Jalen Rose Quotes & Sayings

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

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

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

You never get what you deserve; only what you have the leverage to negotiate. — Jalen Rose

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

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

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

Name 12 players better than me. — Jalen Rose

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

When you're not winning it's about how you're not getting it done. — Jalen Rose

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

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

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

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