Jalen Rose Quotes

No one can speak well, unless he thoroughly understands his subject.

When I speak, I am well articulated.

I think, for me, one of the things I've been blessed with is the ability to speak with clarity.

Ordinary people can be very articulate and very eloquent.

Expressive speech, with modulation in pitch and volume, and a minimum of noticeable pauses, boosts credibility and enhances the impression of intelligence.

I'm a reasonably articulate individual.

Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all.

I take pride in having something to say, which people actually want to hear.

Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.

I have proven to the world that I am articulate, I am very intelligent, I'm well exposed.

I know what I'm trying to say, so I'm always open to learning how to say it.

If you can't make yourself understood by your friends, you'll be in trouble when your enemies come for you.

As soon as you move one step up from the bottom, your effectiveness depends on your ability to reach others through the spoken and written word.

If I went back to college again, I'd concentrate on learning to write and to speak before an audience . Nothing is more important than the abillity to communicate effectively.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things.

I am not the most eloquent guy in the world.

It's technically extremely difficult to get down what you really mean, not what you think you mean, or what you think sounds good, but what's really there, what you really have to express, in words that somehow convey that meaning in an approximate way.

Where questions of style and exposition are concerned I try to follow a simple maxim: if you can't say it clearly you don't understand it yourself.

When somebody wants to interview me, I've always got something to say.

There are people who have tremendously important things to say, but they say it so poorly that nobody would ever want to read it.

If you make yourself understood, you're always speaking well.

Making noise is easy; making stuff people understand is an easy thing to do.

There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for some men it is quite as difficult to record an observation in brief and plain language.

Communication is about being effective, not always about being proper.