Goran Dragic

“I learn from my mistakes.”

“I always try to play hard as possible to help my team - it doesn't matter if it's on defense or offense. I would say when I was young I was playing like that, too.”

“I'm a pure lefty. Everything. I eat with my right hand, but when I was a kid, I was eating with my left. My mom was getting on me that that's not nice, so I switched my hands.”

“Not everyone in this world has the same start in life. From that standpoint, we are trying to give as many kids as we can equal opportunities to succeed.”

“When I came to the league, back in Europe I was so much faster than the other guys, I was always penetrating. I didn't use my jump shot. When I came to the league it was tough to get to the basket. All those guys, they went under the pick-and-roll. It was long threes, especially for me coming from Europe.”

“I was always good at penetrating in Europe, but in Europe, you don't have so many shot-blockers as there are in the NBA, so it was easier.”

“I mean everybody's tired at the end of the season. But I've never hit the point that I was so tired that I couldn't have kept going.”

“I was never a strategic guy. If I can play, I just want to play.”

“I didn't play a lot in the first season, so I had to spend a lot of time developing my game.”

“It doesn't matter who it is. If I'm going to see an open gap, I'm going to penetrate and try to finish over those guys. I'm not afraid of big guys.”

“I played for 12, 13 years nonstop. That takes a toll on your body.”

“I like to watch shows.”

“My grandma died by cancer.”

“Somebody said that I'm the worst player in the NBA, and my last name should not be Dragic, but 'Tragic.' Every time I was in a practice court, I had this in my mind.”

“The bench is really important in the NBA because if you have a good bench, then you can make that playoff push even harder.”

“When I came to the league, a lot of people were saying Dragic's name was 'Tragic.' That hurts a little bit. I always have those comments in the back of my head and try to prove to all those people that they were mistaken.”

“I'm going to do what's best for the team.”

“Of course, if you have D. Wade on your team, he's the best closer in the history of this sport, so the ball needs to go in his hands, but I was always ready. I was always ready. I remember every time he would play pick-and-roll, he said, 'G, just be ready. Maybe you're going to be open. I need to hit you.'”

“I'm a basketball player. I can play the whole game. Of course, when you get older, it's a little bit tougher, but whatever.”

“You need to be in shape every year. I am.”