About Jazzmarr Ferguson

Jazzmarr Ferguson is a Louisville-born pro basketball player whose 15-year career has taken him across Italy, France, Australia, and now the Middle East. 

On the court, he’s known for leadership, resilience, and a team-first mindset. Off the court, he’s the founder of Reps with Jazz, a mentorship and coaching platform that helps student-athletes, young leaders, and executives build confidence, discipline, and clarity.

Raised in a tough inner-city environment and a self-described late bloomer, Jazz outworked his peers, turning daily habits into an edge that powered championships, sponsorships, and a reputation as a mentor to younger players. Today, he speaks in schools, runs workshops, and coaches clients on mindset, focus, and sustainable habits that translate to wins in sport and life.

About this Episode

Host Hilmarie Hutchison talks with Jazzmarr about how discipline and purpose shaped his journey from Louisville to international basketball, and how that same mindset fuels Reps with Jazz. He shares defining career moments, why “reps remove all doubt,” the difference between coaching teens and adults, and practical ways to beat comparison, improve focus, and turn habits into confidence. He also outlines his plans to expand workshops and keynotes across the Middle East and beyond.

Quotes

1:42 - Basketball was always an outlet for me to go in the opposite direction of the environment that I grew up in. I wasn't a great player, but I always was in love with the game, and it gave me the ability to really focus on something and give it all of my attention to get out of that environment that I was growing up in.

 3:42 - The mindset aspect of that was just becoming obsessed with a work ethic once I saw a little bit of improvement. I wanted to continue to see that growth and development.

5:28 - I think with my style of play and who I am as a player with my reputation, playing in the Middle East is a great place for me to kind of go out on my own turns the next three or four years of playing.

 6:37 - I was able to really establish myself in my career, gain some sponsorships within the country, and really be able to become the best version of myself as an athlete. 

7:57 - When you're an athlete, there's always a moment in your career where you understand that there's going to have to be a transition.

 9:54 - I solely kind of realized that this is my mission and this is something that I am going to be great at even better than I am as an athlete.

 10:36 - Reps remove all doubt is applicable in every aspect of your life.

 10:50 - When you have good habits, you have to continuously apply those good habits to your life when you want to get the results.

 11:41 - You have to constantly have a level of sustainability with your habits.

 12:12 - I can constantly and consistently have the energy and the desire to do that for people.

 14:10 - I try to focus on the growth and development aspect with teenagers and young leaders because I think it's a very, very important aspect to nurture those relationships and help them build those habits.

 16:41 - We need people that first of all have the ability to focus and then know how to teach or inspire or persuade people to focus in a way that is useful and effective.

 19:44 - I think the influence that I've been able to have in speaking and doing workshops is only going to grow because it's a passion of mine. And the reception that I get from the schools and the students are something that is really, really incomparable.

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