Quotes from Goran Dragic

I already said to D-Wade and Steve Nash and those guys, 'I don't know how you guys do it.' Of course, I want to be a famous basketball player, but not to that standpoint where you go out and you don't have peace. You cannot enjoy your personal life. I would rather be with my family and do what I want.

We've got a ping-pong table back home back in Slovenia. I always smash the ball.

It's nice to see those young players who are humble and working hard and to see them thriving in the NBA.

I started playing soccer first and then basketball. I had a leg injury when I was young and my mom said, 'come on, try to choose a different sport.'

Soccer helped especially with my footwork. When I played soccer, I was on offense scoring goals - I didn't pass the ball so much so it probably didn't help much with being a point guard.

I feel like some things, you can't just force it.

I love Miami and would love to always be in Miami.

I feel comfortable in Miami.

Every opponent is different. Some guys are going to be in pick-and-roll a little bit higher, and then you have opportunities to drive for layups. Some guys are going to zone deeper and then the mid-range shot is open.

To hear people mentioning me for All-Star is an unbelievable feeling.

Every time I went to play for my national team, we spent together two months away from our families, as a team.

When I was younger, I showed my nation that I would always play for my national team, no matter who was there. If we had a good team or a bad team, I was there.

Standing in the corner, it's not my game.

Not everyone in this world has the same start in life. From that standpoint, we are trying to give as many kids as we can equal opportunities to succeed.

I always cherish my ancestors, my grandpa, great-grandpa, what they did for us, especially my dad who moved from Bosnia. He started a new life in Slovenia so basically I grew up there.

It's always tough when you beat your expectation and you win 48, 49 games and you expect the next year to win 50, 55 games.

That nickname was given to me by Steve Nash when I came to the league and nobody could say my last name, Dragic. Everybody was saying Dragika - nobody could say it. So he said, 'From now on you're The Dragon. It's much easier.' The funny thing is he didn't know the capital city of Slovenia is Ljubljana and the logo is the dragon.

When I was a kid I watched Steve Nash, Jason Kidd, Allen Iverson - all these great point guards. But then when I was 14, 15-years-old I found a similar guy who played like me - Beno Udrih. He's lefty too and he played in my hometown so I was a huge fan of his. Then after awhile I saw Manu Ginobili when he was playing in Italy.

I was never a strategic guy. If I can play, I just want to play.

It's a much easier job when you know what to expect on offense.

I always try to play hard as possible to help my team - it doesn't matter if it's on defense or offense. I would say when I was young I was playing like that, too.

Oh yeah, I'm motivated. Always.

It's not my goal to be the main scorer. It's whatever the opponent gives.

My game is to attack. If I'm aggressive, I'm at my best.