A biography for Kristaps Porzingishasn’t been written yet.
“I would like to dunk on Shaq.”
“I love Barcelona. Barcelona is a very, very nice city.”
“I like the triangle. My first season, the whole first season, we played nothing but the triangle, so I know it pretty well.”
“I just like boxing.”
“When I have difficulties, I will not complain.”
“I will try to make my career as long as possible. For me, it's not about money, so I just love playing the game.”
“Basketball is pretty big in Latvia.”
“The first year was kind of hard for me. There was just too much attention, too much going on, and I really just wanted to focus on basketball.”
“I'm a student of the game.”
“I try to eat as healthy as possible and try to put some weight on.”
“I pick up languages fast.”
“We're a basketball family.”
“With my height, I probably wouldn't be able to make money playing pingpong, but I would just have fun with it. The table is too low for me.”
“I have to do a better job of picking the spots where I want to attack and picking the right moment when I need to attack.”
“Of course the defenders are trying to be physical with me. They look at me, 7-3, skinny, they try to be physical.”
“The fans will talk about whatever. But when you're not doing your best, you're losing, you can't let all that get to your head. You focus and try to play hard. The fans, they will respect you for that.”
“Maybe in Latvian one day I'll rap a little bit, but definitely not in English.”
“That's something that I gotta prove - I don't like being labeled as 'soft.' I'm not soft.”
“I'm really focused on getting better as a player.”
“For the triangle to really work, everybody needs to be on the same page and know how to play it.”