Brook Lopez Quotes

Brook Lopez

Profession : Basketball Player

Birth : April 1, 1988

Growing up with just my mom, it went so well. It worked out so well. It was normal to me. I wasn't really looking for a father figure.

Brook Lopez

Sometimes I just go into Shakespearean sonnets and end it with a nice little couplet.

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I've always been a big Avengers guy: Nightcrawler, Hawkeye and Iceman.

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My older brothers were both basketball players so I just grew up around the gym.

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It's impressive, just driving around Brooklyn, seeing the fans wearing the logo. They've really embraced us.

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I've always felt that I shot the ball well from distance, but it's just having the opportunity to finally do so. It's great and I'm trying to take advantage of it.

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We were really going with what worked at Stanford. It was difficult for players to 'D' me up in the post, so that was a strength of ours and we just pounded it in the block.

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I've always wanted to be a Wookiee. I relate to them a lot.

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Robin is the exaggerated version of me. He's more of a cartoon character.

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There's definitely a learning curve to each coach, no question. They come in with their systems, their philosophies. I'm a super coachable guy, trying to put the team first and do what they require of me.

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I enjoyed playing in L.A. and being a Laker. But I couldn't be happier playing in Milwaukee. This has been an amazing situation to come into.

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I think one of the coolest things, really a blessing of being in the league, is just being able to travel so much. You're fortunate that you don't have to pay for the traveling usually or anything like that.

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I try and improve each and every game.

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In my family, Robin loves planning the trips. He does the itineraries and everything, always sends them out in a mass text.

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I love drawing. It's a passion of mine, and I'm a creative person. I always have my sketch book with me.

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I love you, C-3PO. I love the original trilogy. But when R2-D2 runs away in the first 'Star Wars,' instead of stopping him or going to tell Luke and Uncle Owen, he hides. It's so good. He hides! He has to wait for Luke to come and tell him R2-D2 ran away. What a dork!

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I've played with a lot of great players.

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I have two older brothers. My twin Rob and I are the youngest in the family, and our brothers were born in '76 and '81.

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I am confident in my game that I can contribute when I am on the floor.

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It's a dream come true to play for the Lakers.

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