Quotes from Jimmer Fredette

Hopefully people see me as a great person, first of all.

I always look at the bathroom. If you have a nice bathroom in the hotel, then it's a nice hotel. It's all about the shower and the bathroom.

It's tough at times to not play.

There are so many things that you have no control over: whether you play or not, whether you get traded or not, or whether you get waived or not.

I like to get the ball in transition and go and everything, but I'm also not as dependent on having the ball all the time as I was maybe in college and when I first got to the NBA.

A lot of NBA guys translate well when going to China because they're expected to score the basketball, while sometimes in Europe, you've got to fit into a system and not get as many opportunities to be ball dominant.

Every single night, I try to go out there and play the best that I can.

A lot of people say they're competitive, and they think that means they scream and yell when they lose. I'm not like that. I don't scream and yell. I just win. At anything I do, I win.

Basketball is great and so much fun, and it has taken me to so many places. I've been in the public eye a lot, and it has given me so many great experiences but hasn't changed the person I am.

Once you get out there and start playing basketball, whether the NBA or college or whatever arena you are playing in or who you are playing in front of, the juices start going, and you want to just go out there and play to the best of your abilities.

I love Justin Bieber, love Drake.

The Knicks' practice facility is a great place.

Sometimes you go through some things to find the right situation.

It's always good to be back in Salt Lake City.

My favorite type of food is probably Italian. But I love steakhouses. I love Mexican Food. I mean, I really like it all.

I've had opportunities to go out and play, but sometimes I haven't. It's been a mixture of both.

It's hard to speculate, but it was tough when coach Paul Westphal drafted me and wanted me there and then got fired two weeks into my rookie year.

I loved my time at BYU. It was an unbelievable experience with the fans, and the people that I have met, I have lifelong relationships still.

Sometimes you don't have great days. You're going to have ups, and you're going to have downs. And when you have the downs, it's awesome to be able to come home to a wife that's extremely supportive and a dog that loves you no matter what.

Obviously, I've had some tough times in my career. I've had some ups and downs just like anybody's life, but you just keep continuing to work hard.

People see the scoring, and oftentimes, that's all they think about with me, but I try to get better at all aspects my the game and become a better basketball player.

I appreciated all the support and love that I had from not only BYU fans and people from Utah, but all over the country.

People have different opinions of your career and how you've played and all that, and they're entitled to their opinions.

I've really grown as a player, becoming versatile, able to do multiple things offensively.