Top 50 Marc Gasol Quotes

I grow strawberries, watermelon, onions, you name it.

I’m a big Quentin Tarantino fan.

I don’t think the Lakers really knew me when they first drafted me. They just saw my name and my size and my stats. They just picked somebody because they had to.

My grandma used to have a backyard and we put a hoop, a shaky hoop, up there. We used to just shoot at it. We shot at it so many times, we broke it. We had to get a better one, because that one wasn’t good at all.

Where I’m from, we don’t take shots over two guys. When someone is doubled, it’s the next man‘s job to take the shot and make it.

Adjusting and evolving as a player and not being stuck in a certain way, I’m happy for those things.

I think you could say that, a lot of players are insecure and sometimes we have this shield around us that we don’t want to accept that we have problems sometimes or we don’t know how to do things because we’re these superheroes.

With years, you change. You’re not as hardheaded or stubborn. You are more malleable.

A homegrown tomato, you’re never going to taste anything like it. There is nothing close to it, the sweetness. And strawberries: The ones you get in the store are so hard; but you get a homegrown strawberry, it just melts, I’m telling you.

I was never insecure. A lot of people ask me that – especially, did you feel pressure being Pau’s brother? No, because I saw success through him. And I felt it. Because we’re so close of a family, when he got recognition, I felt happy for him. I felt genuinely happy for him.

If you grow the food you eat, it tastes better. Seasonal vegetables are grown at the right time, and you can make sure everything matures on the plant or on the tree. It’s as fresh as you can get.

You have pretty much the same fan base in Memphis, year over year the same group. We watched teenagers in the stands become parents. You’d see little kids become young men and women. Those relationships mean much more than just basketball.

The older you get the more you realize that life is more than just basketball. Your vision of the world gets much wider, and you’re not the centre of it no more. You understand that you’re a moving part and that you have other responsibilities.

Being young and dumb, honestly, you pick up some bad habits.

We’re humans, and we’re moved by emotions.

Big guys are Great Danes. We don’t last very long.

When you see the floor and you understand the game and you’re trying to break it down with what you have in front of you, you can do it offensively and defensively. And you try to take advantage of it both ways. You see where the offense‘s head is and you can kind of read what you want to do.

I really want to live longer. It’s a goal of mine.

The game comes natural for me.

What the game gives you, you’ve got to take it.

You just need to be happy, and once you’re happy with yourself then you can do more things.

You read the play that’s in front of you. You don’t try to look back; you don’t look forward. You deal with the game that you have in front of you.

People say, ‘Well, you’re not Pau’s little brother anymore.’ I’m always going to be Pau’s younger brother and Adria’s older brother.

Pau has a game that’s impossible to imitate. He’s so finesse and so skilled, it’s impossible to imitate. Honestly, I’m a big fan of the game. I’ve never seen a player his size who has so many moves, so many counters and it’s impossible. His length, his size, his skills – I mean, you can’t teach that.

Nothing guarantees a championship. Nothing. Not having the best players, not practicing the most. Your best chance is if you do the right thing every day.

It’s hard for me to sit still in one place. I like to move around.

I fell asleep during the draft, actually. I woke up, and I was picked No. 48. I didn’t even know what number I was picked.

There have been few players that haven‘t been traded over the years in the NBA.

Everybody that’s come to Memphis has been welcome with open arms.

Gardening does so much for your brain. You’re learning how a process works, and how important it is to do everything right so that you can eventually enjoy a tomato three months later. I’ve always been patient, but gardening really helps you with that.

I make gazpacho with a little bit of bread, so it’s thicker, and I like it to be more tomato- and green pepper-based. Everyone has their own preferences, of course. But I think my gazpacho is the best.

Sport‘s about patience and keep working no matter the outcome.

I could always shoot and pass.

I had the worst habits that you could imagine. Pizza, burgers, even a little bit of sweets.

For as much respect and love as we have for this game, there are other things things in our lives that are important to us, too.

That makes you a better player, when you go through the process of seeing what other teams are doing to you.

Every loss, every defeat is tough in its own way.

The whole process of trying to win a ring, it’s beautiful.

If I’m not on the floor, I’m not valued.

When you grow tomatoes, you’re going to get a lot of tomatoes. So you want to learn how to preserve.

The way I grew up was making the right play every time.

It’s never just about one player. Together, you have to figure out other ways to score and get opportunities.

It’s a thing I have to continually do, taking care of my body.

That’s the only way I know how to play – dedicating yourself to the game, to the city, to the fans.

Different coaches have different schemes, so for me, it’s about learning and being able to adjust and adapt to these coaches. It fills your toolbox.

I just try to compete every night.

It’s not a lie that I’m a stronger guy than Pau. There’s nothing wrong with that.

I don’t read the papers. I don’t want to read what the press says.

I’m team-first.

Obviously, for my line of work, I cannot eat barbecue that often. It takes a little bit to digest and it’s not the healthiest thing to eat.