Jimmy Butler
Jimmy Butler

My whole life, people have doubted me. My mom did. People told me in high school I'm too short and not fast enough to play basketball. They didn't know my story. Because if they did, they'd know that anything is possible.

Jimmy Butler
Jimmy Butler

It's not all fine and dandy, but a smile can go a long way. Show some love, be patient, and this world will be a much better place.

Jimmy Butler
Jimmy Butler

I've learned enough times in life that saying something is completely different than acting upon it.

Jimmy Butler
Jimmy Butler

I play really hard. I put my body on the line every damn practice. Every day in the games. That's my passion. That's how I give to the game.

Jimmy Butler
Jimmy Butler

It's the heart that I play with on every single possession. And that's all that it is.

Jimmy Butler
Jimmy Butler

You can lose. Michael Jordan lost, but that doesn't mean he wasn't the GOAT.

Jimmy Butler
Jimmy Butler

If you think you can sing, you can sing; that's all that matters.

Jimmy Butler
Jimmy Butler

I always speak my mind. Whether it be something that's going on in the world, something on the basketball court, or just something I saw with somebody else that's not right.

Jimmy Butler
Jimmy Butler

If your No. 1 priority isn't winning, and people can tell? That's the battle. Now there's a problem between people, because that guy's No. 1 priority is winning, and that guy's isn't.

Jimmy Butler
Jimmy Butler

I built a fort when I was little, with pillows and blankets.

Jimmy Butler
Jimmy Butler

I play dominoes all the way until I got Bible study. And then I do Bible study. I go to the game. After the game, come home. Dinner. Dominoes until I go to sleep. I'm. Not. Joking.

Jimmy Butler
Jimmy Butler

She's very loving. That's my family. That's Michelle Lambert. She is my mom.

Jimmy Butler
Jimmy Butler

I just want to ball. I just want a chance to win a championship. I just want to win. I wake up every day smiling. Why? Because I've got my people around me. I really don't give a damn what anybody thinks about me or what I say or what I do.

Jimmy Butler
Jimmy Butler

Everybody's so scared to be honest with one another. If you didn't like the way I handled myself in practice, one of the players, come up to me. Somebody say something - anybody. I'm not gonna take it as offense; it's not personal.

Jimmy Butler
Jimmy Butler

The main thing is confidence. I'm gaining more and more confidence to do whatever I want to do on the basketball court, whether it is shooting threes or sprinting to the rim and finishing or ball handling. I'm confident enough because I have worked on it that I am going to do the exact same things in the game.

Jimmy Butler
Jimmy Butler

I love the game, and I don't do it for any other reason except to compete and go up against the best and try to prove I can hang. All my emotion came out at one time.

Jimmy Butler
Jimmy Butler

I'm a competitor; I'm in here talking - come at me. If you score on me, I'm gonna tap you on your butt. You got the best of me - but you got to do it every time.

Jimmy Butler
Jimmy Butler

We'll go on vacation, but we don't really care to go see Rome or anything. We just want to play dominoes. We like the fact that we can say, 'Oh, we went to Rome.' 'Well, what'd you do in Rome?' 'Played dominoes'.

Jimmy Butler
Jimmy Butler

Decisions I make, the money, my contract, all of that will handle itself. I don't ever worry about my money. I already have enough money for the rest of my life. It's all about winning.

Jimmy Butler
Jimmy Butler

You can't be selfish in this game. You've got to know, at the end of the day, that it's all about winning. And when you win, everybody looks good.