Quotes from Jrue Holiday

In my rookie year, I got a chance to play and from there on, I just tried to prove I can be a really good player in this league.

If I'm aggressive, scoring, that's going to open things up for everyone else.

Obviously there are times when you don't listen to your parents, when you are looking for something in your life - you're searching. But God has given me faith and helped provide me with the answers that I've needed.

You don't have to get all the way into the paint to still draw attention or get contact.

I knew kids whose first car was one of those exclusive Range Rovers, where only two of that model would be made in the world. I would visit my friends' houses, and they'd be as big as this whole gym. And then I'd go home, and me and Justin would be sleeping together. On a pull-out couch.

People will come up to me and want to take pictures with me because I'm Lauren's husband, and not a basketball player.

I have to just keep being aggressive. Once I see openings I just have to take them and not be passive.

There are moments I get pretty passive and just have to be aggressive.

I would like to shoot a better 3-point percentage, especially because the game is becoming more 3-point oriented.

I played the drums. I basically started off in drum line. So it was just straight percussion. Then I got into the drum set. I was in the jazz band and then all through high school I was in orchestra.

Being quick off the ground helps you block shots.

The bonding off the court correlates a lot to on the court.

If I go 1-for-9 in a game and we win, it doesn't bother me.

Philly has that tradition of great basketball.

I always tried to win. Philly saw that.

In Philly, I had to be a scorer for us to have a chance to win.

You know how you see Chris Brown and all these guys playing basketball? Chris Brown is actually not bad so I feel like it's okay that some of these basketball players are trying to rap.

Playoffs are like another season to be completely honest. I don't know how to describe it, but it's kind of like a different wave of energy.

The only way to condition for basketball is to actually play basketball.

I've been so blessed to make this money and to play basketball and still have a job, but there are people out there who need support from us.

When I first got drafted, I've really grown. Coming in, I was kind of nervous but honestly I've been really blessed going to two playoff series, one against Miami and the next year against Chicago and the Celtics. I've progressed easier.

There is just something about the playoffs and the atmosphere, and feeling like it's you against the world, that gets you going.

As a point guard, you don't really have to score. The only time you have to score is when you have to score.

For me, as a point guard, you have to construct everything. If you make everybody happy, you are going to be happy.