Quotes from Pau Gasol

We have a great friendship that I hope will last our entire lives.

Making the playoffs three consecutive seasons is a great accomplishment.

I want to keep playing at the kind of level where I'll get respect from everybody.

I'm not a person or a selfish player, but we have to move the ball more, and we have to look further the team game, because we have enough talent to use different players.

I won't forget the hood. I won't forget the days of catching a bullet on the way to the mailbox or bricks with death threats that somehow made their way through the window.

It doesn't matter who gets what. It's just a matter of doing what it takes to win.

When it comes to playoff time, I pull the energy and the motivation.

No one could have prepared for me BBQ on pizza. I mean, both are great. But together? It was incredible.

In-N-Out is incredible, but don't tell coach I've been going there. He would flip out and put some curse on me.

The coach has put a lot of trust in me to make good decisions in the post.

I want to continue to expand my game a little more, build my body and work on staying strong so I can play the way I've been playing, and holding my ground the way I've been holding my ground.

I know that if I perform at a really high level, we're going to have a better chance to win.

Nobody had faith in me when I got here except my team. That's what carried me through all the transition problems and adjustments and everything.