I disagree that an athlete can't be intelligent. Some people think that, in basketball, we have a bunch of masculine adults who don't know how to control themselves. They're feeble-minded and can't engage or articulate ideas. That's a narrative they keep trying to paint.

Jaylen Brown

Art Age Yin

I'm not trying to be different. To me, I'm just being myself.

Jaylen Brown

Yin Us Trying

In life, if you stay quiet, you'll get left behind. So I had to learn to be more vocal and outgoing.

Jaylen Brown

Life You Vocal

Embarrassment is where growth happens.

Jaylen Brown

Men Where T

People will come at me telling me to wear this or wear that. If I don't like it, I don't like it. They couldn't pay me to wear it. If it's something I can rock with, I'll rock it. I'm more interested in being completely authentic to me. In my opinion, being myself is making a statement.

Jaylen Brown

Men Wit Will

I'm overly confident. I believe in myself 100 percent. I believe in my game, and I believe in my work ethic.

Jaylen Brown

Work Work Ethic T

Some people think racism has dissipated or no longer exists. But it's hidden in more strategic places.

Jaylen Brown

Think Thin Ted

I'm strong enough to guard the big guys and have enough heart to lock them down.

Jaylen Brown

Art Them T

The chips fall into place, but the educational experience I had at Cal, second to none.

Jaylen Brown

Experience Education T

I hate taking pills. Like, I probably haven't taken a pill in over 10 years.

Jaylen Brown

Years Year Taking

I think it's becoming cool to have mental toughness or to meditate. It's a thing, but I don't think people really understand the value of it.

Jaylen Brown

Men Cool Value

Often, everybody is comfortable with their role in life, and they forget about the people who are uncomfortable.

Jaylen Brown

Life Wit Who

I'm just going to keep working to show people what I can do.

Jaylen Brown

Work Working Us

I don't want to come into a situation like the NBA and have to develop for two or three years. When I come in, I want to be a superstar.

Jaylen Brown

Years Year Want

So basketball has always taken me places that I could have never imagined.

Jaylen Brown

Ways Way Taken

Who's to say because you're just a basketball player, or you are a basketball player, who's to say you can't chime in on other subjects or other important topics?

Jaylen Brown

You Who Use

Jae Crowder, he's like my big bro.

Jaylen Brown

Row Like He

I learned to play chess at a young age, and I think that's where learning to plan things out and put things in position, that was the best thing for me.

Jaylen Brown

Learning Age Young

LeBron's a good player, but I look at him as just a regular guy to me.

Jaylen Brown

Good Us T

There's bigger threats in my neighborhood than LeBron James, so I have no fear whatsoever of LeBron.

Jaylen Brown

Fear Whatsoever Threats

I try not to think about the things I can't control.

Jaylen Brown

Try Think Things

At Berkeley, you wore a hoodie and pajamas and Birkenstocks, and that's swag. I was so thrown off. What I thought was cool wasn't cool no more, so I thought about what I actually liked. I started experimenting. I started wearing Birkenstocks. I wanted to dive into the culture.

Jaylen Brown

There's this idea of America that some people have to win and some have to lose, so certain things are in place to make this happen. Some people have to be the next legislators and political elites, and some have to fill the prisons and work in McDonald's. That's how America works. It's a machine which needs people up top and people down low.

Jaylen Brown

I really like black. I love wearing black, different aesthetics and shades. I like earth tones. Those are my go-tos.

Jaylen Brown

I'm not really worried about anybody or anything. I think I have a lot to offer. It's just, with your rookie year, your body, it's just a lot. It may seem foolish, all those dunks and stuff: they look cool, but it takes a toll on your body, for sure.

Jaylen Brown

Before you can lead anybody else, you gotta put yourself in the right position to be successful.

Jaylen Brown

I think that's kind of who I am. I just try to be vocal and try to lead by example.

Jaylen Brown

Athletes aren't allowed to have an opinion. It's tough. Athletes are evolving right in front of our eyes. You see athletes who are politicians, etc., and still, we're told to shut up and dribble.

Jaylen Brown

A lot of people didn't know why I went to Cal. The Bay Area, Silicon Valley, I wanted to put myself in that position where I'm not only successful on the court but off the court.

Jaylen Brown

I'm just trying to be the best basketball player, the best student, the best son, friend, etcetera. I'm just trying to get better in every facet.

Jaylen Brown

I don't have any fear of failure whatsoever. I used to, and I told myself I wouldn't allow myself to anymore.

Jaylen Brown

I've taken thousands of shots in the corner. It's all mental. That's all it comes down to, is to be ready, wait for your opportunity, and execute.

Jaylen Brown

I disagree that an athlete can't be intelligent. Some people think that, in basketball, we have a bunch of masculine adults who don't know how to control themselves. They're feeble-minded and can't engage or articulate ideas. That's a narrative they keep trying to paint.

Jaylen Brown

I just think Trump's character and some of his values makes him unfit to lead. For someone like him to be president and in charge of our troops? It's scary, to be honest.

Jaylen Brown

If I want any shot at getting on the floor, I gotta know what I'm doing defensively.

Jaylen Brown

I'm emotionally and physically ready for anything.

Jaylen Brown

I had attached my life to basketball so closely that it made me physically ill.

Jaylen Brown

I just try to be respectful of everybody.

Jaylen Brown

I would go to games like I go to dinner. If I come and wear something crazy, I'm just trying to be myself.

Jaylen Brown

One of the most subtle but aggressive ways racism exists is through our education system.

Jaylen Brown

Reading is looked at like it's corny or lame, but you'd be surprised what you can find in a book.

Jaylen Brown

When I got to Cal, they tried to put me in safe classes, things I could succeed at. I went to Cal for an education. That's definitely problematic. You see athletes taking majors that don't add up to anything.

Jaylen Brown

A lot of players get to a certain point they don't want to make mistakes. They just want everyone to see how great they are. That ends up being their downfall. You put a cap on yourself.

Jaylen Brown

Everything is educational.

Jaylen Brown

I want to understand everything so I can put myself in a position to be successful.

Jaylen Brown

When I open my mouth and talk, sometimes people say they are amazed of my intellect. I don't know if that's because I truly speak in a way that people can understand or feel a certain way, or because they don't expect it. I don't know. That's something I am curious about.

Jaylen Brown

Athletes have all the influence in the world. Everyone wants to hear what you have to say.

Jaylen Brown

More people care about LeBron James than some religious leader.

Jaylen Brown

Sports and education, I think they overlap.

Jaylen Brown

At the end of the day, basketball is basketball. You've got a whole life to live.

Jaylen Brown

You've got athletes who are politicians, venture capitalists, musicians, rappers, etcetera. It's becoming more of a popular thing to have other interests outside of basketball, and I think that's normal. Just like when people work day jobs, they have interest in sports, they do investments, they do all these other types of things.

Jaylen Brown