Jimmer Fredette Quotes

Jimmer Fredette

Profession : Athlete

Birth : February 25, 1989

I never thought that I would ever go over to China for any reason - then to be able to go over there and play basketball, embracing the culture.

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Shanghai is an amazing city. The fans were so nice to my family and to myself and just treated us as their own. I'm extremely grateful to the Sharks for that opportunity.

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You've got to kind of speak things into existence if you really want them to happen.

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I'm loyal to my family, to my faith, and to basketball.

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A lot of people say they're competitive, and they think that means they scream and yell when they lose. I'm not like that. I don't scream and yell. I just win. At anything I do, I win.

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It's hard to play with any kind of confidence when you feel like if you miss one shot, if you make one mistake, you're getting pulled.

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Hopefully people see me as a great person, first of all.

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That's what it's all about, going out and being able to help in the community and help people around you. That's going to carry far longer than basketball ever will.

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I had a goal in mind and a dream, and I worked as hard as I possibly could and was eventually able to make it. And I think that's because I had that focus and that drive and never thought that I was going to fail.

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Sometimes you don't have great days. You're going to have ups, and you're going to have downs. And when you have the downs, it's awesome to be able to come home to a wife that's extremely supportive and a dog that loves you no matter what.

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As I've grown older, my testimony has grown a lot, and a lot of it really has to do with my dad. He's been a good example to me. That's really where my testimony started, in just seeing how spiritual and what a good guy he is.

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I really enjoy movies.

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The NBA is always looking for tough kids who aren't afraid of the moment or the guy they're playing against.

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To be honest with you, I always thought I was going to be in the NBA.

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Winning was everything to me. I hated to lose.

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Some people see ESPN. They see the long shots. They see me scoring the basketball, but they don't show often too many assists - and I've been doing that my whole career, being able to get the ball to the guy at the right time.

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I go out there, and I know if I play my game, then I'm going to be all right.

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You want to play against the best - at least I do. I want to go out there and compete against the best players.

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I've proven I can play.

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I can play off the ball some, and that's fine with me as long as I can be out on the floor. But I am definitely more natural as a point guard than I am as a two guard.

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