Anthony Edwards, at 22, is a basketball prodigy and a great interview.
In this article, we look at 50 Anthony Edwards quotes on basketball, life, his competitive streak, and creamy peanut butter. You won’t want to miss this one because Ant-Man has and showcases his wit and interesting take on things.
His candid reflections are on full display below. We hope you enjoy them!
Best Anthony Edwards Quotes
1.) I bet I’d be A-1 from Day 1.
(On cooking food or whatever you need him to do.)
2.) I was already living in a pandemic because all I wanted to do was get better.
3.) I’m smarter than a lot of people think. I just look like this. It’s just not that hard.
4.) I’m always going to be happy and play like myself.
5.) I’m gonna give it 100%, and we’re gonna have some fun.
6.) The smaller we go, the better it is for me.
7.) After this year, I think I’ll be in the (best-player) conversation.
8.) I gotta start proving myself more now that I got a contract like that.
9.) Yeah. Like Michael Phelps.
(When asked if he can swim.)
10.) Myself.
(When asked who is the hardest player to guard)
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Funny Anthony Edwards Quotes
11.) Where you from, Jim? I like your accent. It’s tough. I want to learn how to talk like that. But ask your question again, I was too much listening to your accent.
12.) He’s watching himself; he knows how to feed himself, he knows how to do everything! He’s my best friend! I’m a 21-year-old human, and there are times when I legitimately struggle to do such things.
(On his dog, whom Ant-Man has named Anthony Edwards Jr.)
13.) But I really can rap. Dame, talking about — I don’t know what he’s talking about. I’m rapping like Lil Baby.
14.) I’ve never had crunchy peanut butter—I wouldn’t even try it… Creamy is better.
15.) Tennis, swimming, lacrosse…whatever you need me to play, I’m gonna go do it. If it’s some money on the line, I’m gonna go do it.
16.) I got baptized at Lake Minnetonka. Hit a couple backflips. Swimming…
17.) I could’ve went to the MLB. … I was fourth, fifth hitter, you know what that means: straight clean-up on aisle three.
18.) Had to get Popeyes after the game… They’re fries are top 4.
On Basketball
19.) Nah, man. I’m an in-game dunker… I just like to dunk on people.
(On why he won’t compete in the dunk contest.)
20.) The stats are cool, but I want to get to the playoffs and compete at a high level.
21.) That’s what you call it? ‘Settling?’ I call it playing basketball. If I want to take a jumper, I’m going to take a jumper. If I want to go to the rim, I’ll go to the rim. I don’t call it ‘settling.’
(On being asked about “settling for jumpers.”)
22.) Before I got to the NBA, Kyrie, and KD were my favorite players.
23.) He’s amazing. There’s nothing new I can say about Giannis. He’s unstoppable.
24.) Sometimes you gotta scream at (your teammates) and get on them, but the reason that you go vibe with them is so they know it’s genuine and you got love for them.
25.) I’m ready to guard whoever. Whoever their best player is, put me on them.
26.) Anytime I see one of those GOATs in front of me, I’m not passing.
27.) Gotta be willing to pass the ball. There’s no ‘I’ in team, can’t beat five people with three people.
28.) All the guys sitting, resting… just play, man. These people might have enough money to come to one game, and that’s the game you’re sitting out.
(When asked what’s something he’d like to see changed in the modern NBA.)
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On His Legacy
29.) (I want to be remembered) as the greatest shooting guard to play basketball.
30.) My second year after the All-Star break I was like you know what, I’m here now. I started getting super comfortable.
31.) I’m super confident, I don’t see no limit on us. We can beat anybody.
32.) It means a lot, but I’m trying to get more than them. Im trying to get more than eight.
(On being tied for most 40-point games before age 21.)
33.) No matter how bad I shoot it from the field, when the game’s on the line I’m going to shoot it every time.
34.) To be honest, I can’t watch basketball. I’m still not really into it. I love basketball, yeah. It’s what I do.
(On basketball)
35.) You can spike the ball. You can dance. (And) You can do all type of disrespectful stuff.
(On why he’d choose the NFL over the NBA.)
36.) I always tell him, “Don’t you ever stop shooting the ball because you miss five or six shots.”
(Regarding Karl Anthony Towns shooting struggles in one game.)
Anthony Edwards on the Denver Nuggets
37.) I’m happy about it. We’re competing at the highest level, and I’m smiling about it because I’m happy and ready to go play. If we play tomorrow, I’ll be ready. It’s gonna be fun!
(When asked about the Nugget’s momentum after the T-Wolves won the first two games and the Nuggets the last two games.)
38.) They’ve got the best player in the entire world… so, and he’s got the ball the entire game, and any time you make a mistake, he sees it. So, it’s hard to beat that.
(On Nikola Jokić and the Denver Nuggest after the Game 4 loss in 2024.)
39.) They’re not going to lie down. They’re going to punch, and we’re going to punch back… and the last two nights they beat us up—they beat us up in the fight… but, we’ll be all right, bounce back and figure it out next game… and we’ll be ready again.
40.) I think having the three days (off) hurt us after those two wins.
41.) Going against the best player in the world is always fun. Going against the best team in the world is always fun. They’re well coached, they’re disciplined, they’re not going to beat themselves. I felt like our coaching staff did a great job of game-planning throughout the 3-4 days that we had, and our guys came out and competed tonight. It’s not just about me personally. It’s about my team. They give me confidence also. Third quarter I didn’t do anything. I was just out there running up and down. Mike and KAT came out big for us, so that gave me confidence to try and find myself.
On Working Hard
42.) To be honest, at first, I thought I was working hard, but I wasn’t, until the pre-draft [workout where] I met Steve Kerr… and he told me I wasn’t going hard enough. So I appreciate him for that. Ever since then, I’ve been working crazy.
43.) I had to dedicate myself to the work. That was the main thing this summer. I was working out four times a day.
44.) I feel like I’m working extremely hard, harder than I’ve ever worked before.
45.) Being more efficient. Taking less shots and scoring more points.
(When asked what he’s working on to take his game to the next level.)
46.) This summer, I’m going to train so hard so that I don’t miss any open shots.
47.) I come from nothing. My mom used to work all day, grandma used to work all day. So just seeing them grind makes me grind even harder now.
Miscellaneous Anthony Edwards Insights
48.) I don’t know who that is. I know he’s going to be the owner. But I don’t know anything about baseball.
(On Alex Rodriguez.)
49.) I mean, I was bored. And I’ve always loved dogs. I love dogs or like lions or something. But I knew I couldn’t get no lions because I ain’t got the house for it. So I’m just gon’ get me some dogs.
50.) I always competed versus my brothers growing up. That’s just something that’s in me. I love to compete at a high level. Any chance I get to compete, I’m ready to go.
Anthony Edwards on Jokic
51.) He’s the MVP, he’s the best player in the NBA, and he showed it the last three games, three games in a row. He was special tonight. I gotta give him his flowers. I don’t know. He was that guy tonight.
I hope you enjoyed this collection of fun Anthony Edwards quotes.
By Mike O’Halloran
Founder and Editor, Sports Feel Good Stories
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