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" I think American fans, they know more college guys than guys overseas. "
Kristaps Porzingis
Think
American
Know
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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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" 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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" I love Barcelona. Barcelona is a very, very nice city. "
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" I'm never really happy with anything I do. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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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" 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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" As a kid, I used to love roller coasters. I love adrenaline, love going faster. "
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" You can never really relax until you've signed that contract with your team. "
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" I think Carmelo is a great player. He makes players around him better. Whatever thing, whatever Carmelo wants me to do, I will do that out on the court just to prove that I'm worthy enough to be on the court with him, starting with the dirty jobs - just getting rebounds, getting shots, getting blocks, and just running the court. "
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" Some girls are intimidated by my height, obviously. But a lot of girls do like it, so that's cool. "
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Some
Cool
" We're a basketball family. "
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Basketball
" 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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Winning
Believe
" Maybe in Latvian one day I'll rap a little bit, but definitely not in English. "
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Day
Rap
Bit
" 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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Have Fun
Table
Fun
" 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. "
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Career
Me
Long
" A good team needs time to play together. "
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Together
Time
Needs
" New Yorkers aren't that friendly, but they're still pretty friendly, and they're hardworking, passionate people. "
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New
Passionate
Still
" I want to be in such a basketball city like New York. "
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New York
New
City
" 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. "
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Day
NBA
One Day
" 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. "
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Place
Me
" 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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Early
Great
" I learned Spanish in five or six months. "
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Learned
Five
Months
" I'm a good student. Just trying to learn as much as possible is how I picked up so many languages. "
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Learn
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" At the end of the day the thing I want most of all is winning. "
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Need