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" 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

Work

Win

" I just try to be respectful of everybody. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

Jaylen Brown

Be Different

Myself

" 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

Thought

You

" 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

Quiet

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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

Being Myself

Myself

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

Jaylen Brown

Some People

Think

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

Jaylen Brown

Places

Never

" 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. "

" 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

Trying

Myself

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

" I'm emotionally and physically ready for anything. "

" 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. "