Joel Embiid Quotes

Joel Embiid

Profession : Athlete

Birth : March 16, 1994

All of the great big men went to college at least two or three years. I think it's a big factor. I don't know if it will always work, but I think it's the best choice.

Joel Embiid

When I play '2K,' I'll play in GM mode. And I choose different teams. But I always trade for myself because I'm unstoppable. Literally there's no way to stop me in '2K.'

Joel Embiid

We're always going to be trusting the process.

Joel Embiid

My very first scrimmage at Kansas, I got dunked on so hard by Tarik Black that I almost quit. Tarik dunked on me so hard that I was looking at plane tickets home. This guy was a senior. He was a grown man. I didn't know what was going on. He got his own rebound and dunked over me so hard that everything went in slow motion.

Joel Embiid

Chinese fans are just passionate about the game. The love they have is just insane.

Joel Embiid

Before games and sometimes practice, I like something with a dope beat. Like Rick Ross, when he's just like, 'RUH!,' all that stuff.

Joel Embiid

I think it would've been a little easier if I grew up in America; they've got better conditions for basketball players. At the same time, many people have said to me that having to start playing so late helped me not pick up bad habits.

Joel Embiid

I started playing basketball so late, it just means that anything is possible.

Joel Embiid

I wanted to become president, and I wanted to become an astronaut. Because I was really good at math.

Joel Embiid

On social media, I can hide behind the computer or the iPhone. Internet courage.

Joel Embiid

I'm just going to do my job, what coach wants me to do, be a defensive piece, and when needed to be a scorer, I'm going to be that.

Joel Embiid

If I'm playing well, and we're winning games, that's what I want.

Joel Embiid

One thing the fans got to understand is that I missed two years, and we took it really, really slow, and we made sure everything was good, and my foot has been great.

Joel Embiid

I want to win the MVP. I feel like, at the end of the day, it might be an individual award, but when I play better, the team also does.

Joel Embiid

I do like to be shirtless.

Joel Embiid

I always think about myself as, like, a regular person. I want to be able to enjoy everything.

Joel Embiid

I'm trying to dominate, and if you dominate, you're going to be hated because you're going to talk so much stuff.

Joel Embiid

When I started playing ball as a junior, I'm kind of glad that I was never good enough to be highly recruited.

Joel Embiid

If I'm not making plays, I can't get the crowd going. When I'm making plays, that's where I can feel a vibe and can get into it with the crowd.

Joel Embiid

I always thought that the U.S. was just amazing, and it was just a dream. I thought it was Heaven. Coming here a couple years ago, you know, the U.S. is still nice, but it's not like what I thought it was going to be.

Joel Embiid