You're not going to find me in something someone else is wearing. Unless, of course, he's a very swaggy individual.

Iman Shumpert

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I don't want the attention. I want the respect. by Iman Shumpert

I don't want the attention. I want the respect.

want attention

I like when people do cool stuff that might be a little off-the-wall to anybody else, but they found a way to make it work for that day. I wouldn't recommend that people wear it every day like that, but if you every once in a while just spice it up, I like that. I dare to be different.

dare different people

When we were growing up we only got two pairs of shoes every year. With me, I was lucky because I got three pairs of shoes, the third were basketball shoes: Black Air Force Ones, White Air Force Ones, and boots for the winter.

growing-up basketball winter

By the time I got to the league I knew the cameras were going to... by Iman Shumpert

By the time I got to the league I knew the cameras were going to be there and to turn it on.

turns cameras league

I would have people send me shoes and I had 40 pairs and none would fit in the dorm room. People would come by and be like, "Yo, I've been looking for these shoes." I was like, "I'll sell them to you for $300 right now." I'd sell them, save up $4,000 to $5,000, go to the mall and just buy a bunch of new stuff.

dorms shoes people

I can do whatever I want. by Iman Shumpert

I can do whatever I want.

i-can can-do want

[Tyson Chandler] doesn't listen to people either. He does whatever he feels like and people will be like, "Who dressed you?"

tyson doe people

When I started in the league, I went to a tailor and told him I wanted long t-shirts. But they were like, "You know, you don't know what the trend is." I was like, "Look dog, I don't care about trends or your fashion sense. If I'm going to pay you money, this is where the shirt is going to end."

fashion dog long

There's a lot of guys in the NBA that would hire stylists because they know they don't have their own sense of style and they need a little guidance.

nba style guy

[ Stylists] are putting you in a style that most people are in because it's the trend. So you might have on the same outfit as everyone else.

stylist style people

I always wanted to dress up like Darth Maul.So I designed my own... by Iman Shumpert

I always wanted to dress up like Darth Maul.So I designed my own kilt.

kilts dresses wanted

I always knew what I wanted to dress like but that's when I became really passionate about it. We'd be in class and Google outfits or I'd doodle what I wanted.

google dresses class

Maybe somewhere down the line when I'm done playing, I'd want to... by Iman Shumpert

Maybe somewhere down the line when I'm done playing, I'd want to style NBA players.

nba style player

My mother worked in fashion design and she used to show me all of these looks. She tried to get me to wear fitted jeans in high school. This is when big jeans were popping.

fashion mother school

I designed it, the tailors wanted the kilt as a high joint but I... by Iman Shumpert

I designed it, the tailors wanted the kilt as a high joint but I wanted mine low like a Jedi.

kilts joints tailors

If you grew up watching 'Star Wars' you're like, wow, look at Darth Maul, he has that outfit. And that lightsaber. And he's jumping. When I see stuff, rarely do I forget. And that's what I always wanted to wear.

jumping stars war

I was growing, so I had to scrunch my feet up. Now people are like: "Why do you have so many shoes." I jump at the fact that I can wear something new everyday.

shoes feet people

It doesn't matter because I want to be that guy who you never kno... by Iman Shumpert

It doesn't matter because I want to be that guy who you never know what I'm going to wear.

guy matter want

I don't want to be predictable at all. by Iman Shumpert

I don't want to be predictable at all.

predictable want

I would like to walk in a room and people know who I am and be li... by Iman Shumpert

I would like to walk in a room and people know who I am and be like, "Oh, I respect his opinion."

who-i-am people rooms