Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Evan Fournier

I'm afraid of bees.

The mentality that I have now comes from my parents, both of whom were judo fighters and they were very competitive.

The thing is I'm with Nike and I don't want to wear any other player's shoe. No Giannis or LeBron - I'm not going to wear those, and it narrows what you can wear. But with the Kobe's, who cares because Kobe is Kobe. You can wear his shoe because it's Kobe. They look great, the feel great and it represents something.

Both of my parents were judo fighters from the national team. So I've always been around fighters my whole childhood.

Basically, I owe my parents everything.

I want to play well. When I don't, I have to do better. I always try to look at myself first and how I can do things to get better and be out there.

My mom told me that she dislocated her fingers three times. And my dad: four times.

If you are feeling pressure, it should be before you get a contract and not after it.

I really started from the bottom. When I got drafted, I was not playing. I had to work my way up. Then I got traded, came off the bench, then became a starter.

I did a television commercial when I was 12 back home with Diaw. I have known him a long time. We are very close.

In Denver, I was more of a stationary shooter for some reason.

Pressure is nothing to me.

That's big to be able to speak another language on the court.

I don't want to be a mediocre player or average.

I had to earn everything. So to have an opportunity to be a primary perimeter option on the offense is really something that I really enjoy.

My parents are both professional athletes, so I always grew up in an ambitious way and I worked hard.

I think I'm a good defender, for sure.

I just have always been ambitious.

I like to handle the ball in the pick-and-roll.

You get hit a lot of times. With 82 games, it's hard. I want to be stronger so I can take the contact better.

Basketball is huge in France, but not as big as soccer.

I'm very attached to Denver. I really love this city. Denver will always be special.

I play to win games, first of all.

The wolf is my favorite animal.

Every team makes moves during the summer.

Being on the sidelines is no fun for me.

If you're fighting someone, you're just not scared of too much.

As a player it's always fun to play with young guys.

I think my English is pretty good, but speaking without thinking about what you are saying, you know, it's just different.

I have to keep working, keep getting stronger, keep shooting - every day, every day, to get better. That's how great players become great players.

Since Day 1, I wanted to be in the best league.

I'm an only child and I'm the whole focus of the family. Basically, I'm proud that I'm making them proud.

There's no doubt in my mind. I think defensively, the number one thing is knowing the job and to compete.

That's basically what my parents taught me throughout my childhood, being intense and consistent. In my opinion, those are the hardest things to do in the NBA.

I feel like that's one of my problems; I feel like I'm not consistent enough.

I'm from Europe. Obviously, nobody knows what I was doing over there. So I can understand how people were kind of nervous about me. But I always felt like I was going to be an NBA player.

I now realize that people in Paris are a little rude. In Denver, there were a lot of friendly people.

It's not fun when you wake up in the morning and you see on the standings that you're in the last five positions.

You can't waste energy or spend energy on things you can't control.

I've been around a lot of coaches.

When you have so much pressure with basketball and the results in the NBA, to just go home and have a dog that loves you regardless of how well you played, it's great.

Denver will always be in my heart. It was my first city in America.

I never wanted to stay overseas.

Nobody dreams of being on the bench or sitting in the corner.

When you know you're gonna have the opportunity to shoot the ball, because the coach draws up the play at the timeout, boom instantly you think about the play, you kind of like block away everything, and you think about the play and you kind of visualize yourself making the shot that you're gonna take.

Balto' was one of my favorite movies. Balto is the Disney character that's like half-dog, half-wolf. There's a statue of Balto in Central Park.

I enjoy winning. I just think it's just how I was brought up from a fighters' family.

I consider myself a guy that competes really hard, so I'm not concerned about the defense at all.

The best thing about my game is I'm able to do a lot of things. I can handle. I can pass. You can bring me off screens and pin-downs.

I'm probably going to be more of a vocal leader, which is a challenge for me with English not being my natural language.

I'm a very dedicated guy.

In judo, you get your arm broke. You get choked. You can tear your ACL.

I enjoy battling, and I enjoy competing.

I wish I could be as consistent as I am during my great games every night.

When I started playing basketball, it's about winning championships and being a great player.

I know who I am and know what I'm capable of doing.

Playing for your country is special, especially in the World Cup.

That's what really motivates me, being great.

I've seen my dad practice and, trust me, when you are 6 years old and you see that, it stays with you. My dad was a coach who taught the judo fighters and they would be throwing up because they would be so tired from working.

I was just focused on winning games for the Magic. I was just trying to play at a very high level, just trying to block out all the noise. I had some good games.