87 Ja Morant Quotes On Confidence, Critics, Work Ethic & Basketball
Jan 22, 2024
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Ja Morant is a professional basketball player who currently plays for the Memphis Grizzlies in the NBA.
He played college basketball for the Murray State Racers before being selected as the second overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft.
Morant is known for his incredible athleticism and jumping ability as well as his playmaking and scoring.
Ja won the NBA Rookie of the Year award in 2020 and became the first player in NBA history to average at least 17 points and 7 assists per game in his rookie season.
Coming from a small school, Morant has been surpassing expectations and quieting critics his entire life. He has a ton of confidence and self-belief which is evident with quotes below.
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Ja Morant Quotes About Confidence
1. "My message to myself is always, 'If you don't believe in yourself, who will?'"
2. "Anybody I play against tie their shoes the same way I do before the game. And I just go out there and play confident."
3. "I never let anybody else put limits on my game."
4. "I've got this mindset now that I'm going to finish the play no matter where the defender's at."
5. "I'm a point god."
6. "I'm one of the most humblest dudes you'll ever meet, if you ask people who have been around me, but I'm also confident in my game."
7. "There's no point in, you know, being scared of somebody out there."
8. "I don't fear nobody, dawg."
9. "Proving everyone wrong is my number one goal."
10. "I wouldn't compare my game to anybody. I feel like there's only one Ja and that's me."
11. "Once I'm on the court, inside those four lines and the ball goes up in the air, I feel like it's my time to shine and prove myself that I'm one of the top players in this league. No matter who I'm going against."
12. "Me personally, I'll never say nobody in this world can beat me 1-on-1. Like, it's just that confidence I have in myself. And no matter who I'm going up against, I'mma always take myself."
13. "I'm must-see TV. Me and my teammates."
14. "I'm not, I guess, the person to talk about himself a lot, but I'm also very confident in myself."
15. "I got all the confidence in the world in my game."
16. "I put in the work. I know I've put in the work so I'm confident going into every shot, make or miss. I know that if I get another open look, you better believe I'm going to let it fly."
17. "I like when the pressure is on me."
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Best Ja Morant Quotes About Basketball
18. "I try to play an all-around game and do whatever I can to help my team win."
19. "Basketball is my escape, I feel at my best when I play."
20. "As an athlete, proper warm up and recovery are a part of my daily routine."
21. "My 11th-grade summer, going into my senior year, is when I started dunking consistently. Before then, I'd probably get one dunk out of 25 tries."
22. "You can't worry about the last game so much, because you're always moving on to the next one."
23. "I'm thankful for my teammates, my coaches. They believe in me and have all the confidence in the world that I'll make the right plays."
24. "I don't compare myself to nobody else in this league. I just focus on me."
25. "You could have people who actually play basketball, but they probably don't love it. I actually love it."
26. "I only like makes. I don't get cool points for misses."
27. "I would say who I try to play like is Westbrook. He's my favorite player and I just like how he plays all around: He scores, rebounds and passes. And also just the aggressiveness he plays with just like he's got a chip on his shoulder."
28. "I try to play an all-around game and do whatever I can to help my team win."
29. "I just try to go out and play the same game every night."
30. "I just love the game."
31. "It just makes me happy to see that Memphis has trust in me and believes in me."
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Quotes From Morant About Work Ethic
32. "As far as jumping on the tires and the other drills I've done, they just allowed my legs to get stronger. Obviously, after jumping for a while your legs get tired, but it was about battling through that, continue to jump and get up there. It's allowed me to get off the floor quicker, be more explosive and it shows when I'm out there on the court."
33. "I want to be the best, so that's how I attack each and every day. That how I attack when I'm on the court, if it's a workout or whatever."
34. "I'm never satisfied."
35. "I'm trying to get better in all areas, whether its ball handling, finishing, defending."
36. "Regardless, I'm going to make the best of any situation, continue to just go out with my teammates, win games, play in front of our fans and do whatever I can to continue to bring love."
37. "As far as speaking on my game - people saying you're one of the top players in this league, etc. - I know I can still get better in areas of my game."
38. "Everybody who knows me knows I'm very hard on myself."
39. "I don't think I can get bored with trying to get better."
40. "I just got to control what I can control, and that's my play on the floor."
41. "Whatever team I fall to, they can expect a dude that's going to work from day one and do whatever I can to help the team and make an impact not only on the court but in the community."
42. "I was in position to be an All-Star my first two years and didn't make it. That bothered me a lot. So I just stopped focusing on that and just focusing on my play."
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Ja On Criticism And Proving People Wrong
43. "I love negative energy. It motivates me. It really doesn't bother me because my dad was my first hater, so if I can take it from him, I can take it from anybody."
44. "I like when the odds or pressure is stacked against me. That's when I thrive the best."
45. "We all want to prove ourselves in this league. We feel like we can compete with the best."
46. "My goal is to do everything that people said I can't and wouldn't do."
47. "I had a lot of doubters my whole life."
48. "Just coming from where I'm from gave me that chip on my shoulder. Not being recruited or receiving recognition added to it and just made me go out there and prove myself each and every night."
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Ja Morant Quotes About Passing And IQ
49. "Sometimes I see plays before anybody else sees it, so it kind of gives me an advantage on the defense already, and allows me to make plays for me and my teammates."
50. "I feel like my IQ is the strongest part of my game, being able to make plays for me and my teammates."
51. "I love making my teammates' jobs easier, putting them in spots where they can score. Just to see them with smiles on their faces, giving them confidence - that makes me feel much better than scoring the ball."
52. "I'd rather take an assist over a bucket any day."
53. "I'm just a pass-first point guard who just loves to get his teammates involved."
54. "I don't hunt shots. My teammates actually yell at me if I'm not being aggressive."
55. "Once I see how the defense is playing me, I know how to attack and where I can get my shots and where the team can get our shots."
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Quotes From Ja Morant About Winning And Success
56. "I'm a winner, and that's the main goal. If I do that, everything else will take care of itself."
57. "I'm just trying to be my own player and do what I do on the floor and help my teams win basketball games and continue to get better."
58. "If I could take the fame away, I would. I just want to play basketball at the highest level."
59. I've just got to continue to keep playing my game. Continue to be aggressive out there on the floor and do whatever it takes for us to get a win.
60. "Coming from being under the radar to one of the most talked-about players now, obviously, it's been rough. It's something I'm getting used to. But I'm happy for it."
61. "I honestly don't care about Rookie of the Year. They can give that to who they want."
62. "I focus on going out each and every game to win instead of worrying about whether we're respected or not."
63. "Coming from being under the radar, I could sit somewhere and nobody would know me. Now, going to the grocery store, going out to eat, and someone is like, 'Hey, Ja!' Before, I could sit in there 30 minutes to an hour and nobody would know me."
64. "My only goal is to win a championship."
65. "Obviously, everybody's ultimate goal is to win a championship. We've just got to make sure we're laying brick by brick each day to get better. At the end, we'll build an empire."
66. "Our goal is to win the championship, and I feel like as long as we stay locked in, continue to grow together, play together, that goal can be achieved."
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Ja Morant Quotes About Family And Childhood
67. "Growing up, my parents always told me, 'while you're out there you always have to have fun with it. You can't play the game frustrated.' That's how I attack each game. Enjoy it. Have fun. And just be myself out there."
68. "I decided to set official visits to Murray State and South Carolina. But once I went to Murray, I knew that's where I needed to be. The point guard tradition played a part, but not as much as the community - I felt like everybody, from the players to the coaches to the fans, were like a family."
69. "If anybody knows my grandma, she wants me to play and wants to be able to watch me."
70. "My parents really helped me stay focused, keep working, and I think I just stuck to it. That's what makes me more humble."
71. "My family and Murray State made me a great player. I got better over the years, and I think everybody could see that."
72. "Both of my grandmas had an influence on me. They both talked to me a lot about keeping God first, and trusting in God, and with God on your side, anything's possible. Just with them telling me those things and sending me messages, it lifts me up and gives me motivation to keep going no matter if it's a dark day or a bright day."
73. "I'm a big family guy."
74. "My dad was pretty athletic when he played so I can say some of my athleticism comes from him."
75. "Murray felt like a second home from the minute I stepped on campus and became a part of the Murray state community."
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Other Ja Morant Quotes
76. "We climb up the chimney. We ain't ducking no smoke."
77. "I'm on a see-it-eat-it diet. It's just about eating enough."
78. "I really don't pay too much attention to the hype."
79. "My personality, the person I am, I don't like saying no to anything."
80. "I have too many shoes to count, honestly."
81. "I always just try to bring positive and good vibes everywhere I go. I guess you could say it's the business Ja and the fun Ja."
82. "People just hide behind keyboards and say whatever they want."
83. "I'm a big Chris Paul fan."
84. "I'd really be happy with any team that drafts me. It means they see something in me."
85. "If I have to be the bad guy because I eat beef ramen noodles, then I'll be the bad guy."
86. "I'm blessed."
87. "I love shoes."
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