Jalen Rose Quotes (55 Quotes)

Fortunately the good Lord was looking down on me because I had missed my X number of previous shots. It was a total team win.

Coach You're a rookie and you're going to miss practice already

I don't mind being a professional. As an athlete you are a role model, people are watching what you wear, listening to everything you say,

The thing about professional sports is anything can happen. Obviously, that vote of confidence along with it being after the trade deadline, means we intend on staying with the guys we got. I think we have 20-plus games remaining, let's try to finish them strong and we'll see what happens from here on out.

I give all the credit to the coaching staff and my teammates, because they always encourage me to do well, whether it's in practice or in a game. They believe I can get out there and make plays, and when I get going, everybody is pumping me up, trying to have me continue to attack and play well.

I would have been totally surprised had it not been a team that had been speculated practically since the Vince Carter trade. Everybody understands Toronto's actively in a rebuilding mode.

We don't know what's going to happen this summer or who's going to be here next year. We have no control over any of that. So, we're going to play our 22 remaining games and do the best we can and show up for the New York Knick fans. That's the most important thing.

That number won't haunt this club. They did a nice job of running. They had 36 points on the break. Having played in Denver, I understand how they feed off the altitude. When they get a long rebound, Anthony is taking off. They throw the touchdown pass to him and he's athletic and is a very good finisher.

When you're 0-4, things just aren't going your way. We're just not getting it done, our record indicates that, and I'm not going to make any excuses for it.

Fatigue will make a coward of all of us and I'm not going to let that be an excuse. The bottom line is they played better than us for four quarters.

They played this game like it was their championship game, and rightfully so. Those guys are hungry for NBA jobs. You don't just go to Europe because you're turning down the NBA, you're going to Europe because you want to be in the NBA so when you're standing up against a guy in front of you that's is in the NBA, you want to prove to anybody that's watching that you're NBA-worthy.

I thought about taking the three, but when you're 0-for-5, I guess you've got to get a better look at it.

What can you say about the Raptors' all-time guy in games played We joke with him about 'Perseverance. Persistence. Passion. Pride . . . ' and Peterson.

He can't change what has happened. But (Wednesday) night he wanted us to start being a better team. That's the bottom line.

At the end of the day, we're all going to be judged by wins and losses and since they're not a first-place team, he's going to take a lot of criticism but I think he's made some good moves.

It's good to see Chris Bosh show some intensity. I told him in the locker room he's growing some hair on his chest. Hopefully they will start giving him the respect he deserves and he will definitely be an all-star this year.

Nobody wants to be a bottom feeder and deal with the reality that you have one of the worst records, if not the worst record, in the league. Obviously, we have to turn that around and turn it around fast. I feel like if we ever show up in the same place at the same time we can make some noise in this league.

You're a win streak away from striking distance.

You just have to give Dallas the credit. They have a good team. They have been playing well this season. They ran into a team that has not been playing well, and trying to learn things that they are doing. At this point, it didn't show.

Right now, they just have our number. There was a 16-game span when Toronto beat them as well. That's what happens in pro sports. You hate to be on the back end of that.

Home is supposed to be where you're most comfortable. A number of guys are not comfortable playing here right now. You have to be emotionally tough to play here.

It's putting years on my career. I'm never angry or upset about it.

It felt good to be out there, hear your name called, what college you went to.

We've got to learn to communicate better on offense and play better on defense. That's what winning teams do.

At the end of the day, I don't do it because I'm Jalen and I have X amount of money, ... I do it because I care.

It felt good to be out there and hear your name called. They had 20 more shots than we did, but we did a good job of keeping the turnovers low and knocking down open looks when we had them. We did a better job in the second half of playing defense.

Don't get me wrong, it's nothing to celebrate, it's nothing you want to be on the butt end of the jokes about. But it's kind of like losing the Super Bowl or the championship. In 30, 40 years, when somebody breaks his record, you know, nobody's going to remember who it was against.

Larry Bird is like a basketball god to me for what he's done for my career.

Even bad teams have optimism. You don't want to take away the optimism so early in the season. The Bad News Bears coach wouldn't even tell (his team) that.

A lot of times when you're down and you have an overall record like we have, it's easy to look up at the score and say 'here we go again. We pulled together, we persevered, and obviously were not going to take is as more than one game, but it does feel good to get a win on the road.

When you're not winning games ... it's about how you're not getting it done. To the winner goes the spoils, and since we're not getting it done at a high level, it's always going to be about sideshows and distractions.

Being around the league for a long time, ... who is to say if it was a charge or not Normally it doesn't warrant a call, but any time you get a couple of turnovers like I had, the refs aren't going to give you any breaks.

I've never been part of a situation like that -- and I'm sure I've never heard anybody in professional sports make a comment so negative that early in the season,

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Everybody wants to be hoisting the Larry O'Brien Trophy and I'm no different. But you have to appreciate every role you get. I got down on my knees a lot of years and prayed for this NBA opportunity, so it's something I never take for granted. But as a 12-year veteran, the most important thing is winning. The personal goals and ego go out the window.

This is one of the only gyms I get a chance to run up and down the court where I contributed some blood and some sweat to the banners that are hanging up. So it does feel good to get back here.

I'm excited to go to New York. Every player, when they step into the Garden, there is a different pulse to that building. I'm definitely going to be a little bit nervous and excited.

We're not talking about just anybody. We're talking about Kobe. He's had 40, 50, 60 and 80 this year. So it's not the first time he's gone off on a team.

I really like Rafer Alston. We get along great. We have a lot of fun times together that I cant share with you guys.

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

He makes a lot of those 'No-no-no-no, then it goes in, yes' shots. We see him do that all the time. We're just happy that when he has the clock and the ball in those situations, he finds a way to get it in the basket.

A lot of guys contributed. Jamal made a huge shot at the end of the game. We didn't get down. A lot of times when things don't go your way and you only have 19 wins or so on the season, you tend to get discouraged.

The good lord was looking down on me because I had missed X amount of my previous shots. I thought about taking the (3-point shot), but when you're 0-for-5, you try to get a better look.

We've got a lot of guys in here that are learning how to win. And when you're learning that on the fly over an 82-game schedule, you're going to have some tough times.

I'd be lying to say it doesn't add to it to be going to New York. Every player, when they step into the Garden, there's a different bounce to that arena, a different atmosphere, a different feeling being in New York ... I'm definitely going to be a little bit nervous and excited about playing my first game there.

We had a lot of positive moments from a lot of guys, that's why I take this loss upon myself. ... I feel like if I dealt with what I was supposed to deal with down the stretch, we would be in a victorious locker-room.

You just gotta play. You've got to be aggressive at all times. If you feel like you have an opportunity to step up and knock down a shot, you've got to knock it down. If you have an opportunity to penetrate and finish the play, you have to finish. If there's a penetrate-and-kick situation, you've got to kick it out. I think he understands. He's just not playing the way he's capable of playing right now.

It's pretty strange for us to have a big-time blowout like that. When we have a record like we have overall, you don't see too many games like that.

I remember an incident overseas about five years ago where a player punched a referee and knocked him cold. I don't think anything like that will ever happen in the NBA. Emotions run rampant. The games are so intense, and the stakes are so high. (But) At the end of the day, players and coaches really respect officials and really appreciate that they try to do a good job.

If you look at the scope of our team, we don't have a lot of guys who have played in winning situations. Probably some in high school and college, but the majority not in the NBA. And when you haven't won, you learn on the fly.