Jamal Crawford Quotes (41 Quotes)

My numbers are down from previous years, but I feel like this is my best all-around year. I feel like I've grown as a player through all the stuff that's happened with our team. It's been a trying year for us, but I feel like I've grown up because of it.

For whatever reason, I'm really, really focused in the fourth quarter. I know that's winning time. My teammates put me in great positions, and Coach has a lot of confidence in me.

This is a part of my game I can improve on. The scoring is easy for me. I'm not really too worried about that. You have to find that balance, and it's not easy. It's something you have to go through. It's experience. You have to get better at it.

I just try to make the right play. Every night isn't going to be your night to score. I can do that, but I'd rather do whatever this team needs to win.

We all care so much about Coach, we wanted to play our best and not quit. We just wanted to compete, and we did that.

I felt overwhelmed by ticket demands and people wanting something from me. I said, I've got to get me a home team.

Not at all. This year didn't go the way we wanted as far as reaching our goals, but we believe it's short-term.

It was definitely a huge bump in the road. Hopefully next year and in the years to come, we'll be where we want to be. But you've got to take your lumps, and nobody thought it would be a lump like this.

That's pretty accurate. Coach, I try to listen to him to a T. When he says something, I try to do it to the best of my ability. I won't short-cut it. Even he's like, 'Sometimes you've got to just play. You don't have to do everything I say.' It's working out now.

We didn't want to leave a sour taste in our fans mouths. The positive that I take from this season is that I am very comfortable with my teammates. I feel like I am becoming a leader. We have to build chemistry, work hard this summer, and come into training camp jelling with each other.

It was his wife and kids up there. That means more than a game. When your family is in harm's way you're going to think as a human, not an athlete.

Each loss was frustrating, going through each loss and seeing how far we had dropped. Because we know we're not this bad. It was a rough year for us, and next year will not be like this.

He's excited, man, ... I'm excited. I can't wait to get started tomorrow.

More importantly than that, his health is the No. 1 issue. If he can, if there's any way he can be back, I'm sure he will. But we need him to get healthy.

He's a calming factor. You do kind of take it for granted. He's so used to doing it. He's had the ball in his hands ever since he was a kid. It's second nature for him. But you do kind of take it for granted being out there because he takes so much pressure off of everybody. But now we all have to step up.

We're very confident. We're a confident group and I think we're pretty dangerous, because we're a pretty deep team and we have a great coach. So the sky's the limit.

His wife and kids were up there. If you see your family in harm's way, you're going to go protect them. You're the man of the house, and at that point you're thinking like a regular human instead of an athlete.

Some of the guys set the table for me and all I had to do was knock down the shots. Tonight, Jalen and Eddy (Curry) got it going and I had a good fourth quarter. We're a deep team and we feel like that's one of our strengths. It's about chemistry and we're still getting used to each other. We know that anybody can come off the bench and contribute.

It's been there. At times we've had it and at times we haven't. But now we're learning how to finish close games. I think that's going to make us better in the long run.

He's so smart. And he makes plays for everybody, including himself. He thinks the game. He knows the game. It will be a lot easier with him on the court.

He never stops teaching, ever. He just gave me some advice, and I'll definitely take it to heart.

I just think guys are playing well. They're starting to execute. Different guys are stepping up each night. Tonight it was Jalen (Rose) and Eddy (Curry). Another time it could be Q (Quentin Richardson) and myself or any combination. We're a deep team. There are going to be a lot of games like tonight where we have seven in double figures.

It was embarrassing. I thought we played hard for the last three quarters. It was hard playing catch-up. We ended up losing by six but the first quarter was devastating.

The young guys just have so much energy. This is a great opportunity for them.

We have lost some games earlier (this season) and guys have taken it to heart and are really working on it.

The chemistry is getting better. We are getting used to the new guys out there. We're starting to execute what Coach wants. Ever since the Memphis game, we have taken off. We should be 4-0 but we lost the close one to Memphis and really we should have beaten Chicago.

We're having a lot of fun playing basketball now. When you win it's always fun, but it's the way we're winning.

You definitely felt it, like here we go again. But we weren't going to let it happen this time.

I honestly thought we were going to play another overtime. Then when I watched Gordon's shot, it was like slow motion. I have seen him do that a couple of times before, so we got them last time and they got us this time. We will just have to try and get them next time.

You do kind of take him for granted because he's so used to doing it. He's had the ball in his hand ever since he was a kid, so it's second nature for him.

Games like this can't make the next day come fast enough.

It makes you put everything in perspective. Whatever the reason is we're crying about playing time or whatever, it just makes you look at the big picture. His health is more important than trying to rush back and coach us.

It feels good. You hate to be in that position because we were up.

It's hard to sit and watch. If you can jog a little, you should be out there. I was going to play and if it hurt too much, I'll sit down.

To me, he didn't do anything bad. Yeah, he left the court. I understand that. But if you saw your son or husband in trouble, you would do the same thing. He's a human being before he's an athlete.

I love that moment. I honestly do. I've always been like that as a kid, I always wanted the ball late.

That's the coach's opinion. It doesn't really matter what I think, because he said it.

We turned the ball over way too many times. I think we had 17 turnovers in the first half. There is no way you give yourself a chance to win that way.

There was a noticeable improvement in Crawford's attitude about coming off the bench, and it showed as he scored 11 key fourth-quarter points. It's a start, ... Now the pressure's off. We can concentrate on playing and trying to win every game.

He's a calming influence for us, a great veteran, a great leader and we're going to miss him.

Nobody thought they would shoot this good. And it wasn't just one guy we could key on because it was everybody tonight.