Quotes from Jamal Crawford

I used to collect trading cards. I could tell you about any player, because I collected cards.

I feel like part of the reason I play basketball so much is it just feels good. In the summer I play every single day.

A prodigy to me is someone that is enormously gifted at a young age - to the point that people can't deny it. I think when you are a young kid and you are a prodigy, other parents, when their child is on your team, they aren't even mad that their kid isn't getting the shine because that other kid is special.

I think my style of play, not drinking, I think I'm a product of clean living. I don't drink, don't smoke.

I used to sneak into the Forum to watch the Lake Show, when I lived in L.A. with my pop. I was born in Seattle, and for fourth, and fifth grade, I went to L.A., then I came back to Seattle and then back to L.A. for eighth, ninth, and 10th grade. But it was easy to sneak in the Forum, like really easy.

I think there's a role for everybody. Even a guy who's not known as a scorer, like a DeAndre Jordan - he sets the best screens, he blocks the most shots, he gets the most rebounds, he's great for your team, he helps you win games. Like, he helps you win big.

The Knicks were one of my favorite places to play - just the energy of the New York fans in general is amazing.

You know when you put two great players together, you're going to have to work through some things.

When I was in college going through the draft process my dad was like, 'Hey Michael Jordan loves your game,' I'm like dad? This is before social media; this is before any of that so I'm like, 'Dad, get out of here, there's no way you can know that Michael Jordan likes my game.'

Back when I was a freshman-sophomore in high school, I was saying that I was going to Michigan once I saw the Fab Five come through - I was just mesmerized.

I always say in my tweets, don't do something for credit. Do it because it's the right thing to do.

I think when you're starting you have more of a luxury. You know you're going to play 33, 35, 37 minutes per game, so you can kind of feel the game out. When you come off the bench you have to be more in attack mode. You have to make something happen immediately.

When you have a guy like Chris Paul, who's the best point guard in the world, saying I should be an All-Star, and other coaches and players coming up to me and saying I should be an All-Star, it's an unbelievable compliment.

The goal is to win a championship, but when you win and you play pretty well, and you start hearing 'All-Star' and 'Sixth Man.' That's really unbelievable.

Wherever I go, I have a basketball with me. I used to dribble a basketball down the street to the movie theater, to the mall.

I have a T-shirt that says, 'Ball is life.' My wife says 'That's an understatement for you.'

Like, I don't do drills at all. I think that's why a lot of people who handle the basketball, I think mine looks different. You know, 'cause I've never done a drill. I've never done 'get to a chair and go through your legs,' or 'get to a spot and a cone and go through your legs or behind your back.'

I feel like I can get any shot I want. That's not to sound cocky or conceited. It's because I've played basketball basically every day of my life. So at some point, I've taken just about every shot there is. I've figured out the angles, almost like a pool shark. I know where to use the glass, which dribble I need and which spot I want to reach.

I'm not talking about any one team but everyone knows how I feel about New York. I really enjoyed my time there.

I've been scoring a lot longer than I haven't been in my life, so I can deal with the ups and downs of it.

It's amazing how being a dad changes your outlook on life.

I remember when I was 8 years old when I first started playing organized basketball, and the coaches had the kids in single file doing two-line layups and they were struggling to get the ball up there. Me, I'm doing reverse cradle layups with the backhand spins on it, like, jump from the right side and lay it up on the left side backwards.

I don't have to play just against NBA guys. No, I'll play anywhere, anytime.

I've been blessed enough where all the rules that come with age don't apply to me. People were saying I was old at 32.