Jalen Rose famous quotes

05-13-2025

I Hated Duke. I Felt Like They Only Recruited Black Players That Were Uncle Toms.
-- Jalen Rose

#Uncles #Player #Black
There's always going to be criticism when your name is Jalen. You have to wear a bulletproof vest and be ready for it.
-- Jalen Rose

#Names #Criticism #Vests
Larry Bird is like a basketball god to me for what he's done for my career.
-- Jalen Rose

#Basketball #Careers #Bird
For me, Duke was personal. I hated Duke. And I hated everything I felt Duke stood for. Schools like Duke didn't recruit players like me. I felt like they only recruited black players that were Uncle Toms.
-- Jalen Rose

#Uncles #School #Player
Name 12 players better than me.
-- Jalen Rose

#Basketball #Player #Names
You never get what you deserve; only what you have the leverage to negotiate.
-- Jalen Rose

#What You Deserve #Deserve
I remember draft night, I shook David Stern's hand while rocking a red suit with white pinstripes and red gators I've always been a trendsetter.
-- Jalen Rose

#Night #Hands #White
I'm a GM in fantasy basketball and I'm a GM on PlayStation, so on PlayStation I probably would have got a little more, but this is real life, so I don't know.
-- Jalen Rose

#Basketball #Real #Littles
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.
-- Jalen Rose

#Running #Jobs #Player
I really like Rafer Alston. We get along great. We have a lot of fun times together that I canÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â„Â¢t share with you guys.
-- Jalen Rose

#Funny #Guy #Together
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.
-- Jalen Rose

#Team #Optimism #News
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,
-- Jalen Rose

#Athlete #People #Role Models
Lies don't matter, ... There's no merit to it. It's kind of hard to entertain foolishness when it has no merit.
-- Jalen Rose

#Lying #Matter #Merit
When you're not winning it's about how you're not getting it done.
-- Jalen Rose

#Winning #Done
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.
-- Jalen Rose

#Summer #New York #Years
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.
-- Jalen Rose

#Reality #League #Records
An athletic scholarship shouldnâ€™t be the best opportunity to receive a quality education.
-- Jalen Rose

#Opportunity #Athletic #Quality

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