Quotes from Jae Crowder

Dallas was top-notch professional and they wanted to win every game.

My dad does a good job of reminding me where I came from.

The most important part for me is mentally. Physically, I know I'm going to put the work in. That's not even a question. But mentally you may have some days where it's tougher.

Year 6 was the toughest one yet for me. That was the first time in my life I couldn't put my whole heart into basketball.

I look at it like this, this is what keeps me going: You see a lot of guys who are being traded and they get waived once they get to the team. That's never happened in my career. So once I've gotten traded, I've been able to sustain a role. I've been wanted.

And I've always been able to play basketball at the highest level, and been able to play a significant role on the team I've been traded to.

What I can control is me playing basketball and how I treat my family and how I raise my child in the time that I have to spend on this earth. You know what I mean? I can't control what happens with trades.

I just like to win. No hard feelings, I'll still go eat lunch with you after, but I'll kick your butt and then have lunch with you. That's the kind of competitor I am.

I'm naturally fired up. I'm naturally excited to play each and every time I lace the shoes up.

The best fitness and training advice has to be: Listen to your body.

I just want to continue to build mentally to push forward even on the good days and bad days.

I make $7 million per year. I'm not going to be mad at a guy making $10 million. We're still millionaires.

A lot of people say Michael Jordan and all of that. But Magic Johnson and my dad were my role models.

I've always been a momma's boy. I'm very proud to say it.

My ultimate goal, really, is to win a championship. That's my ultimate goal no matter the statistics or how I do it or what numbers I put up in the box score.

Take care of your muscles and they'll hold up.

I think with the whole revenue deal, everybody from top to bottom probably gets impacted by it. It's just a different era of basketball now with contracts and money. Teams being able to max out players as much as they can, that helps a team stack their team like Golden State.

It's always good to have my dad there to support me. I know he's watching every game when he's at home. But when he's in the stands it's a great feeling.

Obviously, I don't want to leave Boston. Obviously, I love it here. Obviously, the fans have treated me great. No doubt about that.

Stanley Johnson's going to be a great player in this league.

I'm going to stay in the gym, stay watching film, stay focused, stay being an all around professional.

You kick it up a notch when you work out.

I just think I've got to be more aggressive at both ends of the floor. When I'm aggressive on the defensive end it really helps me on offense.

It's a scary thing when a team don't know who to match up to, whose night it's going to be on the offensive end.