Quotes from Goran Dragic

I always say that it's tough to judge a player when you're just hearing rumors. It's never accurate.

I'm a partner with City of Hope for many, many years.

I mean, at the beginning of a season you never know how things are going to turn out. You're always going in positive, believing in the work that's been done.

It doesn't matter who it is. If I'm going to see an open gap, I'm going to penetrate and try to finish over those guys. I'm not afraid of big guys.

I like to penetrate and play fast basketball.

I was always good at penetrating in Europe, but in Europe, you don't have so many shot-blockers as there are in the NBA, so it was easier.

When I came to the league, back in Europe I was so much faster than the other guys, I was always penetrating. I didn't use my jump shot. When I came to the league it was tough to get to the basket. All those guys, they went under the pick-and-roll. It was long threes, especially for me coming from Europe.

When you have Dwyane Wade on your team, we know that the ball is going to go in his hands.

Of course, if you have D. Wade on your team, he's the best closer in the history of this sport, so the ball needs to go in his hands, but I was always ready. I was always ready. I remember every time he would play pick-and-roll, he said, 'G, just be ready. Maybe you're going to be open. I need to hit you.'

Brook Lopez is huge!

Of course, I want to win the championship.

You never know before the season, when you get new players, how the chemistry is going to develop and how the season is going to go.

The bench is really important in the NBA because if you have a good bench, then you can make that playoff push even harder.

Definitely, my whole life I've played as a point guard. I've tried to get in the paint, and I've tried to develop for others.

I can express my will on the court. I'm kind of, how you say... a little bit cocky and try to fight some guys.

I'm a pure lefty. Everything. I eat with my right hand, but when I was a kid, I was eating with my left. My mom was getting on me that that's not nice, so I switched my hands.

I would not want to be a cop.

When you know your team is standing behind you, it's a little bit easier to play in those crucial moments. And I love it.

I'm an average guy, skinny, not so tall, I put my sunglasses on, and I blend in.

The only thing I can control is my preparation and how I play games and how I practice.

I'm a good defender, so I like to play defense.

When you come out of pick-and-roll, it's really tough to step back and shoot because the defender is coming.

To be a point guard, to run the team and have the ball in my hands and try to make plays for others - that's who I am.

It's always nice to go back and play for my country. My teammates and I grew up together.