Top 40 Chris Paul Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Keep practicing. Never let someone tell you you’re too small or too slow.”

— Chris Paul

2. “If my son is happy, then I am happy.”

— Chris Paul

3. “I hate losing more than I like winning.”

— Chris Paul

4. “I trust my wife more than I trust myself.”

— Chris Paul

5. “I always have said that the most valuable thing I have isn’t money; it’s my time.”

— Chris Paul

6. “I always tell D-West, ‘We’re the leaders on the team, and if we go down, we’ve got to go down shooting.’”

— Chris Paul

7. “Every now and then you’re going to get beaten, but we work hard.”

— Chris Paul

8. “Being close ain’t good enough.”

— Chris Paul

9. “I need energy every day. Whether I’m leaving home and going to practice or getting in the car with my two kids to take my son to school – I need all the energy I can get.”

— Chris Paul

10. “Obviously I want the fragrance to smell good. I tell people all the time that when you see someone there can obviously be a physical attraction, but scent is something that stays with you. It’s something that you remember about a person.”

— Chris Paul

11. “That’s the great thing about big cities: Nobody is judging. You really get a chance to show who you are with your style.”

— Chris Paul

12. “What I really try to do is take different pages out of different players books.”

— Chris Paul

13. “Exercise and good nutrition helped make me what I am today and are critical in allowing me stay on top of my game.”

— Chris Paul

14. “People have said I have a Napoleon complex. But I’ve always had to fight for everything that I have.”

— Chris Paul

15. “I’ve always been vertically challenged. I never grew at all until my junior year of high school-if you call that growing.”

— Chris Paul

16. “You only get a chance to live your dream once, and I’m living mine right now.”

— Chris Paul

17. “For me, hip-hop culture is involved in everything – it’s in me, in who I am, in how I dress, how I talk. It’s in my son and my wife.”

— Chris Paul

18. “I had never been to Oklahoma City before. I had no clue. Just heard there were a lot of tornadoes.”

— Chris Paul

19. “I can dunk! I can dunk, and not just in NBA Live.”

— Chris Paul

20. “We showed why road games have been tough for us throughout this year. That’s where we’ve got to get better. It’s a learning experience.”

— Chris Paul

21. “I play basketball to win a championship. That championship is everything to me. And thats what gets people to buy in to your brand – being a winner.”

— Chris Paul

22. “I’m not much into anything too flashy.”

— Chris Paul

23. “One of the things you learn when you go overseas is how much a lot of the countries overseas really just like to enjoy life.”

— Chris Paul

24. “Being from North Carolina, it’s kind of slow-paced. There’s not too much going on there, whereas in New Orleans, there’s always something going on. I just love all the people, going out to dinner and enjoying anything I want.”

— Chris Paul

25. “Ive been fortunate to be short my entire life. Theres only one position Ive ever had to play, and thats point guard. So Ive always had to be that leader. And that was my job: you know, to talk.”

— Chris Paul

26. “We wanted to impress the crowd so much. The city has done so much for us and welcomed us right in, and we just wanted to give them a good show and show them that we’re going to play for them. I think guys just had a little bit of jitters.”

— Chris Paul

27. “I grew up on games like Madden and NBA Jam, then moved on to NFL 2K on Dreamcast. The game I really loved was Virtua Tennis.”

— Chris Paul

28. “I’ve been a winner my whole life.”

— Chris Paul

29. “No matter where you put me, I don’t care if it is North Carolina, Florida, California, New York City; I’m going to be who I am.”

— Chris Paul

30. “I was always into sports games. Never really played anything else. I grew up on games like Madden and NBA Jam.”

— Chris Paul

31. “Whatever I have to do to help us win, I’ll do.”

— Chris Paul

32. “I’m not the greatest long-distance shooter, I know that. But I know if I can get around that free-throw line area, a lot of times you’ve just got to hope I miss.”

— Chris Paul

33. “For me, it’s all about who you are. Some athletes may feel a responsibility. Some may not. One thing I’ve talked with my family and team about is doing more. Trying to make an impact.”

— Chris Paul

34. “I have a Dominique Wilkins Hawks jersey that I still wear. That’s probably my favorite one. What’s funny is that I spend all this time collecting jerseys, and now people are out there collecting mine.”

— Chris Paul

35. “Im still getting more familiar with the plays and different things, but I think that will come along with getting more experience and getting to know the guys better.”

— Chris Paul

36. “Sometimes the fans are too nice.”

— Chris Paul

37. “Even today a lot of people know me because of my grandfather.”

— Chris Paul

38. “I love Polo. I have a lot of Ralph Lauren suits. I got Dolce, I got a little bit of everything. And my favorite thing about Ralph Lauren is that he puts the number three on a lot of his clothes, so I feel like it’s meant for me.”

— Chris Paul

39. “Family was real important in putting me on my path. I’m so blessed to come from a home with a mother and a father.”

— Chris Paul

40. “It’s a business now. But you still have little butterflies in your stomach before every game.”

— Chris Paul