Quotes About Competition

There was a period in high school when, for some reason, I decided that suburbanites were my enemies or my rivals in a way.

I played for four years in Porto and our biggest rivals were Benfica. But I always had respect for the club, I don't hate Benfica.

I've always liked our rivals.

Robert Lewandowski is a fantastic forward. He challenges me in every match with his performances and goals.

I'm kind of the Robin Lopez Kryptonite, and there's a lot of Robin Lopez Kryptonite in the world.

It is never easy for sure against Roger.

I played Roger so many times and it's always a tough match.

To win against Roger was a big achievement for me.

Rafa and Roger, they have completely different games.

For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.

Going into my rookie year I expect to play well and I expect to win a lot of games.

I think one thing I had going for me that a lot of rookies didn't is that we played 15, 16 games every year in college.

I think any player, as a rookie coming into any sport, has to prove themselves.

Until you're a rookie, you don't know what NBA game shape is.

You come into the NBA, dudes are trying to come after you. You're a rookie. They look at you as fresh meat.

Ultimately I want to win. That's my main focus as my rookie year.

Personally, I want to win rookie of the year.

Coming out as a rookie, no. 4 draft pick, you expected to see some playing time.

LeBron's a close friend of mine, so I always root for him.

I root for John Calipari.

Professional wrestling, when you're talking money, like they say, it's the root of all evil.

I root for good, clean basketball.

Once you own a team for as many years as I have, and you root for that team for that period of time, you've got rooting for the Blazers in your blood, and the Sonics are one of our arch-competitors.

I have so much respect for Rose Namajunas, same as I had before the first fight.