Goran Dragic

“To be a point guard, to run the team and have the ball in my hands and try to make plays for others - that's who I am.”

“You always want to play good against your ex-team.”

“My first time alone in Spain playing basketball - that kind of made me tougher, especially for my character and my personality. It's not easy when you're alone. Some nights you have bad games or bad days and it's not easy. I think that is the one thing that changed me, to make me a better person, a tougher guy.”

“I have friends, family, we always as a family we're really tight.”

“I'm a partner with City of Hope for many, many years.”

“I always say that it's tough to judge a player when you're just hearing rumors. It's never accurate.”

“I feel like I'm evolving with my age.”

“Standing in the corner, it's not my game.”

“Sometimes on the outside courts we'd play and guys would get into fights. I never backed down, even if the guy was stronger and I'd get punished.”

“We are basketball players so we want to compete.”

“Every opponent is different. Some guys are going to be in pick-and-roll a little bit higher, and then you have opportunities to drive for layups. Some guys are going to zone deeper and then the mid-range shot is open.”

“Soccer helped especially with my footwork. When I played soccer, I was on offense scoring goals - I didn't pass the ball so much so it probably didn't help much with being a point guard.”

“You can see a lot of technical fouls, ejections but at the same time, it's a man's sport.”

“If you want to be a good team, you have to play against the best teams. For me, personally, I want to have tough challenges.”

“I always want to practice and play. But sometimes your body or your head doesn't allow you to do that.”

“Everybody has their own opinion and it's, how you say, a free country. Everybody can speak freely.”

“When I was a kid I watched Steve Nash, Jason Kidd, Allen Iverson - all these great point guards. But then when I was 14, 15-years-old I found a similar guy who played like me - Beno Udrih. He's lefty too and he played in my hometown so I was a huge fan of his. Then after awhile I saw Manu Ginobili when he was playing in Italy.”

“I'm not a guy who is going back in the past.”

“I like to experience all different kinds of foods.”

“I can express my will on the court. I'm kind of, how you say... a little bit cocky and try to fight some guys.”