Quotes from Giannis Antetokounmpo

I try to come in, try to defend, help on defense, play as hard as possible and do whatever my coach and my teammates tell me and try to listen and get better.

I cannot take 30 jumpers a game. Got to have a balance. You've got to get your teammates involved.

If I can't score, I do whatever I can to support my teammates.

I'm going to do whatever it takes for me and my team to be successful.

I was selling stuff probably since I could remember, like 6 or 7 years old. I was always out there helping my mom and dad sell watches, glasses, CDs, DVDs, stuff like that. Whatever we could put our hands on. I did it until I was around 17. But I was just doing it because I had to. There was no other option.

I'm really scared of failing.

Sometimes I'm wide open, I've just got to shoot it.

With back-to-backs, a lot of games, sometimes you think, 'I've got to take a day off today.' But you have to push through it. The greats did.

My goal is to win in Milwaukee, bring a championship in the city, and make the team a lot better. So I would never leave for L.A.

We loved our dad. My mom loved her husband. But at the end of the day, I think, he did what he was supposed to do in this world. He had five kids and raised us right. That's the most important thing.

I love how quiet and calm Milwaukee is.

You have so many games to play, and you can do well in one game but bad in the other ones. The thing you've got to be is consistent.

I'm a guy who doesn't really care about glamour and big markets; I like to be home all day.

I'm serious about it, and I want to spend my money wise. I'm not going to throw away any money.

Gregg Popovich is among the greatest coaches ever.

I just try to stay grounded.

Whatever I try to do, I always try to give it my best and try to be a killer because, at the end of the day, if you don't work hard, you are not going to get food on your table.

To be one of the best to ever play the game? I think I have the ability to do that. But I've got to work hard. If I just keep talking and don't put some work in, it's not going to happen.

I think my jump shot could get a lot, lot better. I could become a really big threat out there.

What's the reason I'm playing basketball? I do it because I love it, I do it because of my family, and that's it. I don't do it because of the money. I don't do it because of the fame. I just do it because I love it, and I do it for my family because my family enjoys it.

I have worked hard to earn recognition in the NBA, and being on the cover of 'NBA 2K19' is a dream come true.

I think my rookie, I was just having fun. I was 18, and I was living the American dream.

Before I leave this earth, I'm going to help people have a better future.

I usually feel that I prefer to hide from people.