Domantas Sabonis Quotes

Domantas Sabonis

Profession : Basketball Player

Birth : May 3, 1996

It's pretty cool, having my father be such a great player.

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Obviously I knew my dad was a basketball player, but at the age of 11 or 12, I really found out who my dad was and how much it meant to my country of Lithuania and all the basketball fans around the world. That really made me proud of my dad.

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I'm proud of my dad and I'm proud to have his name on the back of my jersey. It's an awesome feeling. To me, it's like a motivation. It keeps me going.

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You don't want to make it a selfish thing, like 'I need to score!'

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Winning is important.

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Keep the ball moving, find the open guy and try to get them the ball.

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I try to make the right read.

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Leaving with a 'W' always makes it better.

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So setting up teammates, rebounding, pushing the ball, playing tough on defense, there's many things to basketball.

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My dad is my idol. I'm very proud of him. Every day he gives me some tips of what I can do.

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I have to improve everything to play with the best athletes in the world.

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Once you get invited to these Rising Stars Games, that's not a sign that you've made it. That's a sign that you've got to keep working hard and get bigger goals.

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That's your job as a big man. I don't know. Growing up, that's what you do, set screens.

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I just try to play the game the right way.

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I always want to get better.

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I'm happy to represent the Pacers and the state of Indiana.

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It's great having a guy who brings fire to the game. It's awesome.

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We're professionals and we've got to go out and do what the coaches say.

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We grew up in the basketball world.

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My dad never encouraged us to play. We just grew up going to his games in Portland. We had basketballs in our hands and just decided we were going to play.

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