Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Brook Lopez
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American basketball player Brook Lopez.
Last updated on November 22, 2024.
It's a dream come true to play for the Lakers.
I had such a fantastic time playing with the Nets, made some connections, friendships relationships that I'll have and cherish for life.
I would want to own property in Bespin.
There's a lot of good superheroes out there to pick. Batman's always been my favorite. Batman thinks of everything. Batman's always prepared.
You have to go in with a mindset, just if you're open you're going to shoot your shot.
I read a lot of comic books and they don't mention Dwight Howard much.
Growing up, I was a huge Laker fan. It's home for me.
I'd like to think I've become a better leader, first and foremost, a more vocal leader on the court. More of a playmaker, a more all-around player.
I guess you just have to embrace aging, right?
I did playwriting, creative writing, short story, novelization.
I'm a pretty big Disney geek.
I always had confidence in myself shooting.
If you've learned anything from the modern superhero myth, if you see a bat around and it bites you, you have a 75 percent chance of ending up a superhero. Otherwise, you'll probably get really sick. But it'd be cool to be a superhero. You don't need to be too afraid.
Coach Hollins loves to talk. No question he's good at that.
I think every year I say the same thing: I want to win, regardless.
I can remember in second grade coming back from school and telling my mom, 'You know what, before I play in the NBA, I want to go to Stanford.' Because of her, I had everything figured out.
To organize all my comics, I've been making custom cabinets.
I don't think I'm soft. I don't think my teammates think I'm soft. I don't know where that comes from, but... whatever.
I enjoyed playing in L.A. and being a Laker. But I couldn't be happier playing in Milwaukee. This has been an amazing situation to come into.
I've always wanted to be a Wookiee. I relate to them a lot.
I try and improve each and every game.
I'm an active guy off the court, I love messing around and having fun with my friends.
I can be a guy the guys can rely on, an anchor in the paint, whether it's blocking shots or being on that help side.
Robin is the exaggerated version of me. He's more of a cartoon character.
Sometimes, obviously it's an incentive to tank if you have the opportunity to get those high draft picks.
A lot of times in my career, I've been the end point, the termination point of a lot of plays, just scoring the ball.
I love you, C-3PO. I love the original trilogy. But when R2-D2 runs away in the first 'Star Wars,' instead of stopping him or going to tell Luke and Uncle Owen, he hides. It's so good. He hides! He has to wait for Luke to come and tell him R2-D2 ran away. What a dork!
Wherever I am I just try to be there for my teammates on the floor and put forth effort and help our team win.
When I go to a foreign country I want to explore and get lost, discover the real place.
I was always a big Ken Griffey Jr. fan growing up.
I am confident in my game that I can contribute when I am on the floor.
You never know what's going to happen, nothing's for certain.
I feel like I am a valuable player.
Sometimes guys miss calls. That's the way it is.
I've always felt that I shot the ball well from distance, but it's just having the opportunity to finally do so. It's great and I'm trying to take advantage of it.
I'm not gonna talk-trash and that's the bottom line.
Just playing in Brooklyn, playing in New York is such an amazing experience - it's something that can be so special.
I want to be a Net for my entire career.
A lot of the Force stuff, what Yoda says in 'The Empire Strikes Back,' resonates with me a lot.
I'm not the quickest guy in the world, so I figured if I beat a guy off the dribble, I kind of want to get my space and get my shot up fairly quick - not rush my shot or anything, but just get to my spot where I can make it and they have no chance of contesting it.
In my family, Robin loves planning the trips. He does the itineraries and everything, always sends them out in a mass text.
The Nets are the only place I want to be.
I love drawing. It's a passion of mine, and I'm a creative person. I always have my sketch book with me.
I love Hawkeye. I think it has something to with how he's such a marksman from far away. That's something I'd love to be on the court.
There's some of these villains that are just crazy and they do it just to do it. Then you got The Joker, who says he's an agent of chaos and he comes back in different forms every time, comes back to fight Batman he's a different character, different guy.
When I was really little, we used to play Sega Genesis, and my older brother would play 'Sonic The Hedgehog 2,' and he'd be playing as Sonic, but he'd leave an unplugged controller for me to play with, and the whole time I thought I was playing as Tails.
I'm a little disappointed in my rebounding.
I like adding stuff to my game, I want to be as complete a player as possible. So I want to be able to do a bit of everything and be good, or great at everything.
We lived in North Hollywood, so we'd go to Disneyland a lot, and I'd go on Star Tours all the time. It was my favorite ride.
Robin is a really good defender, runs well, dribbles the ball and plays hard and does whatever a coach wants him to do.
Robin could be a backup, to maybe Tim Duncan. That's cool. It's possible, probably unlikely, but it's his dream.
Next to my bed I have a custom lightsaber. A custom hilt with an orange blade up on the wall.
My favorite Marvel villain is Doctor Doom from Fantastic Four. For DC, I think it's a popular choice, but it's the Joker.
When people look back on me and my career, I'd like them to say I was one of the people who helped start something big in Brooklyn. Started a legacy where players want to come and play.
I have two older brothers. My twin Rob and I are the youngest in the family, and our brothers were born in '76 and '81.
Growing up, my mom was my mother and father figure. She was my role model. I looked up to her. She was all we ever needed.
I admire that Robin isn't scared to show up every day, since he gets embarrassed every day.
Return of the Jedi' has always been favorite. It almost goes backwards for me. 'Return of the Jedi,' then 'Empire,' then 'Star Wars.'
There's definitely a learning curve to each coach, no question. They come in with their systems, their philosophies. I'm a super coachable guy, trying to put the team first and do what they require of me.
In my mom's case, she did a fantastic job. She raised four well-rounded, smart boys on a public school teacher's salary. She's impressive. She was always there for us. She sacrificed for us constantly.
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