Top 98 Quotes & Sayings by Brandon Ingram
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Last updated on December 23, 2024.
I try to take whatever the defense gives me, have a sense of urgency, know who's guarding me and pick my spots, get my teammates involved and also attack the rim.
My great aunt raised me for about four or five years. Something I took from her was a quote: 'Fear of suffering is far worse than suffering itself.' I actually have that tattooed on the back of my arm.
I like to be straightforward with whatever I'm doing, whether it's basketball, whether it's meeting someone, whatever it is.
I don't think I can be perfect, but I think I can be close to perfect if I continue to prepare and continue to do everything in my power to be the best version of myself.
I'm a filet guy, so I like steak.
Versatility is very important in the modern game.
My job is just to continue to get better.
I've always been a shooter.
I think I'm a good enough ball handler to bring the ball up the basketball court, and my teammates do a great job of getting open.
When I draw defenders into the lane, it's easy for me to kick it out.
I grew up playing bigger guys all my life, so it's nothing different.
J. Cole is definitely one of my favorite artists, but I like a lot of different music.
I feel like I should be an NBA player.
It's important for me to be aggressive and not defer.
I really don't do much. I play basketball.
It's all about dressing how you feel.
I think as a player you're never satisfied.
I feel like I'm a matchup problem, but that's of course because of my height and the height difference at my position sometimes.
I write music.
I lay back and see how I can do things the right way.
I'm not the most vocal guy, but I try to lead by example every single day with how I work.
When I play my hardest, I feel like I'm one of the best on the floor.
The Duke family, those are my brothers, and it's something I'll always take with me. Coach K, he gives me a lot of motivational things and checks in on me and my family. He knows where my heart is.
I don't like video games.
I think anybody would want to be compared to Kevin Durant.
There is always going to be another game and another day.
I want to be versatile.
People around me, they can give me talks, they can tell me what to do, but if I don't have the right mentality, then nothing good is going to happen for me because I'm not going to be confident.
Southern hospitality, that's where I come from.
It's OK to be hard on yourself, just know you have another chance to go out and prove yourself again.
I always to try block everything out, good or bad. I always hope to keep receiving blessings, to have faith, because you know, there's a time to block everything out and just work on your craft, work on everything that you desire to get, desire to want.
In the two years that I've been in the NBA, I don't think I've played to my ability.
If I'm not asleep, it's probably all basketball.
LeBron knows exactly who he is.
I seen my dad work for like 16, 17 hours a day.
It could be the best defender or the worst defender. I have to have the attitude that I don't think anyone is going to deter me from getting to the basket. Maybe help defense can come over and affect it, but not the first guy.
We try not to worry about our opponent. We try to worry about ourselves.
Seeing bigger guys doesn't scare me at all. It just makes me want to compete against those guys. Bigger or smaller guys - it doesn't matter.
I definitely want to show that I'm going to be a reliable guy to put in the work.
Coach K tried to implement a style where we passing, moving the ball, the open guy gets the open shot, running in transition.
When I'm aggressive, all the other guys are aggressive, and somehow that's how we win games.
Thirteen was my brother's number.
When I go on the basketball court, I don't think about who's guarding me.
I feel like I gotta get out of myself sometimes. I think I'm in my own world sometimes. I don't like to let other people come into my own world. Especially with my teammates, my coaches, I should be doing that. The important people that need to know how I'm feeling. I can do a better job of telling them exactly how I feel.
I've always been an underrated passer.
What I'm learning about myself is, no matter what the challenge is, I can overcome it.
My motivation is to be the best I can be.
I just love playing basketball, so it's good being in the gym.
I want to win. Whatever it takes to win, that's what I'll do.
It was fun getting my feet wet on an NBA floor.
It's something that I have to learn to do: affect the game in a different way. If I don't get it on the offensive end, try to get it on the defensive end.
I'm just happy to be drafted. It's my lifelong dream. Wherever I end up, I'll be happy.
Individually, yeah, I want to be the best version of me. But I want to make everyone else feel comfortable on the floor where they can go out there and they are just playing their game. That's when I'm the happiest, when every guy on the floor is just being that.
LeBron's always like this: steady. Steady all the time. He's never forcing anything.
Eventually you get tired of losing.
Work hard, work away from the game, work when no one's looking, and just knowing that it's a process. Everything will come at the right time.
I'm just kind of laidback and reserved.
I always see Lonzo dancing on social media.
When I was growing up, I drew my favorite basketball players.
I'll do everything I can to reach my potential.
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