Pascal Siakam

“My dad's always going to be my motivation.”

“For me, it's just about working hard every day and getting better.”

“I think that's one of the advantages for me. I know I have so much to learn. I have to grow. It allows me to look at my mistakes and evaluate them and try to see how I can do better.”

“My dad worked hard to take care of six kids. He worked hard to make sure we had everything we needed.”

“The fact that I can come in and give energy to the team, no matter my skill level, I have that. That's an NBA ready skill.”

“I don't worry about the future. I worry about now.”

“My brothers told me all the time that I'd end up playing basketbal. But I didn't want to play. I wanted to do something else, anything other than basketball.”

“I ask myself what my father would think of me making it to the NBA every day. I hope he's proud. I hope he's watching down and realizing that his dream became a reality.”

“It's the NBA. It's a business.”

“I've always been a hard worker.”

“I mean, I went to a Catholic school - they call it seminary.”

“It's gonna be on me to go out there every single night and make sure that I'm the best player that can be and I continue to work hard and don't get complacent and do everything in my power to to be at that level.”

“LaMarcus Aldridge, his midrange game, his turnaround jumper is awesome.”

“After MIP, it was like, 'OK, there is way more.' We thinking MVP, we thinking All-Star.”

“As an NBA player you want to help your team win at any cost, that's my main goal.”

“There might be games where I feel like I don't have the energy I'm supposed to have. So for me, I think it's important that every single night I bring the energy.”

“I usually wear sweats.”

“When I miss a few shots I just stay confident.”

“I'm able to guard multiple positions, switch and pick and rolls, guard from two to four and be able to help my defence out and rebound the basketball, block shots.”

“I'm from Cameroon, Central Africa.”