Jaylen Brown Quotes

Jaylen Brown

Profession : Athlete

Birth : October 24, 1996

I think it's becoming cool to have mental toughness or to meditate. It's a thing, but I don't think people really understand the value of it.

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Embarrassment is where growth happens.

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I learned to play chess at a young age, and I think that's where learning to plan things out and put things in position, that was the best thing for me.

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Before you can lead anybody else, you gotta put yourself in the right position to be successful.

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I'm just going to keep working to show people what I can do.

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I've taken thousands of shots in the corner. It's all mental. That's all it comes down to, is to be ready, wait for your opportunity, and execute.

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People will come at me telling me to wear this or wear that. If I don't like it, I don't like it. They couldn't pay me to wear it. If it's something I can rock with, I'll rock it. I'm more interested in being completely authentic to me. In my opinion, being myself is making a statement.

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There's bigger threats in my neighborhood than LeBron James, so I have no fear whatsoever of LeBron.

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I'm overly confident. I believe in myself 100 percent. I believe in my game, and I believe in my work ethic.

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The chips fall into place, but the educational experience I had at Cal, second to none.

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I would go to games like I go to dinner. If I come and wear something crazy, I'm just trying to be myself.

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A lot of players get to a certain point they don't want to make mistakes. They just want everyone to see how great they are. That ends up being their downfall. You put a cap on yourself.

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When I open my mouth and talk, sometimes people say they are amazed of my intellect. I don't know if that's because I truly speak in a way that people can understand or feel a certain way, or because they don't expect it. I don't know. That's something I am curious about.

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I wake up every day doing what I love to do. I love to play basketball.

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I want to understand everything so I can put myself in a position to be successful.

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The fans care about somebody who cares about them. It's not all about somebody who can put the ball in the cup. I think that's my calling.

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You've got athletes who are politicians, venture capitalists, musicians, rappers, etcetera. It's becoming more of a popular thing to have other interests outside of basketball, and I think that's normal. Just like when people work day jobs, they have interest in sports, they do investments, they do all these other types of things.

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One of the most subtle but aggressive ways racism exists is through our education system.

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Some people think racism has dissipated or no longer exists. But it's hidden in more strategic places.

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At Berkeley, you wore a hoodie and pajamas and Birkenstocks, and that's swag. I was so thrown off. What I thought was cool wasn't cool no more, so I thought about what I actually liked. I started experimenting. I started wearing Birkenstocks. I wanted to dive into the culture.

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