Jay Williams Quotes

Jay Williams

Profession : Athlete

Birth : September 10, 1981

Hey, I was competitive as hell if you had put me up against anybody in 2002 or 2003. I had a lot of dog in me.

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If I take five seconds to think about something on TV, that five seconds is an eternity.

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When you're at the bottom, everybody is taking shots at you. It's up to you to stay with it and fight through it.

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Growing up and meeting people, you always want to work hard to become something.

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I've been lucky enough with my NBA money to make some investments in some pretty cool things, whether it be partnering up with Ben Sturner and the Leverage Agency; being involved in an analytics company called Simatree; or creating a production company and working with brands and creating content in house.

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I've had to learn how to control my animation.

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I've been around business since I've been a little boy.

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Well, look, man, I know that Corey Sanders is a player that I've watched for a long time. I love him. I think he has that dog in him.

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I don't want to get into who's the No. 1 player. The player who is the most electrifying to me is Cole Anthony.

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I would love to see Cole Anthony go against Kyrie Irving.

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Look, Zion Williamson is Zion. Whenever you give somebody just one name, you know they're doing something pretty spectacular. Think about one name people. Madonna. Prince. Zion. He's in that category for what he's brought to the sport.

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I don't really compartmentalize and put players in high school, college, or the pros. For everybody, it's physically and mentally, where are you? How do you evolve? Where's your game at?

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The more I accomplish in a day, the happier I am. I truly love to work.

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For me, the best part about doing television is the moment the red light comes on and you are live. As a former NBA player, performing live on air gives me the same exhilaration.

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I personally love watching greats like Matt Lauer, Scott Pelly, Howard Cossell, Bryant Gumble and others that can stimulate an intelligent, thoughtful, moving conversation or interview.

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I love to dress in Italian clean-cut three-piece suits.

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I was so competitive, I wanted to win games but... I lost 13 games in my first three years in college. I lost 13 games in my first month in the league and it felt like nobody cared. So, eventually halfway through the season, I'm like 'well, why the hell do I care?' If they don't care, why do I care.

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Legacies are defined not by what happened to you or how it happened. It's how you pick yourself back up and you continue to fight each and every day.

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I can't imagine the difficulty of going from coaching a college team where you control your own environment to coming to a pro-style where the players control the environment.

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I love Joakim Noah. He's energetic.

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