Kristaps Porzingis Quotes

I really wanted to get drafted by the Knicks, and it was a dream come true. I wasn't even hearing the boos that night. I was just having a special moment with my family, hugging them.

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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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  • Money
  • Fun

• New Yorkers aren't that friendly, but they're still pretty friendly, and they're hardworking, passionate people.

  

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  • People
  • Pretty

• I don't love the off-court stuff. But I know it's necessary.

  

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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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  • Game
  • Moving

• 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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  • World
  • Game

• At the end of the day the thing I want most of all is winning.

  

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  • Winning

• 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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  • Good
  • Great
  • Feeling

• 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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  • Focus
  • Winning

• 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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  • Long
  • Growing
  • Decision

• 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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  • Believe
  • Winning

• 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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  • Time

• I learned Spanish in five or six months.

  

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  • Spanish

• 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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  • Organization

• 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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  • Thinking
  • Game
  • Thanks

• Believe it or not, I've never been on the subway.

  

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  • Believe

• 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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  • Work
  • Trust
  • Worry

• 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.

  

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  • Time

• 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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  • Great
  • Criticism

• 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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  • Basketball

• I think American fans, they know more college guys than guys overseas.

  

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  • American
  • College

• I'm adding moves to my post game. I'm really working on staying low. I'm working on my strength overall, especially my legs. That's going to help me defensively as well.

  

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  • Help
  • Game

• That's something that I gotta prove - I don't like being labeled as 'soft.' I'm not soft.

  

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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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  • Respect
  • Focus