Quotes from Marc Gasol

It's hard for me to sit still in one place. I like to move around.

When you see the floor and you understand the game and you're trying to break it down with what you have in front of you, you can do it offensively and defensively. And you try to take advantage of it both ways. You see where the offense's head is and you can kind of read what you want to do.

I've made pretty much every mistake you can make as a young man, eating and drinking the wrong things at the wrong times.

People say, 'Well, you're not Pau's little brother anymore.' I'm always going to be Pau's younger brother and Adria's older brother.

When I see somebody, I try to beat him on both ends of the floor. It's the game within the game that you've always got to win. That's always been my mindset. That's how I was taught how to play the game. That's how I learned. And that's what I enjoy.

Just because it says 'zero calories' or 'sugar free' or 'fat free' doesn't mean it actually is good for you. It's a way to get you. Just make sure that you know. We think that we can put stuff in our body. Just know how it affects you.

I was a different kind of kid. Pau always knew what he wanted. He was really good at school, really responsible. I was more of a loose cannon, honestly. I was running around and outside, and getting into a little trouble more than anything. But always in a good way. It was never my fault. It was the other guy. I was just there.

You can't change what Memphis means to me, what Memphis has meant to me. It's a special place for me. There's no doubt.

In any relationship, there's multiple moving pieces. Not just one.

I was just having fun because everybody was so much shorter than me. Honestly, my stats in high school were ridiculous. They made no sense.

You can be selfish by being too unselfish at times.

Before being an athlete, I'm a person, a human being, like the ones Open Arms are saving every day.

There is no difference between the way we see basketball; the way we execute is a little bit different. The way he uses his right shoulder, drop-step to his left hand, is a thing of beauty. There is no doubt in my mind that Pau will be a Hall of Famer because of what he brought to the game, and there's no such players like him anymore.

If I'm not on the floor, I'm not valued.

I grow strawberries, watermelon, onions, you name it.

We gotta leave a better planet for our kids. And I would say we gotta leave better kids for our planet as well.

If you grow the food you eat, it tastes better. Seasonal vegetables are grown at the right time, and you can make sure everything matures on the plant or on the tree. It's as fresh as you can get.

With years, you change. You're not as hardheaded or stubborn. You are more malleable.

It's important as an athlete to know your body and how things affect it.

I'm a team guy, obviously. When a team needs me to be aggressive, I have to be aggressive.

I like the Patagonia in Argentina.

Athletes are moved - human beings are moved - by challenges.

When you accomplish something, or you don't accomplish something, automatically your brain goes to the next challenge. That's your next focus.

I just try to compete every night.