Top 70 Jordan Clarkson Quotes

I feel like I need to get stronger for both: offensively and defensively.

Basketball is not only played physically with skills and stuff.

We always laughing and joking, playing around, but, you know, when it’s time to go to work, we go to work.

I have to stay confident.

When I have a bad game, I watch the film and just kind of remember everything.

I’m just trying to help any in any opportunity I get. If that’s scoring the ball, defensively, rebounding.

I just grind.

I’ve just been trying to focus on the basketball and not the business of the game.

My shot consistency is an area I can improve and continuing to work on my ballhandling.

From day one in summer league, I had a chip on my shoulder.

My main goal is trying to win games and a championship.

I mean my pops, my family, that’s always No. 1. But second probably the girls and stuff. Females.

If I’m comfortable in how I look and feel, I’ll feel real good and confident.

I feel like you can burn yourself out. I’m not trying to do that.

I’m focused on always working on my game.

For the majority of my rookie year, I had to lug around a fake baby doll in a pink stroller whenever I was entering and leaving Staples Center.

Track is something you do by yourself.

Hopefully I do win Sixth Man of the Year.

Probably the biggest thing I can do is try to help us get wins.

I want to be here in L.A. – a place where I can call home – and leave a legacy.

It took a lot of work to go from the ‘Not Top 10’ to being selected for the NBA All-Rookie First Team.

I mean I always wanted to get tattoos, that’s why I got them kind of fast. Because I already knew what I wanted and kind of where I wanted to put everything at, just had to wait for the right time.

I’m just trying to be aggressive and make plays, but you watch film and you see that you can get off the ball get it to somebody else and let them make a play for you.

Wherever I am I want to be productive.

I watch a lot of myself, just to critique myself.

As long as I’m on the court, playing minutes, I’m going to impact the game someway – if that’s defensively or offensively.

I know sometimes the shots look a little crazy when I’m taking them early in the shot clock and stuff like that.

I can be a better defender. It’s one of those things where I like to always find something wrong so I can get better.

It’s good to know you have a pass-first point guard who will make the right plays.

We have to figure out how to do that, in terms of playing with that mindset of just not caring. Playing free in a structured manner.

Not many people make it out of San Antonio. I can’t even count on my hand how many NBA players are from San Antonio.

That’s the first thing that came easy in basketball, beating people down the court, getting into people. Using God’s gifts.

That’s what I’m really working on: trying to communicate with guys.

During the season, I’m not really on too many other things – I’m just focused on basketball. But I’m a big lover of music and I watch a lot of movies.

I think I’m my hardest critic. Sometimes it’s kind of bad because I’m so hard on myself and sometimes I get down.

We want to be in the Finals and hold that trophy up.

We’re trying to play big time in the playoffs and do something special.

In college we could take tough shots and your field goal percentage would go down.

Nothing is given to us.

I love to hoop and you can never get better just by sitting on the bench.

For me, whenever I get on the floor, I’m gonna try to impact the game and just do what I do.

Adding muscle and strength will be a big help to me.

Even in the states I get love from a lot of Filipinos.

I just control what I can control – go out there and try to be the best I can be in the minutes I get, with the plays that are called for me.

Coming into a winning situation kind of brings the best out of everybody and pulls people together.

You can’t win by yourself.

Once you’re a Laker, all eyes truly are on you.

Somebody got a tattoo of me. Kind of threw me off a little bit, but the work was amazing… It’s definitely good to feel that love and support.

Laker Nation is different from any other fanbase.

I felt like I was one of the better point guards in the draft, maybe the best. But falling out of the first round and being selected in the second round, the number really doesn’t matter where you get drafted – it’s about the fit.

I know I’m a playmaker.

When I’m on the court I’m just trying to impact the game.

I try to keep my nose down and keep grinding. I keep working and having fun.

I can fit into a lot of clothes. A lot of them fit my body.

I’m never going to forget draft day.

In the playoffs, it changes a little bit with defenses tightening up and every little thing is put under the microscope.

I can score in bunches, but it’s about being able to make my teammates better and have the defense worry about something else other than me going out there aggressive and forcing it sometimes.

I’m a second-round pick – 46th pick. It’s always gonna be on my mind.

If I were to be traded, I just have to be ready to play.

I want to be one of those guys that is not bouncing around from team to team.

Not all rookie lessons are learned on the hardwood. There are factors like rookie duties and building team camaraderie.

I love women.

A big thing for me is trying to work on slowing down and not rushing plays, so I can be able to make plays for my teammates.

The one or two I’m comfortable playing. They might even play me at the five sometimes.

Everything happens for a reason.

Y’all know how we have dogs and stuff right? So I think it was bigger people in the world before us, and the dinosaurs was they pets.

I definitely want to stay in L.A. but kind of have an open mind.

I try to not put two bad games together.

If I’m going to be a sixth man, I’m going to go for Sixth Man of the Year. If I’m a starter, I’m definitely trying to be a great player either way.

It’s tough being able to shift your mind during the years and change roles.