Quotes from Evan Fournier

It just feels good to talk to the coaches and know what they're expecting so I can get better and just be happy.

In judo, you get your arm broke. You get choked. You can tear your ACL.

I enjoy winning. I just think it's just how I was brought up from a fighters' family.

My mom told me that she dislocated her fingers three times. And my dad: four times.

I play to win games, first of all.

The thing is I'm with Nike and I don't want to wear any other player's shoe. No Giannis or LeBron - I'm not going to wear those, and it narrows what you can wear. But with the Kobe's, who cares because Kobe is Kobe. You can wear his shoe because it's Kobe. They look great, the feel great and it represents something.

Historically I've been really good in fourth quarters actually.

Closing games out in this league is hard. You have a lot of good players that you are facing, and fourth quarters are tough to handle because teams are going to make their run.

I'm not going to ask for a trade, because when I play for a city, I'm going to fight for it and I'm not going to quit.

I'm a fighter and I'm definitely not a quitter.

The Garden is my favorite arena.

When you have so much pressure with basketball and the results in the NBA, to just go home and have a dog that loves you regardless of how well you played, it's great.

The wolf is my favorite animal.

The thing that I focus on is giving all that I have every day and then if I become a great player, then great.

When I started playing basketball, it's about winning championships and being a great player.

I don't really like the word 'dream' because that makes it seem like it's something that's never going to happen. Playing in the NBA, since Day 1, it's something that I've wanted to do and I'm realizing all my goals now.

Playing for your country is special, especially in the World Cup.

If you're French, you definitely have to respect Tony Parker for what he did.

That's basically what my parents taught me throughout my childhood, being intense and consistent. In my opinion, those are the hardest things to do in the NBA.

I really started from the bottom. When I got drafted, I was not playing. I had to work my way up. Then I got traded, came off the bench, then became a starter.

Being on the sidelines is no fun for me.

Obviously nobody takes preseason lightly. But there's not the same intensity, there's not the same focus.

Growing up, my first interview when I was 14, I said, 'Yeah, I'm going to play in the NBA.' Everybody was like, 'Who is this kid? He is cocky.'

Consistency is key.