Jalen Brunson Quotes

I'm not that in control of myself that I could be specific about exactly the way I'm doing everything as it happens. I'm just trying my best.

I've learned when to speak out. You do have to learn when to bide your time and when to speak out, and I don't always get it right.

You have to know when to strike and when to retreat.

If you attempt certain things at the right time, they are easy to accomplish - in fact, they almost get done by themselves. If you undertake them before the time is right, not only will they fail, but they will often become impossible to accomplish even when the time would have been right.

Life teaches you that you need to make decisions in the right time - not too early, not too late.

There is not only a right thing to do. There is a right time to do it.

I know when I need to be pushing it full speed; I know when I got to probe and allow the flow to open up, because, at the end of the day, on the basketball court, something's going to open up.

You just have to be smart and know where you're at within the game and find the right time to be aggressive and take a shot. If it's not the right time, then move on to the next down.

There is no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things.

You cannot afford to wait for perfect conditions. Goal setting is often a matter of balancing timing against available resources. Opportunities are easily lost while waiting for perfect conditions.

I adapt to things quickly, including good things, which I wish I could shut off sometimes.

Next in importance to having a good aim is to recognize when to pull the trigger.

You can't please everybody all the time, but I think for the most part we tend to maintain a healthy level of self-reference to kind of make sure we continue to push things forward.

He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot, will be victorious.

I am incredibly, incredibly fortunate about the opportunities I've had. But at the same time, I've had plenty of opportunities to screw it up, too. Sometimes the most powerful thing you can say is 'No...' and not feel the need to do everything. It's about doing what rings true to me.

It's the right idea, but not the right time.

Just take your time - wave comes. Let the other guys go, catch another one.

Learn what pitch you can hit good; then wait for that pitch.

I don't plan a career. That doesn't work for me. I just have to go with my gut.

Knowing when to leave may be the smartest thing anyone can learn.

So if I think of something in my head I don't have to do it. If I can't do I don't do it, I do something else.

Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come.

I'm very unpredictable, but at the end of the day, I'm working. Sometimes things change in my life. It's like, 'Hold up - that ain't feel good. That felt good.' And that's how I look at anything I do.

It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.

Plans are nothing; planning is everything.