Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Goran Dragic
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Slovenian athlete Goran Dragic.
Last updated on November 21, 2024.
My game is to attack. If I'm aggressive, I'm at my best.
For me, definitely, to make the All-Star team, that's something that I'm always going to remember.
The bench is really important in the NBA because if you have a good bench, then you can make that playoff push even harder.
I'm a good defender, so I like to play defense.
I like to experience all different kinds of foods.
That nickname was given to me by Steve Nash when I came to the league and nobody could say my last name, Dragic. Everybody was saying Dragika - nobody could say it. So he said, 'From now on you're The Dragon. It's much easier.' The funny thing is he didn't know the capital city of Slovenia is Ljubljana and the logo is the dragon.
You always want to play good against your ex-team.
I like to watch shows.
We try to win every game that we can.
Standing in the corner, it's not my game.
We are basketball players so we want to compete.
I would not want to be a cop.
Off the court I'm always shy, I don't talk much. On the floor I'm a different guy.
I'm going to do what's best for the team.
I learn from my mistakes.
My first time alone in Spain playing basketball - that kind of made me tougher, especially for my character and my personality. It's not easy when you're alone. Some nights you have bad games or bad days and it's not easy. I think that is the one thing that changed me, to make me a better person, a tougher guy.
Even people back home, when I went to the NBA they were questioning whether I was good enough, I'm skinny, I don't have outside shot. As a player, sometimes that criticism, you just have to take that and try to convert it into motivation.
To be a point guard, to run the team and have the ball in my hands and try to make plays for others - that's who I am.
They teach that in Europe. When you penetrate and you feel some guy next to you, you just pump fake and stop and turn. It's an old move I used all my career, so it comes natural.
I was always good at penetrating in Europe, but in Europe, you don't have so many shot-blockers as there are in the NBA, so it was easier.
It's always nice to go back and play for my country. My teammates and I grew up together.
If you come into a season without goals, you're just going through practice and it doesn't mean anything to you. But if you set goals, you're pushing yourself.
I can express my will on the court. I'm kind of, how you say... a little bit cocky and try to fight some guys.
All my friends call me 'Gogi' because that's the short version for Goran.
I already said to D-Wade and Steve Nash and those guys, 'I don't know how you guys do it.' Of course, I want to be a famous basketball player, but not to that standpoint where you go out and you don't have peace. You cannot enjoy your personal life. I would rather be with my family and do what I want.
I want to be at a high level for as long as possible.
It doesn't matter who's standing on the other side. I'm always going to play my game.
I'm a pure lefty. Everything. I eat with my right hand, but when I was a kid, I was eating with my left. My mom was getting on me that that's not nice, so I switched my hands.
I watch tape of players - Chris Paul, Deron Williams, all the top players who play my same position.
It's nice to see those young players who are humble and working hard and to see them thriving in the NBA.
I'm a lefty, so I really love Manu Ginobli's games.
Of course, if you have D. Wade on your team, he's the best closer in the history of this sport, so the ball needs to go in his hands, but I was always ready. I was always ready. I remember every time he would play pick-and-roll, he said, 'G, just be ready. Maybe you're going to be open. I need to hit you.'
When I was younger, I showed my nation that I would always play for my national team, no matter who was there. If we had a good team or a bad team, I was there.
I love Miami and would love to always be in Miami.
When you know your team is standing behind you, it's a little bit easier to play in those crucial moments. And I love it.
If he gets everyone involved, everyone is happy and you have that chemistry and you're winning.
It doesn't matter who it is. If I'm going to see an open gap, I'm going to penetrate and try to finish over those guys. I'm not afraid of big guys.
I want to play as much as I can, many years in this great association.
My country, they give me everything.
Hopefully I'm going to be a good father. I'm going to try and give my best.
I want to be in a good situation with a good organization.
Everybody has their own opinion and it's, how you say, a free country. Everybody can speak freely.
Oh yeah, I'm motivated. Always.
I started playing soccer first and then basketball. I had a leg injury when I was young and my mom said, 'come on, try to choose a different sport.'
When I was a kid I watched Steve Nash, Jason Kidd, Allen Iverson - all these great point guards. But then when I was 14, 15-years-old I found a similar guy who played like me - Beno Udrih. He's lefty too and he played in my hometown so I was a huge fan of his. Then after awhile I saw Manu Ginobili when he was playing in Italy.
I would not want to be a firefighter.
I'm like, how do you say, a little version of Tony Parker. But I must work hard to be as good as he is.
I played for 12, 13 years nonstop. That takes a toll on your body.
I have friends, family, we always as a family we're really tight.
If you want to be a good team, you have to play against the best teams. For me, personally, I want to have tough challenges.
I always cherish my ancestors, my grandpa, great-grandpa, what they did for us, especially my dad who moved from Bosnia. He started a new life in Slovenia so basically I grew up there.
Somebody said that I'm the worst player in the NBA, and my last name should not be Dragic, but 'Tragic.' Every time I was in a practice court, I had this in my mind.
I like to penetrate and play fast basketball.
I mean, at the beginning of a season you never know how things are going to turn out. You're always going in positive, believing in the work that's been done.
It's always tough when you beat your expectation and you win 48, 49 games and you expect the next year to win 50, 55 games.
I'm an average guy, skinny, not so tall, I put my sunglasses on, and I blend in.
Definitely, my whole life I've played as a point guard. I've tried to get in the paint, and I've tried to develop for others.
I always say I'm hurting sometimes, have a lot of injuries. But if you win a game, I feel great. But if you lose the game, those injuries, they come up. I don't know how to explain it, winning is such a unique thing.
When you have Dwyane Wade on your team, we know that the ball is going to go in his hands.
I always want to practice and play. But sometimes your body or your head doesn't allow you to do that.
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