Enes Kanter Quotes

Enes Kanter

Profession : Athlete

Birth : May 20, 1992

I'm a successful professional athlete, and whatever I'm going through in my private life would never impact my performance on court.

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I mean, Turkey is my country. You know, it's my flag. That is where we're raised... My family is born there. So that's why, like, it's tough to see that... your country don't want you.

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I put out on Twitter that the only thing I terrorize is the rim. People know me, my teammates know me, everybody knows me.

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Our team security said, even if you go to a supermarket, have someone with you. So everywhere I go - grocery shopping, practice, go to games, go to plays - I always have someone with me because you never know, a lone wolf, one of the crazy Erdogan supporters will do something.

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Turkey was a peaceful county, Turkey was a lovely county.

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It was just a normal family. We were playing basketball, we were playing soccer. It was home-cooked meals, just peaceful and happy times.

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You still miss Turkish people, talking Turkish, you still miss your culture. That's why New York is the best place to be because everywhere you go there's Turkish people, your friends are here, you can go to eat Turkish food every day.

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I remember during the draft I went to see a lot of organizations. But after you play in New York, you don't really want to go anywhere else. The people around are so cool.

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When I look back at my basketball career, I want to say I tried to inspire as much as I could.

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I was a really good student, first, second grade, third grade, and then fourth grade a little bit. And then I don't know what happened. I became a very terrible student. I wish I took it more serious.

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I'm an NBA player with no shoe deal. No endorsement deal. And I play in New York!

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I like pressure, the boos didn't mean nothing to me.

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I have the travel documents. I have a green card. I can go anywhere.

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After my second year in the NBA, my prep years, my college, I hadn't really found myself.

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I'm 26 years old, I'm not some 43-year-old who's just gonna watch TV all day. Of course I want to go out there, hang out with teammates, hang out with people I love, go to the beach, go hang out!

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What am I doing, just playing basketball? It was eating at me. Because basketball, you play, you retire, you're done. I wanted to do something more.

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The only time I have fun is when I'm on the court.

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Before I go to those teams, I say, 'Hey, I'm a Muslim and I have to pray five times a day.' And they respect it so much that they give me a prayer room. So before the game, after the game, before practice, before I fly out, I can go to that room whenever I want and pray.

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It's the Milwaukee Bucks. Unless they give you good, good money, then go, but you don't leave New York for Milwaukee.

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I want to stay with the Knicks. They have great fans, team, organization, people. I would love to stay here.

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