Top 55 Jalen Rose Quotes

There are a lot of great players that never got a chance to play for a national championship. And I got a chance to play for two.

Blake Griffin has shown he can be an All-NBA performer.

As a kid from Detroit, I played whatever sport was in season: football, basketball, wrestling, whatever it was. I was an active kid.

I know Andre Drummond has potential.

But the best revenge for naysayers is living well. And living well is doing your job and taking care of your family.

Schools should be open. If it’s a public education, and the school in your district is poor-performing, you should be able to put your student or kid wherever you want.

Basketball is not like football: It’s not a car accident happening every play. Over the nine months, you can rest in practice and take off some minutes in games.

I just really felt I had to help the community I came from. I know how hard it is to make it out of here.

It’s important for African-Americans to express themselves, period. We’re 400 years behind. We should be able to shine whenever and however we feel.

You just got to be yourself. That’s what people respect more than anything.

I hate tenure. Tenure allows teachers to put their feet up on the desk and possibly have a job forever. That’s why I got turned on to charter schools. It’s a business model. Every employee and every teacher will be monitored by performance.

Every time you leave your house, you’ve got to be prepared for what might happen.

We live in a country that has profited for hundreds of years off the labor of individuals without having to pay for it.

Nobody talks about it. But everyone knows that if you signed at Michigan or UNLV, you were viewed one way. If you signed at Duke or Indiana, you were viewed another way.

Most of the time, before you get traded, there are rumblings. I wasn’t totally surprised that I was going to get traded – I anticipated it happening. And I wasn’t surprised that I got traded to the Knicks, either.

All my friends and family have seen Patrick Ewing’s TV at my house.

I was a member of the Fab Five at the University of Michigan, but I was also on the Dean‘s List there. I took pride in my education.

People don’t realize this, but throughout my career, I grew up patterning my game after Scottie Pippen’s. I admire him for his versatility.

A lot of times, when you see someone do something, whether it’s sports or multimedia or whatever their profession is, you think it just starts when you see them; you don’t realize all of the sweat equity that goes into it.

I can’t wait to play in front of the many Knicks fans, friends, and family in the NYC area and very much look forward to being a part of the Knicks organization.

No electricity, no hot water, no heat – at times, we struggled. We’d wake up in the morning and wash with water we heated on a hot plate. And we’d go to bed at night wearing skull caps, sweat shirts, and gloves.

Ask any athlete. One of his dreams is to play in New York wearing a Knicks uniform. It’s also always been a dream of mine.

The idea of playing the point and leading a team to the NBA championship is what drove me to get up every day and work on my game as a kid.

If you are knowledgeable about something and are able to talk about it, you should be able to express yourself.

I realize everything‘s on me as far as what kind of player, person, and student I’m going to be.

I consider Tom Gores a friend.

Eminem is one of the greatest rappers of all time.

I feel like the eight most at-risk years for young men or young women are the four they’re in high school and the four they should be in college.

Dr. Dre is the most influential artist and producer in hip-hop history.

We never give Al Horford the credit he deserves as a modern big.

Sports happen in dog years.

My biggest concern for the Lakers – and they’re going have to figure out a way to rectify this – is Lonzo Ball.

Doug Collins – people just underestimate him.

It’s my job, it’s my role, it’s my mission, it’s my dream to have everyone who has Michigan ties – whether you went to college in Michigan, whether you grew up in Michigan, if you’ve ever heard of the state of Michigan – to do what you can to influence the students of the Detroit metropolitan area.

Pay attention to not only what you’re saying or doing but who you’re saying and doing it with.

For those that reach out to try to help others, the less fortunate, those that are impoverished, those that feel like they need a pick-me-up, for somebody to have that extra energy to do that, I really have admiration for him.

I want my media to be raw and uncut, and I want to articulate it in a spectacular, vernacular Detroit style.

I’ve always gotten a kick out of leading my team in assists.

Here’s the thing: My hobby is to DJ. I just love music, so I can hear the beginning of a beat, the beginning of a melody, and think of the words, think of the name of the song, think of the hook, and just go there.

‘Countdown’ is family television.

I play for a living, but I also love to play. That’s a healthy balance of emotion that, as a player, you have to keep balanced.

If I’m the Cavs, I seriously do this: I do a wink-wink deal with LeBron James, give him part ownership of the team. I put a statue in front of the building, and I retire his number. I do all of that.

The quality of your public education shouldn’t be defined by your zip code.

The only thing that makes me feel old is when I can see your ankles and you have on pants.

Nothing substitutes for a great education.

I love hearing the gym shoes squeak.

I knew becoming an analyst would allow me to see the game from a new perspective.

Players talk about wanting to win and wanting to be a champion, but ultimately, they want to do it on their own terms.

I don’t want people to feel like I’m upset or bitter with C-Webb or the University of Michigan. I love them both.

Maya Moore is one of the greatest champions in basketball, male or female.

Everyone wants to be successful. What I’ve learned is how do you determine what that is?

What I really like is that Chicago is a big city: it has a large market, and you are exposed to everything, like shows and plays.

You know how certain adults feel, the older they get, the longer the walk was to school? Well, I don’t feel like that.

What you see at a bachelor or bachelorette party is what happens on a recruiting visit.

I’d just shoot until I got tired. I wanted to improve my outside shooting and my ball handling. I wanted to improve everything.