Top 85 Quotes & Sayings by Kristaps Porzingis

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

You always gotta find a little bit of time for the girls, right?

I have 'Friday.' I have 'Dinner For Schmucks.' And I have 'John Wick.' There are others too I can't think of now, but those are my go-to movies.

It's tough to find time to get rest.

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

I know if I play hard and show that I want to be a Knick, I know the fans will accept me.

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.

I learned English from watching American movies and American series. And you'd watch the movie the first time and not understand anything. Then you'd watch it again, and you'd start understanding more and more, and that's how I learned English.

New Yorkers aren't that friendly, but they're still pretty friendly, and they're hardworking, passionate people.

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.

If we're winning, that's all that matters to me. If we're winning, I'll be happy. And that can help me grow.

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

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.

I'm a good student. Just trying to learn as much as possible is how I picked up so many languages.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

I want to have a long career in the NBA. First, I want to be an All-Star, and hopefully one day I can win a ring with the New York Knicks.

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

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

A good team needs time to play together.

Believe it or not, I've never been on the subway.

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

I love playing ping pong.

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

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.

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.

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

The first day I got drafted, I felt the fans were really passionate about basketball, and there was going to be a lot of pressure.

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

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

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.

When I have difficulties, I will not complain.

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

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

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

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

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

I'm a student of the game.

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

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

No one's comfortable with losing.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I pick up languages fast.

I want to be a part of this organization, and I know the fans are a little harsh sometimes, but that's how it is here in New York, and I'm ready for it.

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

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

That's something that I gotta prove - I don't like being labeled as 'soft.' I'm not soft.

A coach I had in Spain, Scott Roth, he used to call me Zinger. He would yell at me all the time, 'Zinger!' It's just stuck in my head that I don't like that name.

Us three brothers - me, Janis, and Martins - we made a bet. We all sat down and said we were going to grow our hair out. But after a month or two, they cut their hair. But I was too young to make the decision about whether I would get a haircut, so mine just kept growing. And it was so long that I decided I should start rocking those cornrows.

I learned Spanish in five or six months.

I love the triangle. It's a great offense if you execute it well.

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