Zaza Pachulia

“I've been a free agent a couple times now. It's a process. You got to be smart with your decisions.”

“It's tough when you don't know if you're going to play or when you're going to play. But keeping the consistency and keeping in shape is important.”

“All I can do is wake up in the morning and go to the practice facility with a smile on my face and experience something every single game.”

“This is the game of basketball. A lot of crazy stuff happens on the court, unfortunately.”

“Words can't describe how happy I'm feeling with the love I'm feeling from the fans, from the Mavs fans and my people in Georgia. They appreciate what I do.”

“You put your personal stuff away and concentrate on the team and help out.”

“Basketball is a business to me. It's entertainment; it's a business, it's very serious.”

“My approach to this game for 14 years that I've been in this league is to play hard and give my 100 percent, whatever I have.”

“His work ethic is insane. We all know Steph Curry on the court, making a lot of spectacular plays, shooting 3s from anywhere, from the half court.”

“I think I have the best Twitter following, about 40,000. Many players have more, but I'm proud of all of them. They all have a special place in my heart.”

“We live in a society where not everybody has intelligence, or understanding or is thinking of what's right and what's wrong.”

“If you want to know who Zaza Pachulia is and you don't know, talk to any of my teammates. Teammates, coaches, I played over 1,000 games.”

“When I tell people I played with Giannis they don't remember it as much because I played with him in the first two years of his career, so he was not as flashy.”

“I don't think it's right to think ahead to free agency.”

“I have a lot of respect for Kawhi.”

“I'm against the fighting. But sometimes when you're trying to help your team, trying to win the games, there are moments when you need to get a little aggressive.”

“You can't please everybody, right? Some people are supporters. Some people are against you.”

“I've lived in Atlanta, Milwaukee, Dallas. I started in Orlando, so I've been north and south.”

“This game is not only about putting the ball in the basket. It's the behavior, discipline, approach, preparation. Play with purpose and lead with purpose.”

“I can't play without being aggressive.”