Jamal Murray Quotes

It's not just about your name. It's about what you do for your team and your value on the defensive end of the court. That's all that matters.

Coach K was fine with the way I played defense.

I do a lot of things to help my team winning - set screens, roll into the rim, finishing. I think I can be even more than that.

I'm busy working on every aspect of my game - defense, shooting, rebounding - but I really want to become a better overall team player. Help my teammates become better players out on the court in order to win more ball games.

Coach Skiles is tough. He's been my only coach in the NBA, so I'm used to it. His rules are a little different at times. At the end of the day, he just wants you to play hard defense, and you can't fault him for that.

If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.

My job is just to make the right play, read the defense, shoot if it's there, and make plays for my team.

Center is a very tough position to play.

I'm ready to come out and show people I'm able to play defense.

I just try to make the right play, stay aggressive and defensively just do what I do. I make sure I talk to everyone and control the paint.

'The Memphis Grizzlies' are always a great defensive team and defense is one of my strengths, so I think that's one thing that I can bring to this team.

Defense is something I've always taken pride in from college and high school.

I was just taught, the team goes how the point guard goes.

Doug Collins - people just underestimate him.

I feel like I can play point guard for any team in the league and average a double-double.

I've worked on my game to the point where anything they've asked of me, I try to come through and do it for them, whether that's defending, making plays, being a decoy, or knocking down shots and being a scorer.

I shoot five or six times, go out and play defense and make sure everything is clicking. I'm like a transmission in a car. You can't see me, but I make the car go.

I built my career in the league playing defense and making shots, and also making plays when I needed to.

You have to defend the perimeter guys otherwise you're going to struggle getting playing time or staying on the court.

I was guarding the best player and getting 25 and having eight assists, and three-four steals.

When I'm out there flying around, blocking shots, dunking the ball, grabbing rebounds it brings everybody's spirits up and gets them going.

I think my one-on-one defense is pretty good.

I just got to be ready to knock down shots.

As someone who has carved out a career in this league by making winning plays, being tough on defense and just generally doing the dirty work for my team, I always hesitate to say any player is unguardable. I just hate that term.

If I want any shot at getting on the floor, I gotta know what I'm doing defensively.