Jalen Rose Step Quotations

Yeah, I can play a little bit. Somebody put a memo on my locker, saying I'll be 33 this month, so i figure I had to step my game up.

Somebody put a memo in my locker, saying I was turning 33 this month, so I figured I had to step my game up.

The guys are doing what they can to help us win ball games and they need me to step up and play the way I'm capable of playing.

You just gotta play. You've got to be aggressive at all times. If you feel like you have an opportunity to step up and knock down a shot, you've got to knock it down. If you have an opportunity to penetrate and finish the play, you have to finish. If there's a penetrate-and-kick situation, you've got to kick it out. I think he understands. He's just not playing the way he's capable of playing right now.

It's frustrating to lose the ballgame, especially when we're giving a valiant effort, ... It's doubly frustrating because of the way I've been playing. The guys are doing what they can to help us win ballgames, and they need me to step up and play the way I'm capable of playing.

I'm excited to go to New York. Every player, when they step into the Garden, there is a different pulse to that building. I'm definitely going to be a little bit nervous and excited.

I'd be lying to say it doesn't add to it to be going to New York. Every player, when they step into the Garden, there's a different bounce to that arena, a different atmosphere, a different feeling being in New York ... I'm definitely going to be a little bit nervous and excited about playing my first game there.