Quotes by Jalen Rose

Jalen Rose

An athletic scholarship shouldn’t be the best opportunity to receive a quality education.

Athletic

Opportunity

Quality

Even bad teams have optimism. You don’t want to take away the optimism so early in the season. The Bad News Bears coach wouldn’t even tell (his team) that.

Basketball

Optimism

Team

For me, Duke was personal. I hated Duke and I hated everything I felt Duke stood for. Schools like Duke didn’t recruit players like me. I felt like they only recruited players who were Uncle Toms.

Player

School

Uncles

Gone are the days in America where we’re able to graduate from High School and perhaps eventually get a job that pays $100,000, that barrier has been put up. If you want to work at McDonald’s, where is your degree?

America

Jobs

School

I don’t mind being a professional. As an athlete you are a role model, people are watching what you wear, listening to everything you say.

Athlete

People

Role Models

I Hated Duke. I Felt Like They Only Recruited Black Players That Were Uncle Toms.

Black

Player

Uncles

I really like Rafer Alston. We get along great. We have a lot of fun times together that I canÃ¢â¬â¢t share with you guys.

Funny

Guy

Together

I remember an incident overseas about five years ago where a player punched a referee and knocked him cold. I don’t think anything like that will ever happen in the NBA. Emotions run rampant. The games are so intense, and the stakes are so high. (But) At the end of the day, players and coaches really respect officials and really appreciate that they try to do a good job.

Jobs

Player

Running

I remember draft night, I shook David Stern’s hand while rocking a red suit with white pinstripes and red gators I’ve always been a trendsetter.

Hands

Night

White

I’m a GM in fantasy basketball and I’m a GM on PlayStation, so on PlayStation I probably would have got a little more, but this is real life, so I don’t know.

Basketball

Littles

Real

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Athlete

Athletic

Basketball

Bird

Black

Bulletproof Vest

Careers

Criticism

Deserve

Doe

Done

Funny

Greatness

Guy

Hands

Jobs

League

Littles

Lying

Matter

Merit

Names

New York

Next Level

Night

Opportunity

Optimism

People

Player

Quality

Real

Reality

Records

Responsibility

Role Models

Running

School

Summer

Support You

Team

Together

Uncles

What You Deserve

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Quotes by Jalen Rose

Jalen Rose

An athletic scholarship shouldn’t be the best opportunity to receive a quality education.

Even bad teams have optimism. You don’t want to take away the optimism so early in the season. The Bad News Bears coach wouldn’t even tell (his team) that.

For me, Duke was personal. I hated Duke and I hated everything I felt Duke stood for. Schools like Duke didn’t recruit players like me. I felt like they only recruited players who were Uncle Toms.

Gone are the days in America where we’re able to graduate from High School and perhaps eventually get a job that pays $100,000, that barrier has been put up. If you want to work at McDonald’s, where is your degree?

I don’t mind being a professional. As an athlete you are a role model, people are watching what you wear, listening to everything you say.

I Hated Duke. I Felt Like They Only Recruited Black Players That Were Uncle Toms.

I really like Rafer Alston. We get along great. We have a lot of fun times together that I canÃ¢â¬â¢t share with you guys.

I remember draft night, I shook David Stern’s hand while rocking a red suit with white pinstripes and red gators I’ve always been a trendsetter.

I’m a GM in fantasy basketball and I’m a GM on PlayStation, so on PlayStation I probably would have got a little more, but this is real life, so I don’t know.

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