A biography for Enes Kanterhasn’t been written yet.
“When I say all of this stuff about Turkey, people don't understand. They think I don't like Turkey. I love Turkey. I love my people. I love Turkish food and everything. But my problem is with the government.”
“I'm a successful professional athlete, and whatever I'm going through in my private life would never impact my performance on court.”
“I was a really good student, first, second grade, third grade, and then fourth grade a little bit. And then I don't know what happened. I became a very terrible student. I wish I took it more serious.”
“It's the Milwaukee Bucks. Unless they give you good, good money, then go, but you don't leave New York for Milwaukee.”
“I think it's so cool to just prove haters wrong. All you have to do is go out there and just fight.”
“After my second year in the NBA, my prep years, my college, I hadn't really found myself.”
“I put out on Twitter that the only thing I terrorize is the rim. People know me, my teammates know me, everybody knows me.”
“Because I play in the NBA, I am lucky enough to have a public platform, so I've used every opportunity to make sure everyone knows about Erdogan's cruelty and disdain for human rights.”
“My friends and family in Turkey could be arrested just for talking to me.”
“The N.B.A. provides a big platform to shed light on the human rights violations in Turkey and gives a voice to the thousands of people persecuted.”
“When I think about America, I think about freedom. Freedom of speech, freedom of religion. It's a peaceful country.”
“What am I doing, just playing basketball? It was eating at me. Because basketball, you play, you retire, you're done. I wanted to do something more.”
“May 20, 2017, was one of the scariest days of my life. It was the day I realized I was being hunted by Erdogan.”
“I've been to playoffs before. That should be everybody's goal is the playoffs.”
“I love my country and I hope when all of the things are done, I want to go back to my country to see my family.”
“My job is to go out there and play as hard as I can. Because the fans are paying so much money to come and see the game.”