Top 44 Joel Embiid Quotes

If I’m playing well, and we’re winning games, that’s what I want.

If the team needs me to recruit somebody, I’ll be here. I’ll be doing that.

Every time I’m on the court, every time a fan cheers for me, I just want to go out and make a play for them to cheer even more.

I’m not made of glass.

On social media, I can hide behind the computer or the iPhone. Internet courage.

I like playing on the road and quieting the crowd. I love it.

I’m actually really good at everything I do.

I love being physical.

I found social media was a way for me to open up and show the world who I was and also keep my name out there.

Trust ‘The Process.’

I love when people tell me that I was gonna be a bust. I enjoy when people tell me, ‘You suck. You can’t dribble. You can’t shoot,’ because it’s like, gotta go to the gym.

Everything in my life happens really fast.

I’m starting to figure it out – figure out my spots, where I should be on the court, where I’m most effective, and how I handle double teams – and it’s paying off.

There’s definitely a lot of undiscovered talent in Africa. If I’m one of them and there’s a few other guys in the league, that means that there must be some that are hidden.

Philly will be the place for me for my whole career.

When I look at myself, I’m not a big man – I’m a guard. I can do everything on the basketball court. You can name it – pass, post up, shoot the ball, bring the ball up, being a playmaker – so I’m excited to break that stereotype.

I started liking basketball when I was 13, but I couldn’t play because my dad thought it was too physical.

One thing when I started playing in the league, I saw that a lot of guys are friendly. It’s OK to be friendly, especially off the court. But on the court, I want to dominate.

I want to win the MVP. I feel like, at the end of the day, it might be an individual award, but when I play better, the team also does.

I see a lot of athletes that don’t really use social media, or they’re saying the same stuff. I kind of wanted to change the game.

When I was still back in Cameroon, because I didn’t know English, I used to listen to French rap all the time and then a little bit of American hip-hop. And then, when I got to the States, that’s when I really got into all those guys – Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, all those guys.

Back in 2011, I was kind of shy. I wasn’t as good because that was the year, also, when I started playing basketball.

I think the concept of minute restrictions is kind of complicated. I don’t think there should ever be minute restrictions. I think it should always be about how my body feels and how it’s reacting.

I’m just going to do my job, what coach wants me to do, be a defensive piece, and when needed to be a scorer, I’m going to be that.

In a season, you’re going to go through slumps.

I’m trying to dominate, and if you dominate, you’re going to be hated because you’re going to talk so much stuff.

My coaches sometimes say I’m a little bit too competitive. But I want to win, and I feel like we should win every game.

I love competing. I mean, if you ask anybody around me, my coaches, they know I love competing. I hate losing.

I like playing in front of the crowd and get them into it.

I’m not cocky, I’m humble, but I think I can be really special, one of the top players in the league.

If I play against you the first time – or it doesn’t even have to be the first time – and you want to be all physical and just talk, or talking trash or whatever, it just gets me going.

I feel like racism isn’t over.

Having your teammates’ backs – that’s what I feel being a leader is.

I want to be in Philly for the rest of my life.

That’s the whole point of playing basketball – having fun.

Agents recruiting high-school players and talking to high-schoolers – I feel like those are the people who put bad ideas in kids.

I have lots of confidence in myself that I can fulfill my dreams and make the people of Philadelphia proud.

I love when guys come at the beginning of the game and start talking trash. It gets me going.

All of the great big men went to college at least two or three years. I think it’s a big factor. I don’t know if it will always work, but I think it’s the best choice.

I think I’m a good offensive player, good defensive player. I do it on both ends of the floor.

A lot of people just think I’m a big man, but I’m a basketball player. I am able to do everything that a basketball player can do – from playmaking and scoring to just passing the ball and just being a leader and post presence.

Basketball has given me everything, but it has to be bigger than basketball. That was the first thing that I said to Under Armour, and they were behind it 100 percent. This isn’t about a shoe deal.

I really feel like I have the potential – and I’m not even kidding about it – I have the potential to be the best player in the league.

I like Meek Mill a lot. I listen to ‘Dreams & Nightmares’ introduction a lot. I always act crazy when the beat drops.