Top 45 Ivica Zubac Quotes

All of my shots are dunks or are around the rim.

If someone told me a couple years ago, ‘You’re going to be deep into show jumping with horses,’ I would be like, I didn’t even know that’s an Olympic sport.

People are still feeling like it’s war. Croatians hate Serbians and Serbians hate Croatians. They don’t want to talk to each other.

But every time I make a mistake, I put some pressure on myself. That’s not really good. I’m trying not to do that.

Of course I want to be on the floor in the fourth.

My role is to be a roller, offensive rebounder, set the screens and roll hard and play defense.

When you’re not getting minutes, you’re doubting every shot you take.

You start learning English in fifth grade. I was 12. But even before then I was listening to American music. My neighbor was a really big hip-hop fan, so he taught me everything around hip-hop.

I have good mid-range shot and I can shoot threes, but in Europe coaches didn’t want me to shoot outside because I was tall and big.

I want to get stronger. I want to get slimmer. I’m already slimmer, but I want to get some muscles so I can fight all these guys in the post.

I had to move out when I was 14 and live by myself in the capital of Croatia. That’s when it got a little serious. From there, I played on the Croatian national team.

I don’t really know any people from Boston.

My agent called me when we were talking before I came to the States. He told me we are going to select only three or four teams who are most interested, who are calling the most, asking for you, who are watching me the most in Europe and scouting me.

I’ve gotten better at calling out coverages, communication, and being vertical when they’re attacking me in the paint.

It’s hard to fall asleep after a game. I often go to sleep at 4 A. M. because I’m thinking about the game and my mind is racing.

I was taught to hate the Clippers, you know, since I was with the Lakers. So, I never liked the Clippers before. But since coming over here, it’s been amazing.

It’s the NBA, arenas almost always sold out. When I played back in Europe, there would be some games with 50-100 people in the crowd, so it would be pretty much empty.

What really pushed me into chasing basketball even more was my cousin making the NBA too, in 2003.

I’m feeling like I can stay on the floor for a while. I can run the floor. I can fight in the post with guys. I can rebound.

I was hoping to workout with Kareem on a daily basis. After that first workout, I never got a chance.

I just wanted to play and that’s all I worried about. If someone wanted to trade for me, I always thought it was a good sign.

We switched everything in G League so I had a lot of time to work on my switching.

When I was like 19 1/2, people were like, ‘He should go back to Europe.’ People are impatient.

I do a better job of standing in front of the guards than I used to. I can take it to a higher level as far as reading the offenses, reading where all of our guys are, so I can get into the right position.

I was always trying to get in the paint and get the easiest shots I can.

We went to SpaceX to talk to Elon Musk, that was cool. He gave us the tour. We couldn’t film it or anything. There were rockets, it was impressive. It was a lot of cool stuff.

Sometimes I go to the pool. With the pool, sometimes it’s for recovery. I go with Joakim Noah because he’s a big pool guy.

I never doubted in me. I always knew what I can do. I always had the same skill-set.

I am living a great life.

I work out at least six days a week.

I think I want to come straight to the NBA, but if the team who drafts me, they want me to stay in Europe and develop my game, I will stay.

I would love to be trained by Kareem. That’s a GOAT.

One of my roles is rebounding the ball and not giving up offensive boards, and I feel like I can be one of the best in the league at that.

It was even hard to imagine I was going to play in the NBA, because so many guys playing in Europe are not even getting to the Euroleague and everything. But everybody wants to play in the NBA. So when draft night came, it was a dream come true.

It’s hard when you’re a young player, second year, to not play for like 10 games and then they throw you in and they want you to do everything perfect.

We’re going to work hard on my body, put on some muscles. That’s going to help me a lot to run faster, to move quicker, to jump higher.

Here you get to play one on one more, individual basketball. I think that fits me better than in Europe. You have harder, different double teams and everybody helps, but in the NBA they let you play one on one, so I think that will fit me better.

Houses with courts and gyms are super expensive. Not a lot of players can afford that. I know it sounds crazy to say an NBA player can’t afford that, but that’s how it is in L.A.

If I continue to work hard, I can make it to the NBA.

Whatever I do, I want to be the best.

I always was a fan of the Lakers.

I learned how to cook, how to iron clothes. That really helped me be more mature than guys who are my age.

I always watch the playoffs.

Wherever I go, I have to speak English, which is my second language. So whenever you get a chance to speak in your own language? It feels good.

Marc Gasol, everybody compares me to him. I try to look up to him and see how he plays and adjust my game like him.