Top 50 Jrue Holiday Quotes

As a point guard, you don’t really have to score. The only time you have to score is when you have to score.

I don’t watch film defensively necessarily, but I do watch basketball.

Some guys, when they are starting they play better. Starting means a lot to them.

When you’ve been off the court as much as I was, there’s so much motivation to stay on it.

You see some of the bigger guards, like Deron Williams and even Baron Davis back in the day. They would bump you with their shoulder and you were going to fall back.

I would just go out and play every game and leave it all out on the floor, and I guess I had the talent to get into a great college like UCLA.

I realize that you still have to take the game seriously, but you have to have fun at the same time.

It’s just something I’ve always enjoyed doing, going to the church league and playing.

I love the challenge of defense.

I know sometimes when you get injured, a lot of the time you’re in the training room. But getting out there on the court – if you’re on the sideline cheering them on or even at practice, you’ve just gotta talk and communicate in that way.

The only way to condition for basketball is to actually play basketball.

I like shoes. Always liked shoes. Wanted to be a shoe designer or somebody who made shoes, something in shoes.

I always tried to win. Philly saw that.

Who doesn’t like scoring?

I’ve never wanted to move around a lot to try to win. There’s comfort in staying in one place and a challenge in finding the right pieces.

I’ll do anything the team needs.

I’m not really a money man. I’d rather get the wins.

I’m just trying to be the best that I can be.

I knew kids whose first car was one of those exclusive Range Rovers, where only two of that model would be made in the world. I would visit my friends’ houses, and they’d be as big as this whole gym. And then I’d go home, and me and Justin would be sleeping together. On a pull-out couch.

I enjoy basketball.

When I come off the bench, I’m more of a scorer, instead of trying to facilitate for everybody.

I train to play 48 minutes per game or 48-plus when needed.

Philly, I feel like, is where I became a man and matured my game and became better. I went through the good and the bad with my teammates and it taught me a lot. With the fans and all, it was a great experience.

Obviously there are certain times when you need to be selfish in the game, but to be selfless and do what’s best for your teammates, I think that that’s winning basketball.

If I go 1-for-9 in a game and we win, it doesn’t bother me.

I don’t need any accolades. I don’t like being famous. But I can always tell people I used to defend guys like Kevin Durant, and they respect my defense.

You can’t stop the top players but you can slow them down. I think it’s a team thing.

You see the teams that are winning or have won, and you see chemistry on and off the court.

If you try to mess with the game and kind of go through the motions, that is not the right way to play.

You see guys like Rajon Rondo, John Wall, Derrick Rose; these guys are fast, quick, explosive, can get up off the floor.

When I first got drafted, I’ve really grown. Coming in, I was kind of nervous but honestly I’ve been really blessed going to two playoff series, one against Miami and the next year against Chicago and the Celtics. I’ve progressed easier.

Our parents did a good job of instilling values in us, being able to do something you love. And when it gets hard, don’t quit. To have faith in times where things might get hard in basketball, or maybe in life. It’s being able to have a support system. Being able to have family, to help you through whatever.

Losing definitely does stink.

There are moments I get pretty passive and just have to be aggressive.

In my rookie year, I got a chance to play and from there on, I just tried to prove I can be a really good player in this league.

I’m blessed to be where I am, but there are a lot of uncertainties in this life.

Philly has that tradition of great basketball.

There aren’t many people that can say that they went up against their brother and do it multiple times. Any time I get to I try to take advantage of it. I guess by trying to dunk on him.

New Orleans is kind of like a second home for me.

I’ve been so blessed to make this money and to play basketball and still have a job, but there are people out there who need support from us.

Off the court, I’m not really that physical.

All these experiences I’ve had, I wouldn’t change it for the world.

In my opinion, when I look at teams, I feel like the ones who have a really good chance of winning are the ones who defend.

That’s where the very best players in the league end up – the Olympics.

I love gadgets.

I love honey buns.

Playoffs are like another season to be completely honest. I don’t know how to describe it, but it’s kind of like a different wave of energy.

If you are an Olympian you are considered to be the best, like Kobe and ‘Melo.

There’s definitely more to life than just basketball. You can touch, interact, talk to a lot more people and do a lot more things. At the same time, I think some of those things are interesting.

I’ve seen teams and I’ve been on teams where, when adversity hits you, you kind of crumble.