Jonas Valanciunas Quotes

Jonas Valanciunas

Profession : Basketball Player

Birth : May 6, 1992

I'm never going to back down from the big matchup.

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I'm enjoying playing hard. That's my game. That's my style.

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The priority is to fight for the rebound and stay inside. But adding that shot to your game is an advantage. Someone leaves you open, that's three points. That's an advantage to your team.

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The goal is to be the best frontcourt in the NBA.

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It hurts a lot just losing by three or four points.

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Always to see a main guy going down, it's bad.

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You've got to rebound, because rebounding is the last phase of your defense.

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It's not an individual sport, so winning is ultimately what matters.

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Winning is the first priority.

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I never stopped working. Always expanding my game, always working on something.

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Every coach has a different mentality, a different playing style. So I've tried to adjust myself to certain styles of game.

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I always looked at it like the sky's the limit, that I'm never happy with myself, always trying to do more.

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When you sit down and look at your game, you try to find the areas where you can improve.

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I don't direct the show by talking. I'll show by example. Hard-working guy, be in the gym every day, every minute step on the court and play hard. I don't like to talk. I like to show by example.

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To be a successful rebounder you've got to be active. You've got to go for the glass.

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You've got to pick up your mental toughness, be humble, come back to the gym. Everything is going to come if you stay the right way.

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My strength is rebounding and being a big body in the paint.

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That's where a lot of memories of my life happened. Toronto is always going to be remembered as a big thing in my life.

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I'm a basketball player, I want to play.

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I like the taste of victory.

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