Alex Caruso Quotes

Alex Caruso

Profession : Basketball Player

Birth : February 28, 1994

If I can go through a whole NBA season and be one of the best defenders in the league, and people want to bestow that honor upon me, then I'll gladly accept it and be thankful for it. If not, I'll keep playing the same way and keep trying to do things that affect winning and try to get the best out of myself and the team.

Alex Caruso

My entire career has revolved around playing hard.

Alex Caruso

In my opinion, this is why I play basketball, for these games late in the year when details and discipline matter and the will to compete at a high level for 48 minutes.

Alex Caruso

It's been a fun journey with L.A. I came here on a two-way contract and spent my first two years on two-way deals and Lakers fans have gone through this journey with me and for them to accept me as part of the Lakers family is so special.

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I've always done a good job when I play with better players than myself.

Alex Caruso

I do workouts at home in my garage... it's pretty old school.

Alex Caruso

That's basketball, that's the NBA; it's a physical sport.

Alex Caruso

Obviously, I am probably not going to match up with guys bigger than Paul George, 6-8 and 200-whatever.

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I've always been competitive. I don't think I understood how competitive I was at a younger age. I just played really hard and wanted to win. In my mind, I just thought that was how you played basketball.

Alex Caruso

I grew up with a religious background.

Alex Caruso

You get into the season and it's travel, play a game, travel, get to the next city, have a practice or film, get to the next game.

Alex Caruso

Every time I've gotten an opportunity in my career, I've kinda rose to the occasion, and there's something in me, that competitive spirit, that just desire to be great, the desire to do everything right that just kinda rises to the occasion given the opportunity.

Alex Caruso

I think everything for me has just been about opportunity and just being myself.

Alex Caruso

We have a lot of privilege and a lot of responsibility to hold ourselves to a high standard and help people that are in need. That's just the way I was raised, and I think that's something really cool that I'm able to do now.

Alex Caruso

I've never been stat-chaser or someone who wants accolades.

Alex Caruso

I'm trying to just be a student of the game. Continue to work, continue to get better because that's what got me into the league and that's what keeps you around.

Alex Caruso

It's nice to be able to connect with the fans and it makes my experience that much more enjoyable when I can go out there and hear them cheering for me.

Alex Caruso

At the end of the day, we're all humans, right? We all like to be rewarded for things we do well, specifically doing jobs that are hard to do.

Alex Caruso