Ivica Zubac

“Here you get to play one on one more, individual basketball. I think that fits me better than in Europe. You have harder, different double teams and everybody helps, but in the NBA they let you play one on one, so I think that will fit me better.”

“I just got advice to work hard like I always did and never, nobody gave me everything. I always had to earn everything by myself. If I will just continue to do that, I'll be fine.”

“My role is to be a roller, offensive rebounder, set the screens and roll hard and play defense.”

“It was always my dream to play in the NBA, especially for the Lakers because they're the greatest franchise ever.”

“You know, I just feel physically that I can get a lot of offensive rebounds.”

“We switched everything in G League so I had a lot of time to work on my switching.”

“I just go home or on vacation, or together because Croatia is nice.”

“I never doubted in me. I always knew what I can do. I always had the same skill-set.”

“It's hard when you're a young player, second year, to not play for like 10 games and then they throw you in and they want you to do everything perfect.”

“I think every part of my body needs improvement.”

“I want to get stronger. I want to get slimmer. I'm already slimmer, but I want to get some muscles so I can fight all these guys in the post.”

“We're going to work hard on my body, put on some muscles. That's going to help me a lot to run faster, to move quicker, to jump higher.”

“I can't worry about the refs and the fouls and all that.”

“I just turn on the TV and watch whatever is on, like 'Star Wars' or 'Lord of the Rings.'”

“When you're not playing you're not feeling good because this is what I'm doing my whole life. Now when I'm finally in the rotation, everything else feels much better. Life is much better.”

“I would love to be trained by Kareem. That's a GOAT.”

“I don't care about personal stats or whatever. Winning is the most important thing.”

“I always watch the playoffs.”

“I've gotten better at calling out coverages, communication, and being vertical when they're attacking me in the paint.”

“I work out at least six days a week.”