Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Marc Gasol - Page 2

When you see the floor and you understand the game and you're trying to break it down with what you have in front of you, you can do it offensively and defensively. And you try to take advantage of it both ways. You see where the offense's head is and you can kind of read what you want to do.

Where I'm from, we don't take shots over two guys. When someone is doubled, it's the next man's job to take the shot and make it.

The game comes natural for me.

I'm somebody that really locks in to play, and it's not easy to say hello to all the ushers and all the people who work around the team and then try to execute the game plan and beat the other team.

If you only take money in the bank and never put money in the bank, you'll go broke.

A homegrown tomato, you're never going to taste anything like it. There is nothing close to it, the sweetness. And strawberries: The ones you get in the store are so hard; but you get a homegrown strawberry, it just melts, I'm telling you.

You can be selfish by being too unselfish at times.

Nobody likes to see a coaching change during the season.

I was just having fun because everybody was so much shorter than me. Honestly, my stats in high school were ridiculous. They made no sense.

Everybody that's come to Memphis has been welcome with open arms.

It's not a lie that I'm a stronger guy than Pau. There's nothing wrong with that.

I'm team-first.

That's what the offseason is for, to work on your game.

I like to communicate, to share the ball.

Adjusting and evolving as a player and not being stuck in a certain way, I'm happy for those things.

The way I grew up was making the right play every time.

I still run into a lot of people from Memphis, all around the NBA. I feel like they're with me every game. I feel their love, their support, their pushing. I know they still cheer for me. They let me know they cheer for me. And there's a part of them with me in every game I play.

I can only control the way I play.

Going through processes as a team and getting better each and every night, that's what you do it for - to eventually win games as a group.

What matters to me is that we win games and we do our jobs.

We gotta educate the kids. You've got to do your job as a citizen, but the same time, you have to also give the tools to the society to learn and create their habits so it's a seamless transition to become a better society.

That's how I was taught my whole life. Like when you get a bad wheel, you got a sprained ankle, whatever you have, go find a way. Give your maximum or your highest percentage possible, for the best of the team. So that's the way I was always raised as far as basketball goes. And everything in life, but for sure basketball.

There is no difference between the way we see basketball; the way we execute is a little bit different. The way he uses his right shoulder, drop-step to his left hand, is a thing of beauty. There is no doubt in my mind that Pau will be a Hall of Famer because of what he brought to the game, and there's no such players like him anymore.

I just try to compete every night.

I was a different kind of kid. Pau always knew what he wanted. He was really good at school, really responsible. I was more of a loose cannon, honestly. I was running around and outside, and getting into a little trouble more than anything. But always in a good way. It was never my fault. It was the other guy. I was just there.

Nothing guarantees a championship. Nothing. Not having the best players, not practicing the most. Your best chance is if you do the right thing every day.

My relationship with the Grizzlies might change, but my relationship with Memphis won't. What I feel inside and how I feel about Memphis and its people has nothing to do with a franchise or a temporary thing. It's not going to change.

I honestly don't see anything that extraordinary about my game.

I fell asleep during the draft, actually. I woke up, and I was picked No. 48. I didn't even know what number I was picked.

That makes you a better player, when you go through the process of seeing what other teams are doing to you.

I grow strawberries, watermelon, onions, you name it.

As a tall guy, you always think the over-the-top pass is the easiest way out. But sometimes you can fake that, and throw it under their arms.

When I see somebody, I try to beat him on both ends of the floor. It's the game within the game that you've always got to win. That's always been my mindset. That's how I was taught how to play the game. That's how I learned. And that's what I enjoy.

We gotta leave a better planet for our kids. And I would say we gotta leave better kids for our planet as well.

What the game gives you, you've got to take it.

People think that a good passer is a flashy passer. But that's not a good pass. It's just a flashy pass. A good passer is someone who's gonna hit the guy right on the hands, and the timing is correct. You pass late, and it's not a good pass. You pass too early, it's not a good pass, either. If it's off-target, it's not a good pass.

In the frenzy, roller coaster of the season, you can play up and play down. But if you're strong enough, you can change those habits and tendencies and make them into championship-type habits and tendencies. That doesn't guarantee you that you're going to win, but it gives you the best chance. That's all I can ask for. That's all I want.

There have been few players that haven't been traded over the years in the NBA.

It's never just about one player. Together, you have to figure out other ways to score and get opportunities.

I was never insecure. A lot of people ask me that - especially, did you feel pressure being Pau's brother? No, because I saw success through him. And I felt it. Because we're so close of a family, when he got recognition, I felt happy for him. I felt genuinely happy for him.