Jamal Murray Quotes

I played guard my whole life, and liked having the ball in my hands.

Yeah, I play a lot of point guard. LeBron plays a lot of point guard. A lot of people are thinking too much on positions.

I try to penetrate the lane like Steve Nash, pass like Jason Kidd, and handle the ball like Allen Iverson. Remember, I said 'try to'.

If I get a chance, high pick and roll more. I want some triple doubles. I've got to get my handle right so I can pass and get it to guys where they can make shots.

I played the two guard in college, and playing point guard is what I've done all my life.

I'm never going to be a point guard, but you always have guards that get the rebound and take it coast-to-coast.

I mean, the hardest thing to do, I think, in the NBA, is to put the ball in the hole.

When I'm playing the 1-guard, I'm kind of seeing everything that's going on. When I play the 2, I have a more broader understanding of what's going on and where the screens are being set in order for not only myself to get open, but for my teammates.

I've always been the point guard, always been the floor general out there, and it's helped me see things I didn't previously see on offense from a shooting guard standpoint.

I play everything but point guard.

I was a forward, a center my whole life.

A point guard can carry a team - if he has all the right stuff.

The point guards that I like are the ones that are playing like point guards.

You ask what position I play, I say point guard.

In college, I got better at playing the 2, kind of got a feel for it coming off screens, found my rhythm. Before that I was a natural point guard.

Rondo is great with the steals, also on offense with the passing and court vision.

Oh, yeah - I could see myself as a catch and shooter, come off curls and shooting. I really feel good about shooting the ball.

There's a lot of big guys who can play-make. We put labels like, 'Oh, he's a point guard, he's a center.' But sometimes your center can play-make for you and not just be the center, boxing out for rebounds and playing in the post.

I'm a really good shooter, three-point shooter. I'm good at defense. Dribbling, not so much.

I can play off the ball some, and that's fine with me as long as I can be out on the floor. But I am definitely more natural as a point guard than I am as a two guard.

Playing point guard is someone's instincts. They're used to that. That's my instincts.

I'd play every position when I was in elementary school and junior high. I was playing as guard, too.

Playing shooting guard is different. On defense you have to chase guys around more. On the point I'm just guarding guys on top.

I always think of myself as a point guard.

I want to be one of those point guards who knock down shots you have to get over the top.