Kristaps Porzingis Quotes
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New Yorkers aren't that friendly, but they're still pretty friendly, and they're hardworking, passionate people.
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I've got that European swagger.
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With my height, I probably wouldn't be able to make money playing pingpong, but I would just have fun with it. The table is too low for me.
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I think that's the type of game I'm better at - faster paced, just moving the ball more around.
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I don't love the off-court stuff. But I know it's necessary.
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I just really love the game. I'm very hungry, and I'm looking forward to playing in the best league in the world.
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At the end of the day the thing I want most of all is winning.
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I believe whenever you're winning and doing the right thing, you're stats will be fine, and everything else will come in place.
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It's not a good feeling when you get booed. But I don't want to be good because somebody booed me. I want to be great player because that's the way I am.
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The only thing I focus on is just winning. Once we win, everyone remembers a winner. That's what I'm focused on.
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Us three brothers - me, Janis, and Martins - we made a bet. We all sat down and said we were going to grow our hair out. But after a month or two, they cut their hair. But I was too young to make the decision about whether I would get a haircut, so mine just kept growing. And it was so long that I decided I should start rocking those cornrows.
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I'm never really happy with anything I do.
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Until that moment comes when the ball comes to me every time, I have to find a way to be effective with offensive rebounds, play hard defense, blocking shots.
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We knew the European players that went to the NBA and had great careers, and we knew the ones that went and had terrible careers or finished early. We were prepared for a lot of criticism.
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I want to be a part of this organization, and I know the fans are a little harsh sometimes, but that's how it is here in New York, and I'm ready for it.
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My older brothers, they know how to keep my head straight and be thinking about what I need to do on the court. Now I have that in me, that mentality, that I want to get better and better every game. Thanks to them, they showed me the way.
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Don't worry about me; my moment will come. I'll be ready for it. I will work hard, and whenever it's gonna come, whenever the coaches are gonna trust me, I'm gonna be on court and give 100 percent.
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I learned Spanish in five or six months.
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Believe it or not, I've never been on the subway.
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That's one thing about Americans: They know how to have fun.
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I think American fans, they know more college guys than guys overseas.
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The fans will talk about whatever. But when you're not doing your best, you're losing, you can't let all that get to your head. You focus and try to play hard. The fans, they will respect you for that.
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The first day I got drafted, I felt the fans were really passionate about basketball, and there was going to be a lot of pressure.
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A coach I had in Spain, Scott Roth, he used to call me Zinger. He would yell at me all the time, 'Zinger!' It's just stuck in my head that I don't like that name.