Jonas Valanciunas

“I get time, I play hard. If I don't get time, I wait for the time to come to me.”

“Start the first minute or come off the bench, it's the same game. You're playing the same game.”

“In New York City, Jordan Brand Classic. It was my first time in America and it was a crazy difference of lifestyle. Basketball, everything was so different. And probably from that moment I was like, OK, one day I wish to be playing here in the United States, in the NBA.”

“All Lithuanians know Zydrunas.”

“Growing up as a kid, the NBA was far, far away somewhere in America. We were small kids just shooting at a hoop in Lithuania, a small country. A basketball country, but still far away from the NBA.”

“That's where a lot of memories of my life happened. Toronto is always going to be remembered as a big thing in my life.”

“War has to stop.”

“I want to win, I'm going to do everything to be successful.”

“I have pride every time to play for Lithuania; I feel that Lithuania is something inside my heart.”

“I always play for my country when I can. It's a big honor for me.”

“Basketball in Lithuania is a second religion.”

“If you want to be good defensively and go farther in this process, you've got to do certain things. So, I'm just taking great pride in boxing out, being physical, playing tough, being active and getting those rebounds. That's my job.”

“You've got to pick up your mental toughness, be humble, come back to the gym. Everything is going to come if you stay the right way.”

“I'm putting a lot of work in trying to go for every rebound. Trying to go for every putback. Stuff like that. That pays off.”

“Yes, everybody wants to be a scorer and to play good.”

“I'm a basketball player, I want to play.”

“When I was a small kid, I wanted to be like Zydrunas Ilgauskas.”

“My goal is to get quicker.”

“As long as we're winning - I've been saying that a long time - as long as we're winning I'm OK.”

“The goal is to be the best frontcourt in the NBA.”