Quotes from Pascal Siakam

Yeah, I'm definitely really good at 'FIFA.'

Moving from Cameroon to Texas, that was a change. Learning English, the culture, everything was different so I had to adjust.

I have quick hands.

I'm always big on getting better.

I just want to keep working and keep getting better and I'm always going to get better.

I always thought I could do everything that a guard could do.

My life hasn't changed, it's been the same. What's helped me with that is keeping my circle tight, having the people that care about me around me.

I ask myself what my father would think of me making it to the NBA every day. I hope he's proud. I hope he's watching down and realizing that his dream became a reality.

My dad is a part of who I am, and he was a very hard working person and someone who worked to achieve his goals and make sure his family is straight and I always admired that. My mom worked so hard. I had two hard-working parents around me.

Scoring, that's my thing... Didier Drogba, Samuel Eto'o, those were the guys that we looked at as kids like, 'Man, they're doing it, and they're doing it at a high level.' We would see them on TV. So, it wasn't much about basketball, to be honest, it was just those type of athletes. Those guys were the guys that we looked at as kids.

I just work and continue to do whatever I can do to get to the highest level I can get. If that's an All-Star? Sure, I'll take it. But I don't have my mind set on that.

I've always been a hard worker.

For me, it's just about working hard every day and getting better.

To be honest, I see more championships, I see MVP, I see so much more that I can accomplish. There's no reason to be satisfied.

It's easy to relax and get comfortable but you can't be comfortable if you want to be great.

It's about continuing to develop as a player and continuing to get better and that's something that I'm hoping to do every single year.

A lot of people get to the NBA, but how many people stay in the NBA?

Nobody's going to replace your dad, but I had some support from people who cared for me.

I think it's about creating a brand for yourself and making sure that you're known, and that people know you for who you are. How do you do something that represents you and translates everything that you represent as a person and as a player? I think that's something that we all develop.

I just got to be engaged on both sides of the floor.

I trust the NBA, I trust the league and Adam Silver and the job he's been able to do.

I think I always knew that the things that I was born with can definitely translate to the NBA. Energy and being able to run, rebound, those things will always translate.

It's gonna be on me to go out there every single night and make sure that I'm the best player that can be and I continue to work hard and don't get complacent and do everything in my power to to be at that level.

There might be games where I feel like I don't have the energy I'm supposed to have. So for me, I think it's important that every single night I bring the energy.