Quotes from Brook Lopez

I've always been a DC guy, but I also like Marvel.

I admire that Robin isn't scared to show up every day, since he gets embarrassed every day.

I'm kind of the Robin Lopez Kryptonite, and there's a lot of Robin Lopez Kryptonite in the world.

I always pride myself on being an inside and outside player and pride myself on what I can do inside the paint.

I'd like to think I've become a better leader, first and foremost, a more vocal leader on the court. More of a playmaker, a more all-around player.

I'm always trying to block shots.

I'm not gonna talk-trash and that's the bottom line.

Just playing in Brooklyn, playing in New York is such an amazing experience - it's something that can be so special.

Robin is the exaggerated version of me. He's more of a cartoon character.

If you've learned anything from the modern superhero myth, if you see a bat around and it bites you, you have a 75 percent chance of ending up a superhero. Otherwise, you'll probably get really sick. But it'd be cool to be a superhero. You don't need to be too afraid.

There's a lot of good superheroes out there to pick. Batman's always been my favorite. Batman thinks of everything. Batman's always prepared.

For Christmas our grandmother would give us this huge box every year of just art supplies, construction paper, water colors, charcoals, crayons, color pencils.

When I first came in the league I wasn't a really big watch guy. But then Ryan Anderson, who was really into watches, kinda got me into collecting them.

I've always tried to have fun when I go out and play basketball.

Robin and I collaborate together. We definitely try various things.

I grew up watching the old 'Batman' shows, the 'Batman' cartoon, and the 'X-Men' cartoon was on when I was little. I was always surrounded by superheroes.

My mom was a swimmer growing up. She was World Class.

I'm not just shooting 3s. I'm working on my mid-range game, working in the post as well, trying to mix in everything and be the most complete player I can both offensively and defensively.

Playing for a team you grew up rooting for, there's nothing cooler than that.

I did playwriting, creative writing, short story, novelization.

I think how you approach the game creatively definitely comes from how you grew up and how creative you are as a person.

When I was really little, we used to play Sega Genesis, and my older brother would play 'Sonic The Hedgehog 2,' and he'd be playing as Sonic, but he'd leave an unplugged controller for me to play with, and the whole time I thought I was playing as Tails.

I've always felt that I shot the ball well from distance, but it's just having the opportunity to finally do so. It's great and I'm trying to take advantage of it.

Sometimes, obviously it's an incentive to tank if you have the opportunity to get those high draft picks.