Quotes from Jared Dudley

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

For me I want to be a voice and consummate professional, be in the weight room and stay after practice.

It's something I pride myself on because in the NBA a lot of people are good offensively but you can set yourself apart on the defensive end. I can bring a lot of energy.

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

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?

Some of the good teammates, when it comes for me, has always been someone who interacts with your teammates - movies, dinners, buses, planes, and so what I tend to do is, the older I've gotten, I actually hang out with more younger guys than I do older guys.

You want to help your teammates.

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.

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

When guys feel like it's a contract year so you're forcing, you're stressing, you're trying to do that, what I try to tell them is GMs and scouts don't even look at your points per game. They look at your efficiency, your plus-minus. Everything's so analytical. You can average 15 and be a terrible analytic player - you're not going to get paid.

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

I'm always friendly.

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.

The quicker you can establish roles, the better chance you have of being a successful team.

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

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

You show your character through the good times and the bad times and for me it's just about being professional.

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

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

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

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

You know how you toilet paper and egg somebody's house? I did it, right? But I did it back-to-back nights, Saturday and Sunday. They called the police. Good thing nobody got arrested but that was something embarrassing and stupid. Why would you do the same house twice? It was ridiculous.

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

I think in Brooklyn they respect the hustle and playing the right way and because of that, fans come out and support that.