Top 98 Quotes & Sayings by Joel Embiid
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Last updated on September 19, 2024.
When I sat down with Under Armour, one of the first things we talked about was how this can be bigger than just shoes, bigger than just basketball.
Every time I get on the court, I want to push my teammates to be better as a leader and lead by example.
I have lots of confidence in myself that I can fulfill my dreams and make the people of Philadelphia proud.
I'm not cocky, I'm humble, but I think I can be really special, one of the top players in the league.
Every time, the mindset I get when I get on the floor is that I'm the best player on the floor.
One night, I went out with my teammates. I don't drink alcohol, so I wasn't drinking. This girl walked up to me; she was talking to me. She was like, 'Why aren't you drinking?' I was like, 'I just don't drink. Alcohol is nasty.' She said, 'I might have something for you.' She went and got a Shirley Temple. Then I was like, 'Ohhh, OK.'
One thing when I started playing in the league, I saw that a lot of guys are friendly. It's OK to be friendly, especially off the court. But on the court, I want to dominate.
I like Meek Mill a lot. I listen to 'Dreams & Nightmares' introduction a lot. I always act crazy when the beat drops.
I always dream about that type of moment. In my head, I always kind of create that scenario, just about, like, some type of winning shot or block that's going to, like, really get the crowd into it.
If I'm not making plays, I can't get the crowd going. When I'm making plays, that's where I can feel a vibe and can get into it with the crowd.
I want to be that type of guy - I want to be Kobe Bryant. I want to be Tim Duncan. I want to be Dirk Nowitzki - stay with one team my whole career.
I want to win the MVP. I feel like, at the end of the day, it might be an individual award, but when I play better, the team also does.
I'm starting to figure it out - figure out my spots, where I should be on the court, where I'm most effective, and how I handle double teams - and it's paying off.
I think the concept of minute restrictions is kind of complicated. I don't think there should ever be minute restrictions. I think it should always be about how my body feels and how it's reacting.
One thing the fans got to understand is that I missed two years, and we took it really, really slow, and we made sure everything was good, and my foot has been great.
My very first scrimmage at Kansas, I got dunked on so hard by Tarik Black that I almost quit. Tarik dunked on me so hard that I was looking at plane tickets home. This guy was a senior. He was a grown man. I didn't know what was going on. He got his own rebound and dunked over me so hard that everything went in slow motion.
If the team needs me to recruit somebody, I'll be here. I'll be doing that.
I like playing in front of the crowd and get them into it.
A lot of people just think I'm a big man, but I'm a basketball player. I am able to do everything that a basketball player can do - from playmaking and scoring to just passing the ball and just being a leader and post presence.
I like playing on the road and quieting the crowd. I love it.
I don't really care about the friendships on the court. I got my friends. I got my family, which I'm close to. I got a couple of friends that I'm always around.
I love when guys come at the beginning of the game and start talking trash. It gets me going.
I look like I'm not listening, but I'm actually listening. I like listening to everything, observing everybody, just taking everything in, and then, in my mind, figuring out what's good for me and what's bad for me.
I want to be in Philly for the rest of my life.
I'm actually really good at everything I do.
The Process is never going to end. It's an ongoing thing. I don't think it's ever going to stop. As I have explained before, it's a process for making it to the playoffs, it's another one to make the conference finals, another one to actually go to The Finals and win the championship.
I'm trying to dominate, and if you dominate, you're going to be hated because you're going to talk so much stuff.
When I look at myself, I'm not a big man - I'm a guard. I can do everything on the basketball court. You can name it - pass, post up, shoot the ball, bring the ball up, being a playmaker - so I'm excited to break that stereotype.
All of the great big men went to college at least two or three years. I think it's a big factor. I don't know if it will always work, but I think it's the best choice.
On the defensive end, I have to do my job.
I feel like I have a lot of potential, a lot of stuff to show.
Everything in my life happens really fast.
I'm just going to do my job, what coach wants me to do, be a defensive piece, and when needed to be a scorer, I'm going to be that.
I love competing. I mean, if you ask anybody around me, my coaches, they know I love competing. I hate losing.
I do like to be shirtless.
People have labeled the Process as whatever, tanking. I don't see it like that.
I don't like to be involved in front-office stuff.
Philly will be the place for me for my whole career.
If they're going to foul me, I'm going to step to the line and make some free throws.
I want to be the Defensive Player of the Year and, if I have the chance, be MVP.
I always like to have some type of connection with the crowd.
In a season, you're going to go through slumps.
Sometimes, I feel like I'm lost. But I've always said that I believe in God.
Whatever happens happens. If something happens, something happens. But I believe in God, and I pray every day.
Having your teammates' backs - that's what I feel being a leader is.
When I was still back in Cameroon, because I didn't know English, I used to listen to French rap all the time and then a little bit of American hip-hop. And then, when I got to the States, that's when I really got into all those guys - Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, all those guys.
I'm competitive, and I think everybody knows that if you're talking trash, you're gonna get a reaction out of me.
It's just about working on everything, perfecting everything, like my 3-point shot or ball handling.
Back in 2011, I was kind of shy. I wasn't as good because that was the year, also, when I started playing basketball.
I started playing basketball so late, it just means that anything is possible.
If I feel great and my body feels great and my knee is fine, I should play 30 minutes or more. I definitely have my opinion on that.
Every time I'm on the court, every time a fan cheers for me, I just want to go out and make a play for them to cheer even more.
If I play against you the first time - or it doesn't even have to be the first time - and you want to be all physical and just talk, or talking trash or whatever, it just gets me going.
I want people to say that an African basketball player is the best player in the whole world.
I started playing basketball very late, and for me to make it to the league so fast... I've always said my life is a movie.
Trust 'The Process.'
We're always going to be trusting the process.
I think it would've been a little easier if I grew up in America; they've got better conditions for basketball players. At the same time, many people have said to me that having to start playing so late helped me not pick up bad habits.
I love when people talk trash.
If I'm playing well, and we're winning games, that's what I want.
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