Nikola Vucevic

“In high school, it was tough for me moving away, going to school and practice while my English wasn't that good and living with a family that I didn't know at all. I had to make a lot of sacrifices, but my dad always told me if I wanted this - if I really wanted to get to the NBA - that I would have to make sacrifices in my life.”

“I like other people to talk about me. I'll admit if I do well or not after a game. I just don't want to compliment myself.”

“That was a huge part part of my game, the postups and something I did a lot.”

“Consistency is important and you can build off that. The best teams in the league are the ones who had consistency with players and coaches.”

“Becoming a father, that's the best thing that's ever happened to me and nothing will ever top that except maybe having more kids.”

“I watched so many of the Bulls games and so many of the Jordan highlights and everything else, watched 'The Last Dance' when it came out.”

“I don't know if I'm the modern-day Dirk, but, you know, I'll take it. I won't complain about that.”

“I've been in this league too long to let a bad shooting night... affect my whole game in general.”

“Never will I ever have any bad feelings toward Orlando; it will always be positive.”

“When you lose and have big numbers, it's like, 'OK, sure, I played well, but how much does it really mean if you didn't win?'”

“I think it's important that you pick the right moments and that you don't just bark all the time. And you have to have something behind you and not just say things because you think you need to talk.”

“Whatever the team needs me to do, I'll be ready to do.”

“When you have guys who know how to play, things happen quicker.”

“In the position that we are in, kids look up to us just like us when we were kids and we looked up to people in sports and in the NBA.”

“When you play on the road and the other team takes control of the game, then the crowd gets into it and it makes everything harder.”

“I always love playing in front of fans; when you run on the court and there are 20,000 people supporting you, there's nothing like it and it's an amazing feeling.”

“All of the individual honors are great, but there's nothing better than winning as a team. Even your individual awards are much better when you win.”

“Wherever I go in Orlando, people always are nice to me and say, 'hi' and want to talk to me. And when they yell, 'VOOOOOOCH!' in games I love that.”

“To me, Jordan is obviously the greatest to ever do it. I grew up idolizing him. I still do. I still watch his highlights. I'm a big MJ guy.”