Quotes from Jay Williams

Kyrie Irving, before he even played one game of college basketball, had 7,000 fans on Twitter. Seven thousand. So these kids these days are put on this pedestal up here. I really think it discourages the value of hard work and of patience.

I was so competitive, I wanted to win games but... I lost 13 games in my first three years in college. I lost 13 games in my first month in the league and it felt like nobody cared. So, eventually halfway through the season, I'm like 'well, why the hell do I care?' If they don't care, why do I care.

For me, the best part about doing television is the moment the red light comes on and you are live. As a former NBA player, performing live on air gives me the same exhilaration.

The thing about being a kid is you're going to make mistakes in the heat of the moment.

Hey, I was competitive as hell if you had put me up against anybody in 2002 or 2003. I had a lot of dog in me.

I was very close to having my whole leg amputated. It was a life-altering event. It took years of rehab.

I'm a young-old guy. I go home, I don't need to go out, and I watch TV on my couch and relax, maybe have a cigar here or there. A couple of the coaches tell me, 'You're old school for someone who's young.'

I hope people remind me of my accident every day of my life. Because that means I'm a prime example of somebody who had it and lost everything and may not have gotten it back in the same capacity but still reinvented myself.

When you're in the NBA, you think about playing time, how to make your coach happy or if you're winning. It really just took my focus off some of the most important things.

I think Villanova is a really good basketball team and Jay Wright's a great coach.

Nolan Smith is going to be a guy that can drive to the basket, can create his own shot.

I love journalism and broadcasting. So I'm happy about my life and I wouldn't change a thing.

I've never been the type that's been highly athletically talented or can jump that high. I'm a guy who's 6-2.

You always have to knock down shots in order to win big-time games.

If you have a team that believes in one another that's ok, but you still need that individual motivation.

There's different types of coaches in life. I don't have to be a coach on the basketball court. I can be a coach for businesses. I can be a coach for kids. I can be a coach for people who have gone through adversity, because everyone has had some type of damn accident in some form or capacity.

Look, Zion Williamson is Zion. Whenever you give somebody just one name, you know they're doing something pretty spectacular. Think about one name people. Madonna. Prince. Zion. He's in that category for what he's brought to the sport.

If there is anything that my life has taught me is that life is unexpected and you're not always going to know the cards that you're going to be dealt.

People love to make comments to me on Twitter or social media networks, and I say it's easy for you to make a comment because you're behind a screen where nobody can ever see you.

I love Joakim Noah. He's energetic.

I'm the only millionaire zoologist there is.

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Oh, Danny has quite a reputation for headstrongery." "Eh? Headstrongery?" said Mr. Pippit. "What kind of a word is that?" "Kind of nice, isn't it?" Joe said, proudly. "I just invented it. I also invented a motto for him: 'Leap before you look.' My own motto is, 'Sleep before you look.