Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Marc Gasol

When people know that you're going to give them the ball where they want it, then they're going to try to do the same thing for you. And then, they're going to play hard defensively.

I make gazpacho with a little bit of bread, so it's thicker, and I like it to be more tomato- and green pepper-based. Everyone has their own preferences, of course. But I think my gazpacho is the best.

You have pretty much the same fan base in Memphis, year over year the same group. We watched teenagers in the stands become parents. You'd see little kids become young men and women. Those relationships mean much more than just basketball.

Being young and dumb, honestly, you pick up some bad habits.

That's the only way I know how to play - dedicating yourself to the game, to the city, to the fans.

Once you work for your team-mates and help each other - thinking about them before you think about yourself - it always works out.

You can't change what Memphis means to me, what Memphis has meant to me. It's a special place for me. There's no doubt.

We're humans, and we're moved by emotions.

It's hard for me to sit still in one place. I like to move around.

The architecture in Barcelona is very unique, and I think it's something to truly spend some time getting to know all the cool places.

I am a father. I have children.

When you accomplish something, or you don't accomplish something, automatically your brain goes to the next challenge. That's your next focus.

I think you could say that, a lot of players are insecure and sometimes we have this shield around us that we don't want to accept that we have problems sometimes or we don't know how to do things because we're these superheroes.

My grandma used to have a backyard and we put a hoop, a shaky hoop, up there. We used to just shoot at it. We shot at it so many times, we broke it. We had to get a better one, because that one wasn't good at all.

For as much respect and love as we have for this game, there are other things things in our lives that are important to us, too.

With years, you change. You're not as hardheaded or stubborn. You are more malleable.

I think once I had my kids that kind of made it like, 'Look, you have to be the best you can be so they have a good example at home.' You want to give them the best food, what's best for them.

I don't know how many Michelin stars Barcelona has, but you don't have to spend big money to eat great.

Big guys are Great Danes. We don't last very long.

It's a thing I have to continually do, taking care of my body.

I could always shoot and pass.

I don't think the Lakers really knew me when they first drafted me. They just saw my name and my size and my stats. They just picked somebody because they had to.

You always have something. You always have a challenge.

When you grow tomatoes, you're going to get a lot of tomatoes. So you want to learn how to preserve.

Athletes are moved - human beings are moved - by challenges.

You read the play that's in front of you. You don't try to look back; you don't look forward. You deal with the game that you have in front of you.

You really watch basketball and study basketball, the more you realize, the pass really is beautiful. I'm not just talking about the pass where you look away or anything. Just the right pass at the right time to get somebody open is just beautiful. There is nothing better than that. It's contagious - it makes everybody happy.

Different coaches have different schemes, so for me, it's about learning and being able to adjust and adapt to these coaches. It fills your toolbox.

I'm a big Quentin Tarantino fan.

It's important as an athlete to know your body and how things affect it.

If I'm not on the floor, I'm not valued.

If you grow the food you eat, it tastes better. Seasonal vegetables are grown at the right time, and you can make sure everything matures on the plant or on the tree. It's as fresh as you can get.

I don't read the papers. I don't want to read what the press says.

I've made pretty much every mistake you can make as a young man, eating and drinking the wrong things at the wrong times.

As an athlete, if you train your body but don't fuel it the right way, that doesn't make much sense. Adopting a plant-based diet with the right amount of proteins that came from the right places was the way to go. I also just love gardening.

Just because it says 'zero calories' or 'sugar free' or 'fat free' doesn't mean it actually is good for you. It's a way to get you. Just make sure that you know. We think that we can put stuff in our body. Just know how it affects you.

I didn't care about the draft. I didn't want to do the workouts - they put you in two-on-two full-court drills with guards. That's not going to help me.

Before being an athlete, I'm a person, a human being, like the ones Open Arms are saving every day.

The whole process of trying to win a ring, it's beautiful.

I'm somebody that sets goals, enjoys the preparation and the planning to achieve those goals, and then really enjoys going through that plan really disciplined and achieving those goals... I enjoy the whole process. If you fail, you can backtrack and see, 'OK, that didn't go well, let's try something else and let's go that other route.'

Pau has a game that's impossible to imitate. He's so finesse and so skilled, it's impossible to imitate. Honestly, I'm a big fan of the game. I've never seen a player his size who has so many moves, so many counters and it's impossible. His length, his size, his skills - I mean, you can't teach that.

I listen to rap, reggae, Nirvana and Guns N' Roses.

In any relationship, there's multiple moving pieces. Not just one.

Basketball is about relationships. The bond that you create by playing together, going through battles together. The trust that you build goes a long way. It goes beyond the game of basketball.

I'm a team guy, obviously. When a team needs me to be aggressive, I have to be aggressive.

I really want to live longer. It's a goal of mine.

When you're young, you make mistakes. But eventually you learn from them.

Obviously, for my line of work, I cannot eat barbecue that often. It takes a little bit to digest and it's not the healthiest thing to eat.

I like the Patagonia in Argentina.

The older you get the more you realize that life is more than just basketball. Your vision of the world gets much wider, and you're not the centre of it no more. You understand that you're a moving part and that you have other responsibilities.

I'm more on the country side than big cities.

I had the worst habits that you could imagine. Pizza, burgers, even a little bit of sweets.

It's never been about me... It's a team sport. It's basketball. It's not how good you are, it's how good your team is.

Gardening does so much for your brain. You're learning how a process works, and how important it is to do everything right so that you can eventually enjoy a tomato three months later. I've always been patient, but gardening really helps you with that.

You just need to be happy, and once you're happy with yourself then you can do more things.

Sport's about patience and keep working no matter the outcome.

Everybody has goals, dreams, whatever you want to call it. But are you willing to pay? You have to be honest with yourself: What do I need to do every day to reach those goals and achieve the level that I want, not only for yourself but also for the team?

Every loss, every defeat is tough in its own way.

Homemade gazpacho tastes different than any gazpacho you can buy because you know exactly how much time it took for each plant to mature. That's why I would encourage buying at a farmers' market or at Whole Foods, because it comes straight from the source to your table.

People say, 'Well, you're not Pau's little brother anymore.' I'm always going to be Pau's younger brother and Adria's older brother.