Evan Fournier

“I really started from the bottom. When I got drafted, I was not playing. I had to work my way up. Then I got traded, came off the bench, then became a starter.”

“If you're French, you definitely have to respect Tony Parker for what he did.”

“Once the season starts you start to get into a rhythm.”

“Playing for your country is special, especially in the World Cup.”

“Both of my parents were judo fighters from the national team. So I've always been around fighters my whole childhood.”

“I'm just trying to get better day by day, year after year and try to give everything I have.”

“When I started playing basketball, it's about winning championships and being a great player.”

“Denver will always be in my heart. It was my first city in America.”

“I'm very attached to Denver. I really love this city. Denver will always be special.”

“I've been around a lot of coaches.”

“I enjoy battling, and I enjoy competing.”

“I'm trying to make the right play. Sometimes, I'm going to take contested shots and stuff, but it happens.”

“Basically, I owe my parents everything.”

“I'm a fighter and I'm definitely not a quitter.”

“I always try to stay in the moment. Never too high, never too low.”

“That's what really motivates me, being great.”

“I'm from Europe. Obviously, nobody knows what I was doing over there. So I can understand how people were kind of nervous about me. But I always felt like I was going to be an NBA player.”

“That's big to be able to speak another language on the court.”

“I did a television commercial when I was 12 back home with Diaw. I have known him a long time. We are very close.”

“I feel like that's one of my problems; I feel like I'm not consistent enough.”