Top 55 Kristaps Porzingis Quotes

I think that’s the type of game I’m better at – faster paced, just moving the ball more around.

I loved the Lakers in ’09 and 2010. I used to get up early with my brother Janis, and we watched them win the titles.

When I was eighteen and I won the European Championship – that’s when I realized I had an opportunity to play in the NBA one day.

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.

Whatever people want to call me, I’m cool with, except ‘Zinger.’

I knew there were going to be boos if the Knicks drafted me. That’s how New York fans are.

I just like boxing.

You can never really relax until you’ve signed that contract with your team.

I pick up languages fast.

No one’s comfortable with losing.

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.

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.

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.

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.

For the triangle to really work, everybody needs to be on the same page and know how to play it.

I will try to make my career as long as possible. For me, it’s not about money, so I just love playing the game.

I try to eat as healthy as possible and try to put some weight on.

I’ll keep growing as a player, keep working out, trying to become what I want to become.

That’s one thing about Americans: They know how to have fun.

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

That’s something that I gotta prove – I don’t like being labeled as ‘soft.’ I’m not soft.

When I’m playing in a close game, I’m out on the floor only trying to help the team win.

The only thing I focus on is just winning. Once we win, everyone remembers a winner. That’s what I’m focused on.

You need a long-term coach to be able to win.

When I have difficulties, I will not complain.

Basketball is pretty big in Latvia.

I have to do a better job of picking the spots where I want to attack and picking the right moment when I need to attack.

I believe whenever you’re winning and doing the right thing, you’re stats will be fine, and everything else will come in place.

One thing as a leader – you don’t say something to say something. When you actually see something and need to talk to a guy, that’s when you say it. It will come naturally.

Nobody wants to be losing, especially in New York. It’s extremely tough. That’s how it is.

I’ve got that European swagger.

We’re a basketball family.

I always try to stay aggressive. I always use my strengths and always work on my weaknesses to get better. That’s just who I am.

I’m never really happy with anything I do.

I love Barcelona. Barcelona is a very, very nice city.

One day, I’d like to get a quadruple double, points, assists, rebounds and blocks.

I like the triangle. My first season, the whole first season, we played nothing but the triangle, so I know it pretty well.

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

I heard New York fans and people in New York are hard-working fans, so they want to see players work hard on the court. That’s the first thing I’ve got to do.

My quiet place is in the gym. When I feel like going to church, it’s for me the MSG training facility and working on my game.

Playing in New York, there’s a lot of pressure, but me and some Europeans like the pressure.

New York City is crazy; there are people everywhere. New York is the best city in the world, I think. You have everything there.

Before I got to the NBA, I always flew coach – it was the worst time of my life. I remember being 14 or 15, and it was such a struggle to fit into those seats.

As a kid, I used to love roller coasters. I love adrenaline, love going faster.

If we can win games, it doesn’t matter who is scoring.

I want to be in such a basketball city like New York.

The first year was kind of hard for me. There was just too much attention, too much going on, and I really just wanted to focus on basketball.

I’m really focused on getting better as a player.

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.

It’s a dream come true for me to be an idol for those kids. One little moment from my life that I spend with that kid, he might remember that for the rest of his life, that he met me that day when he was 10 years old.

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.

I know my game. I know what I need to get better at and be better at.

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

I’m a student of the game.

Low ceilings, low doors. I hate that. Oh my God, it’s the worst. This world is too small for me.