102 Quotes by Jabari Parker

As a basketball player, you dream of being able to play in front of your hometown. And if you're lucky, other guys from your city are right there beside you.

No matter how far I get into my career, even if I get hurt again, it's just a part of who I am. On the flip, I'm a warrior, I'm a soldier, I get up. As many times as I fell, I've still gotten up, and that's way more rewarding to me than any other thing that I've ever accomplished, and I'm proud of that.

Yeah, I've had injuries.

People in life have those issues - ups and downs - and I'm just a trailblazer to show whatever you do, you always get up. No matter how far you fall, you always get up.

Old cars have things to say. With an old car, you have to be extra observant about everything. You have to listen and pay attention - to how the engine sounds, where the oil levels are at, if it's running hot, all of that. You've gotta be tuned in, and I like that. New cars, to me they just feel like plain sheets of metal.

I deal with expectations by not putting myself higher than the team.

I'm lucky to have the support and the platform I have, and I plan on making the most of it.

I know nobody likes practice, nobody enjoys it, but you have to build some type of excitement and expectation and learn something.

I loved being poor, because it teaches you humility.