Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Pascal Siakam - Page 2

My dad worked hard to take care of six kids. He worked hard to make sure we had everything we needed.

I'm able to guard multiple positions, switch and pick and rolls, guard from two to four and be able to help my defence out and rebound the basketball, block shots.

When you get minutes and you have the trust of the coaches and guys just letting you play your game and be yourself, it definitely helps.

I just want to keep working and keep getting better and I'm always going to get better.

I'm definitely not a personal-type guy where I care about personal accolades and stuff, but definitely a team-guy first.

I ask myself what my father would think of me making it to the NBA every day. I hope he's proud. I hope he's watching down and realizing that his dream became a reality.

I think that's one of the advantages for me. I know I have so much to learn. I have to grow. It allows me to look at my mistakes and evaluate them and try to see how I can do better.

If I'm starting, I'm gonna do that, that's the main goal for me, to be the best player I can be. But being on the bench, I'll be the best I can be and help the team to the best of my ability.

I usually wear sweats.

There might be games where I feel like I don't have the energy I'm supposed to have. So for me, I think it's important that every single night I bring the energy.

I got to have more of those type of games where I'm just engaged. It doesn't matter the score or how many points I score.

I'm an energy guy, I'm a defence-first guy.

I just enjoy sometimes after the games, guys coming up to me and showing respect for me.

I have quick hands.

I play for something bigger than basketball.

I mean, I went to a Catholic school - they call it seminary.

I've always believed in myself and I've always put the work in to get to not only be an all-star but be an all-star for a long time. That's my goal. I think about these things and I feel like I have the ability to do it.

I said before, I want to be a starter, I want to be an all-star - not a borderline all-star.

Most of the time when I don't set goals, I always exceed whatever goal people have.

Like I always say, whatever is my weakness, I try to work on it and I try to get better at it.

I could have played soccer if I wanted.

I'm an athlete. Anything that involves running or jumping I've always been excited about, so basketball was exciting.

In college from my freshman year to my sophomore year, I always got better, and that's just my mindset.

Music has always been a part of my life. I love music. All ranges or any type of style.

Scoring, that's my thing... Didier Drogba, Samuel Eto'o, those were the guys that we looked at as kids like, 'Man, they're doing it, and they're doing it at a high level.' We would see them on TV. So, it wasn't much about basketball, to be honest, it was just those type of athletes. Those guys were the guys that we looked at as kids.

I think that's the beauty of it - knowing you're not where you want to be, there is something new you can learn every day. That gets you excited.

I always thought I could do everything that a guard could do.

I just work and continue to do whatever I can do to get to the highest level I can get. If that's an All-Star? Sure, I'll take it. But I don't have my mind set on that.

As an NBA player you want to help your team win at any cost, that's my main goal.

It doesn't matter where you get drafted.

To be honest, I see more championships, I see MVP, I see so much more that I can accomplish. There's no reason to be satisfied.

It's the NBA. It's a business.

I was in the choir before. I don't know if a lot of people know that.

This is how my life has gone. I've always had to fight through everything.

For me, I don't put a cap on what I can accomplish, right?

I've always been a hard worker.

Being able to make plays goes a lot, helps me navigate the defense and find open guys or score myself.

It's not to say I don't want African players to hustle and play hard, but I also wanted to show we can do more. We can dribble. We can have high IQs. We can pass the ball. We can shoot. I wanted to make sure I changed the perception.

For me, I had to believe in myself, and work hard.

I just put in a lot of work and a lot of hours in the gym just working on my game.