Top 98 Quotes & Sayings by Jimmer Fredette
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American athlete Jimmer Fredette.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
I always look at the bathroom. If you have a nice bathroom in the hotel, then it's a nice hotel. It's all about the shower and the bathroom.
Maybe sometimes it can take a player a bit longer to get comfortable and to get to know everyone and exactly what he needs to do.
It's a conscious effort for me to be aggressive and take what the defense gives you.
It's exciting to be able to go out and compete every night and show what you can do.
I appreciate everything that happened in Sacramento. It was character building for me, continuing to go out and play hard. I feel like I progressed as a player.
I keep working hard day in and day out. When I get a chance to play, I try to produce the best I can.
It's a league where guys are trying to play to the best of their ability, whether you're a superstar or trying to make the NBA.
That really helps a player, knowing when they're going to go in the game and what they need to do when they get in there, what to expect.
Shanghai is an amazing city. The fans were so nice to my family and to myself and just treated us as their own. I'm extremely grateful to the Sharks for that opportunity.
I never thought that I would ever go over to China for any reason - then to be able to go over there and play basketball, embracing the culture.
Pizza is definitely my favorite food. I usually go with a pepperoni and sausage mix. But I love the New York-style thin crust.
As a competitor, you want to be out there. It's always tough to watch others play and know you've put in the time, you've put in work. But at the same time, you have to support them. You're a teammate, and you have to be the best teammate you can be and go out and continue to better, and hopefully you get an opportunity.
I like Maroon 5 and Andy Grammer, but I also like hip-hop a lot.
Sometimes you don't have great days. You're going to have ups, and you're going to have downs. And when you have the downs, it's awesome to be able to come home to a wife that's extremely supportive and a dog that loves you no matter what.
You've got to kind of speak things into existence if you really want them to happen.
Eric Gordon is a great scorer.
I can juggle.
Obviously, I've had some tough times in my career. I've had some ups and downs just like anybody's life, but you just keep continuing to work hard.
To be honest with you, I always thought I was going to be in the NBA.
If you play well, hopefully you'll continue to have opportunities and have your minutes grow.
Passing the basketball - I feel like I've gotten better with that.
I go out there, and I know if I play my game, then I'm going to be all right.
It's tough at times to not play.
People have different opinions of your career and how you've played and all that, and they're entitled to their opinions.
You've just got to keep playing and keep working hard to get where you're supposed to be.
Every single night, I try to go out there and play the best that I can.
The biggest thing for me when I travel is finding the best food in every city. I always try to find the best restaurant and take advantage of it because it's cool to go to a lot of different cities and experience a lot of different cultures. So I'm big on the food.
You want to be on a team where they think you can really help them.
My thing that I can do is score the basketball.
Winning was everything to me. I hated to lose.
That's how I see myself, as a guy who can supply offense and help the team.
Being in the D-League, I might be able to get into a rhythm and start shooting the ball well and get some confidence and get some reps.
I worked at a pizza shop. My brother's best friend owned it. I did a little bit of everything there, whatever they needed.
I've had some difficulties, but I've also done some good things on defense. So it's just all about effort... You've got to take it personal and work as hard as you can on that end of the floor.
Sometimes it's about finding the right situation at the right time in this league.
The NBA is always looking for tough kids who aren't afraid of the moment or the guy they're playing against.
My favorite type of food is probably Italian. But I love steakhouses. I love Mexican Food. I mean, I really like it all.
I know I can play in the NBA, and I can be a very good player in the NBA.
A lot of people say they're competitive, and they think that means they scream and yell when they lose. I'm not like that. I don't scream and yell. I just win. At anything I do, I win.
I don't let people affect me.
As I've grown older, my testimony has grown a lot, and a lot of it really has to do with my dad. He's been a good example to me. That's really where my testimony started, in just seeing how spiritual and what a good guy he is.
Some people see ESPN. They see the long shots. They see me scoring the basketball, but they don't show often too many assists - and I've been doing that my whole career, being able to get the ball to the guy at the right time.
I really enjoy movies.
Sometimes it happens, especially if you're a shooter. They say that you can't play great defense.
There are certain times when I was younger, I was occasionally more passive.
I never thought I'd play basketball in China.
I've definitely gotten better, to where everyone can see that I'm not a defensive liability.
My best friend in the pros is Brandon Davies, who I played with at BYU.
I've seen guys work as hard as I have and don't have the shot I have.
You can go out and produce and make a name for yourself.
It's hard to play with any kind of confidence when you feel like if you miss one shot, if you make one mistake, you're getting pulled.
I've had opportunities to go out and play, but sometimes I haven't. It's been a mixture of both.
I think every NBA player is trying to prove himself every day.
Sometimes you go through some things to find the right situation.
That's what it's all about, going out and being able to help in the community and help people around you. That's going to carry far longer than basketball ever will.
Hopefully people see me as a great person, first of all.
I'm an early riser.
I had a goal in mind and a dream, and I worked as hard as I possibly could and was eventually able to make it. And I think that's because I had that focus and that drive and never thought that I was going to fail.
Even though sometimes you don't get the minutes you want to, you've just got to continue to work hard and know that if you keep playing hard and doing the right things, then eventually things will turn your way.
I'm loyal to my family, to my faith, and to basketball.
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