Jamal Crawford Quotes

It's just about working on everything, perfecting everything, like my 3-point shot or ball handling.

You've got to learn the footwork, the positioning, how to box out, how to pass, how to shoot your free throws. All these things are necessary, not to be the No. 1 player in the world, but maybe you can play against him.

At the end of 2003, my game was complete. Shooting, defense, using the dribble, transition, midrange stuff was all there. Then it was about fine-tuning and trying to improve in each area.

I worked a lot on my ball-handling and outside shooting during the off season.

To be a great player or a good player in the NBA, I have to work on my perimeter game.

During the lockout year, my focus was the basics, sharpening my moves, my fundamentals.

I've been working on a lot of things, just knocking down the three consistently, making smarter moves off the pick-and-roll, improving my dribble a lot.

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.

I want to be an offensive player, too. Play low post, midrange, take jump shots, and just be the best I can be.

I want to improve my shooting, my free throw shooting, keeping my turnovers down.

The things I've worked on in the offseason have mostly been on my footwork and pick-and-roll - using my size and not just always trying to face up and go by a guy.

Besides shooting, I think I need to work on everything. I need to get stronger, quicker, work on my ballhandling, and develop a go-to move.

I want to be an all-around basketball player.

When I'm tired, I like to go and do drills where you catch tennis balls off walls. Different colors use different hands, and you've got to react to those types of things at different angles. I do all these crazy reaction-time things or reaction skills with tennis balls every morning, or at least four times a week.

The more and more you touch the ball in the post and get game reps, you just get comfortable and confident and I think that's a big part of the game.

If I could palm a ball I probably could have more dunks than I have in my career, but I still can get the job done.

I feel like I can get any shot I want. That's not to sound cocky or conceited. It's because I've played basketball basically every day of my life. So at some point, I've taken just about every shot there is. I've figured out the angles, almost like a pool shark. I know where to use the glass, which dribble I need and which spot I want to reach.

Foot work, hand-eye coordination. There's a lot of things. If you just watch basketball, you can tell where it would help someone who's receiving the ball.

I'm not the fastest player, but you can't really play up on me because my handles are good enough where I can get around you. But you can't play off of me, because I can shoot. And if smaller guys try to defend me, I'll back them down. I'm a good post player.

You can always get better with your ballhandling.

In Germany, my focus was mainly on dribbling.

Passing the basketball - I feel like I've gotten better with that.

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.

That's one of things I've heard about Brooklyn - how good they are at developing players.

Sometimes, I put a couple of mannequins on the edge of the box and do these things called bounce balls. You pass against it, and it comes back; you take a couple of touches 'round the mannequins and shoot.