Top 66 Jared Dudley Quotes

For me, that’s one of my strong suits here in the NBA with reading defenses, moving side-to-side, going to pick-and-rolls.

It’s easy to be the greatest teammate when you’re winning. How about when you’re losing? How about when you’re down 20?

I think when you play the right way, you get rewarded and throughout my career it’s been that way.

When you start hitting some shots, you build some confidence.

My first game in Phoenix is something I’ll remember forever.

We don’t trip if someone like Patrick Beverley is talking trash; that’s how he feeds his family. We get it. We respect the hustle.

If anyone knows me, I feel like I’m half-media, half-player as it is.

I knew that basketball was my love and the only way for me to go to college was to get a scholarship.

You get measured by how fast you run or how high you can jump or how you can dribble, and I just wasn’t that kind of player.

I don’t have to be a leading scorer or be the man.

At one point in the NBA in my second year, I was a two-guard.

I’m always friendly.

Few big men have possessed the rare combination of power, speed and agility of Shaq.

LeBron is the most unselfish superstar we have.

You can’t just work hard enough in the NBA and be good. You have to work hard and smart.

When I grew up it was Michael Jordan and Chicago Bulls, the Lakers, the Boston Celtics, those were the teams you loved or hated and me being from San Diego, you loved the Lakers.

I was on veteran teams in Charlotte where we won 17 or 18 games. There were times that we lost by 20 for two or three straight games, then came in and watched film, learned from our mistakes. We learned about things like making the extra pass.

I try and be very vocal. You know, talking to people and getting on guys. I try to help guys get in the right position whether it be on offense or defense.

We as athletes want to be validated by your peers.

When you play and do things the right way and follow the game plan, you’re going to be more successful than not.

There are a lot of people out there that you can touch their heart by playing basketball.

That’s the beauty of getting old. You got to know your role on a team.

I feel like every team has to have a guy who gets under people’s skin.

When you look up the definition of ‘superstar’ in the dictionary, there should be a picture of Shaquille O’Neal.

Every basketball player wants to wear their team’s throwback jerseys.

You can’t get discouraged when you lose games because basketball is such a process and so much happens during each practice and game.

Even though I’m not a five-man, everywhere I’ve been, I’ve controlled a lot of defenses, transition defense and putting guys in the right position.

A star player, even when he’s not shooting the ball in crunch time, he’s making the decisions and making the plays.

I definitely think I’m kind of more of an East Coast player than a West Coast player. But I knew at a young age, too, that if I didn’t get a scholarship that I was going to go to prep school.

I feel like I’m going to have a long career and you don’t want to get a bad reputation for certain things.

Let me tell you, NBA free agency is wild. It’s like an even worse version of speed dating.

I’m trying to get an internship at the ESPYS. I’d like to do interviews on the red carpet.

The ultimate superstar has to have more than skill on the court. He must possess the ‘It Factor’ – a combination of marketable personality and championship rings.

Most guys don’t want to play with Kobe.

Offensively, I have a high basketball IQ, I look to get everyone involved, set screens, take charges, get steals; all of the little things.

I would say players have utmost respect for James Harden. For one, he’s improved every year, and also, for me, as a shooter, he gets his shooters involved.

That’s the key to the NBA, everybody finding their roles.

For any team, confidence is so important.

James Jones being a player, a champion, one thing that you knew about him that was really good was his work ethic.

When you do your job on the court, that gives you more of a trust off the court.

The Warriors, when Kevin Durant came, they played more iso ball than the year before. Kevin Durant made them change who they were because of his talent.

You need two stars to win in this league.

I understand how powerful social media can be.

I wasn’t the best at anything, but I wasn’t the worst.

For me, to see the ball go in once or twice, it breeds confidence.

I’m the only player in NBA history to be 10 for 10 in a game with at least four threes made.

As an athlete, it’s all about confidence in general.

You can find role players everywhere, but you can’t find stars everywhere.

I’m a big movie guy.

People always say I can be a party planner because I’m really good at having to go and planning things out.

Shaq had an uncanny sense of how to utilize the media.

You want to help your teammates.

What Steve Nash and Chris Paul do is they kind of hide your weaknesses.

There are going to be fans who say rude, disrespectful things.

I’ve always been a team guy first.

I wasn’t really built for athleticism or speed, I always had to rely on my mind and my instincts.

I’ve had to guard Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Dirk Nowitzki. I’ve had to guard the best person on the opposing team.

For me, personally, I try to deal on Twitter only in positive.

Everyone watches the Lakers, let’s be honest.

I’ve always been a believer of taking a little bit of knowledge of every great player I played with.

I knew at a young age what my limits were and what my strengths were.

When a team sticks together and plays for each other, it all usually works out in the end.

I just think that every situation that you go through, you get an opportunity. Sometimes you have to make your opportunities.

I am from San Diego, and I went to college in Boston, so I have seen the opposite coasts.

You’ve got to know your role. I was never built like someone who was 6-9 or 6-10, didn’t have athleticism and became a good shooter. Wasn’t a natural shooter. So for me, it’s being smart. It’s a guy, I used to look at Shane Battier; take angles, play the right way, a winner. Do all the little things.

Communication is crucial. That’s why young teams aren’t usually good because their communication’s not good because they’re not confident in the communication.