Goran Dragic

“A lot of people don't recognize me. I like that. Perfect.”

“Even people back home, when I went to the NBA they were questioning whether I was good enough, I'm skinny, I don't have outside shot. As a player, sometimes that criticism, you just have to take that and try to convert it into motivation.”

“You never know before the season, when you get new players, how the chemistry is going to develop and how the season is going to go.”

“That nickname was given to me by Steve Nash when I came to the league and nobody could say my last name, Dragic. Everybody was saying Dragika - nobody could say it. So he said, 'From now on you're The Dragon. It's much easier.' The funny thing is he didn't know the capital city of Slovenia is Ljubljana and the logo is the dragon.”

“The older you get, the more you need to work on your game and try to survive with those young fellas out here.”

“For me, definitely, to make the All-Star team, that's something that I'm always going to remember.”

“I want to play as much as I can, many years in this great association.”

“I love Miami and would love to always be in Miami.”

“It's always nice to go back and play for my country. My teammates and I grew up together.”

“The most important thing is that my family and I are happy.”

“Brook Lopez is huge!”

“When you know your team is standing behind you, it's a little bit easier to play in those crucial moments. And I love it.”

“Every time I went to play for my national team, we spent together two months away from our families, as a team.”

“Like a lot of fans know, I like to play fast basketball.”

“Off the court I'm always shy, I don't talk much. On the floor I'm a different guy.”

“I gave to my country everything I had.”

“It's always tough when you beat your expectation and you win 48, 49 games and you expect the next year to win 50, 55 games.”

“If he gets everyone involved, everyone is happy and you have that chemistry and you're winning.”

“I mean, I was always hoping to play in the NBA. Of course, when that thing happened, you're like, 'Finally, I did it, but the work starts now.' I didn't want to just be known as OK, I came to the NBA, and then in a few years, you're gone. First my goal was to be the best Slovenian player in the league. Of course, after that, your appetite goes up.”

“I always had this in my head that I could play in this league, that I'm good enough... but of course you have to prove that on the floor.”