Quotes from Evan Fournier

I don't want to be a mediocre player or average.

I like responsibilities.

Once the season starts you start to get into a rhythm.

The best thing about my game is I'm able to do a lot of things. I can handle. I can pass. You can bring me off screens and pin-downs.

Basically, I owe my parents everything.

When you know you're gonna have the opportunity to shoot the ball, because the coach draws up the play at the timeout, boom instantly you think about the play, you kind of like block away everything, and you think about the play and you kind of visualize yourself making the shot that you're gonna take.

I'm probably going to be more of a vocal leader, which is a challenge for me with English not being my natural language.

I'm trying to make the right play. Sometimes, I'm going to take contested shots and stuff, but it happens.

I'm afraid of bees.

I grew up with champions around me, so I knew what it was like to be ambitious and to work very hard.

I enjoy battling, and I enjoy competing.

It's not fun when you wake up in the morning and you see on the standings that you're in the last five positions.

I wish I could be as consistent as I am during my great games every night.

I feel like that's one of my problems; I feel like I'm not consistent enough.

You get hit a lot of times. With 82 games, it's hard. I want to be stronger so I can take the contact better.

If you are feeling pressure, it should be before you get a contract and not after it.

Nobody dreams of being on the bench or sitting in the corner.

I think my English is pretty good, but speaking without thinking about what you are saying, you know, it's just different.

I'm a very dedicated guy.

I think I'm a good defender, for sure.

Denver will always be in my heart. It was my first city in America.

I'm very attached to Denver. I really love this city. Denver will always be special.

Preseason is preseason. It's actually made to make mistakes and to learn from your teammates and plays and stuff.

I had to earn everything. So to have an opportunity to be a primary perimeter option on the offense is really something that I really enjoy.