Top 68 Quotes & Sayings by Jae Crowder

You kick it up a notch when you work out.

I don't throw it away because people don't think it's real. But it's really my hair. I keep it every time I cut it.

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.

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.

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

I never put a ceiling on myself, I never put a ceiling on my teammates or my team.

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

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

I was the National Juco Player of the Year, so I thought I was a big shot.

I had to buy into being a better player and being able to be coached.

It's all a desire to win - to win the next game, to win the next practice, to win the next day.

I watch basketball. I got League Pass, so I watch a lot of basketball. Each and every night I watch basketball, so I keep up with the whole league.

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.

As long as I've got the respect from my teammates, I'm able to come to work each day and I'm able to have fun with the guys that I'm on the court with.

There were good and bad times, but through all of the times I just kept working, and kept being in the gym, and kept believing in myself. And it all paid off.

I play this game to win. I never in my life played to lose. I don't know what that feels like. I don't play like that.

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

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.

LeBron always tells me to shoot the ball. Don't worry about stats, don't worry about percentages. 'We know what you can do, just shoot the ball and be comfortable.'

I just wanted to give myself a chance to be an athlete because I really loved the game of basketball.

When you're tired, it doesn't mean go harder. It means take care of your body.

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.

People back home - my dad is from where I'm from, so to separate us two - you don't want to call both of us Corey, so everybody started calling me Jae.

Me personally, I took out bread and I took out grease foods.

Just to get out, put it out on the line each and every night is a great feeling for a basketball player.

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

At times, you get going and you think you need to work, work, work, and your body is going to get fatigued at some point.

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

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.

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

When you want to win, man, when you're in a winning organization, you take pride in it. And when you lose, you let everybody know you lost. You're not walking around happy.

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.

I just want to continue to put my best foot forward and give it all I got.

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.

Whenever I'm on the court, I just want to do whatever I can to help my teammates win the game.

I'm an emotional player.

I feel like I can be one of the top defenders in the league and that's what I'm going to try to be.

That's all it's about with me: winning.

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.

I didn't want to be part of a tanking team. I just wanted to win and just work to be a good team.

I can't answer what coaches value me more. I don't really look for that answer. I look to see if my teammates accept who I am as a basketball player and as a person.

Once I get on the court - I've been on the court with my own brother before and tried to rip his head off, so that shows the kind of competitor I am.

Yeah, I'm going to start talking to myself a little bit. Not talking to the opponent as much.

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.

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

I drink water. I don't drink any caffeine drinks. I stay away from all the sweet drinks and drink water as much as possible.

I never would have thought this would happen, me playing for Utah. It's like coming around full circle for me and my family. We love it, we embrace it.

You realize there are things you can't control. You can't control a lot of the stuff that happens in your life.

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

I enjoy being held accountable, I enjoy holding my teammates accountable and being someone that my teammates can depend on.

I've never been on the road and got cheered for, or even one of my teammates get cheered for by the opposing team.

Boston fans are pretty tough.

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

I'll dive on loose balls. I'll get the winning rebound, hit the winning shot. I'll do whatever it takes to win a game.

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.

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

I think the league is going to be changing because there's so much money that teams have. And they can spend so much.

It's a business with the coaches. It's a business with the front office. So I don't get too tied up if I'm appreciated by them. Because at the end of the day, my teammates are who I play for.

I don't like losing, man.

When your dad is your father, best friend and mentor, all in one, it's hard to explain what he brings. He brings confidence and self-awareness through my game, on and off the court. I'm blessed to have him.