Joel Embiid Quotes

Joel Embiid

Profession : Athlete

Birth : March 16, 1994

I love being physical.

Joel Embiid

Trust 'The Process.'

Joel Embiid

Back in 2011, I was kind of shy. I wasn't as good because that was the year, also, when I started playing basketball.

Joel Embiid

When I was still back in Cameroon, because I didn't know English, I used to listen to French rap all the time and then a little bit of American hip-hop. And then, when I got to the States, that's when I really got into all those guys - Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, all those guys.

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Sometimes, I feel like I'm lost. But I've always said that I believe in God.

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I like Meek Mill a lot. I listen to 'Dreams & Nightmares' introduction a lot. I always act crazy when the beat drops.

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I love competing. I mean, if you ask anybody around me, my coaches, they know I love competing. I hate losing.

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People have labeled the Process as whatever, tanking. I don't see it like that.

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I always like to have some type of connection with the crowd.

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One thing when I started playing in the league, I saw that a lot of guys are friendly. It's OK to be friendly, especially off the court. But on the court, I want to dominate.

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I don't like to be involved in front-office stuff.

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I'm actually really good at everything I do.

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I don't really care about the friendships on the court. I got my friends. I got my family, which I'm close to. I got a couple of friends that I'm always around.

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I love when people tell me that I was gonna be a bust. I enjoy when people tell me, 'You suck. You can't dribble. You can't shoot,' because it's like, gotta go to the gym.

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I think I'm a good offensive player, good defensive player. I do it on both ends of the floor.

Joel Embiid

Every time I get on the court, I want to push my teammates to be better as a leader and lead by example.

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Every time, the mindset I get when I get on the floor is that I'm the best player on the floor.

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You know how I learned to shoot? I watched white people. Just regular white people. They really put their elbow in and finish up top. You can find videos of them online.

Joel Embiid

There's definitely a lot of undiscovered talent in Africa. If I'm one of them and there's a few other guys in the league, that means that there must be some that are hidden.

Joel Embiid

I had this DVD that my coach in Cameroon had mailed to me when I first came to America. It was an hour-long tape of Hakeem Olajuwon and some other legendary big men. I probably watched that DVD every single day for three years.

Joel Embiid