Jalen Brunson Quotes

Football is a great deal like life in that it teaches that work, sacrifice, perseverance, competitive drive, selflessness and respect for authority is the price that each and every one of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.

My dad was my first coach and drove me extremely hard from a very young age.

Whenever I'm out on the basketball court, I lace up and just hoop. Whether it's in summertime, at practice, in the games, playoffs, every time I step out on the basketball court, I approach it the same way.

Being an Olympian, I always have this strong belief in excellence.

The young athlete who aspires to greatness, generally speaking, learns a number of things from several different coaches. The first one taught him the fundamentals; the second one instilled discipline in him and taught him more of the techniques that must be mastered to excel.

Football taught me how hard you had to work to achieve something.

Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

There were times when I'd bench players for their lack of effort. We worked very hard on fundamentals, which was the Dodger way. We needed to be more aggressive.

You get into sports with the idea that you want to win. If you aren't trying to win, what's the point in being involved?

I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard work and effort, physically and mentally.

When I was a junior and an up-and-coming athlete, I don't think I looked to anyone for inspiration. I was so busy trying to improve myself and learning these new events and learning about the decathlon in general that I didn't really have time to focus on anyone else.

A college athlete is going to be competitive. You don't get to that level if you're not.

The biggest thing is winning. No matter what percentage, no matter what my numbers say in the sense of points, assists, rebounds and steals, it's always been about winning.

What is learned on the athletic field is not forgotten, nor are the lessons of character that are forged there ever lost. Consider the contributions in the field of public life, business, law, medicine, and the military of those who actively participated in athletics.

In the holidays at school, I used to go training with my dad every day. I used to see the hard work that went in behind what was an unbelievable Wigan team.

From an early age, I tried to take in all the instructions of all the coaches I had.

I might go 0 for 4 in a game, but I still had a chance to help the team by making plays in the field.

I think the coaching and the emphasis being put on different aspects of the game is what makes Texas high school football the best out there.

You want to score in every game and to fight hard.

You always have to know that you are going to leave everything on the pitch, every drop of sweat, to help the team win the game.

My dream was to become a footballer. I started loving football so much that I followed my dad wherever he went and spent all my time playing football with friends out in the fields. But my parents also taught me the important values and principles in life of respect and to raise me in that way.

I don't believe that playing video games in the locker room is part of earning the right to win.

Coming from a football background, when everybody is doing their job and operating on such a high level, it only motivates you to do the same.

When I think of the most valuable coach, I definitely think of a coach like Geno Auriemma, and the things I learned from him that stick out in my mind are his passion for the game, competing at all the little things and doing it at a high level.

Coach Calipari pushes his players, and that's why his teams are successful.