he knows how to win, he's going to help your team win, and that's the goal at the end of the day.

I can play three positions - five in college - but realistically three in the NBA.

I think there are much bigger differences between players in this league than between coaches. There is a big gap between LeBron James and the small forward for whoever. Far bigger than between two coaches.

If it's about working out and playing basketball, I'm one of the best in the world to do it - at least two years ago. But I'm still in a space where I can play.

What we really need is for me to get hot and stay hot. When I go, this team really takes off.

It's that I have a good personality and am a good tennis player.

I think the Pistons have such a well rounded team, which is why they're so successful. All you have to do is look at the stats defensively and at their rebounding and scoring.

In the NBA, you can't run from guys. I think a lot of teams were surprised by my interviews, how nice and well-spoken I am as a player and as a person. I'm a guy who wants to learn.

I think I can be pretty special. I think I can impact a lot in the NBA, especially with my size and my shooting ability and athleticism and just being a humble person.

The key thing with any football player is, what can he do when he gets on the field.

For me to be here tonight, everything had to be perfect. I had to get drafted by Utah, had to play with a point guard like John Stockton, and had to be coached by Jerry Sloan and Frank Layden.

I'm pretty athletic and I play basketball a lot.

Each game we approach like a final. Today it was the opening game at home, we won and showed outstanding football qualities. We will be preparing for the next game the same way.

We've got to play better basketball.

The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.

In an individual sport, yes, you have to win titles. Baseball's different. But basketball, hockey? One person can control the tempo of a game, can completely alter the momentum of a series. There's a lot of great individual talent.