Quotes from Jaylen Brown

I'm not saying that players should go out and say random things, especially if they don't know anything about it. But I think players do know more than people give them credit for. People do research, and people are entitled to their own opinions.

I'm emotionally and physically ready for anything.

I'm not a guy that's going to shoot 10 3s a game - I like to get to the basket. But some of those shots I do gotta take. Some of those shots I gotta let fly.

Before you can lead anybody else, you gotta put yourself in the right position to be successful.

If I want any shot at getting on the floor, I gotta know what I'm doing defensively.

I'm strong enough to guard the big guys and have enough heart to lock them down.

I'm overly confident. I believe in myself 100 percent. I believe in my game, and I believe in my work ethic.

At Berkeley, you wore a hoodie and pajamas and Birkenstocks, and that's swag. I was so thrown off. What I thought was cool wasn't cool no more, so I thought about what I actually liked. I started experimenting. I started wearing Birkenstocks. I wanted to dive into the culture.

Embarrassment is where growth happens.

I've worked on my shot because that's what people have been critiquing me on my whole life. I've gotten a lot better at it, and I continue to get better at it.

I've been blessed to have a lot of mentors in my life that just have been good people and hard workers. Jae Crowder is one of them; Jimmy Butler is one of them.

I'm just going to keep working to show people what I can do.

LeBron's a good player, but I look at him as just a regular guy to me.

I don't believe in holding your tongue, especially if it's something you can directly benefit from or some people need to hear.

Who's to say because you're just a basketball player, or you are a basketball player, who's to say you can't chime in on other subjects or other important topics?

So basketball has always taken me places that I could have never imagined.

Athletes aren't allowed to have an opinion. It's tough. Athletes are evolving right in front of our eyes. You see athletes who are politicians, etc., and still, we're told to shut up and dribble.

Sports is a unique thing in our country. It's so influential. It's almost like a sacrament for religion.

I learned to play chess at a young age, and I think that's where learning to plan things out and put things in position, that was the best thing for me.

LeBron's probably the best player in the world, so you just have to make it tough for him, make him take tough jump shots and things like that.

I'm not really worried about anybody or anything. I think I have a lot to offer. It's just, with your rookie year, your body, it's just a lot. It may seem foolish, all those dunks and stuff: they look cool, but it takes a toll on your body, for sure.

I just try to be respectful of everybody.

I'm not trying to be different. To me, I'm just being myself.

More people care about LeBron James than some religious leader.