Jonas Valanciunas Quotes

Jonas Valanciunas

Profession : Basketball Player

Birth : May 6, 1992

Do I want the ball more? No, I'm good.

Jonas Valanciunas

I'm taking them when I have a chance and when my spacing gives it to me. Doesn't matter - could be one, three, four. I'm not hunting them. It's not what I do for a living, it's what I'm adding to my game. I just take a three when I have the opportunity.

Jonas Valanciunas

I get time, I play hard. If I don't get time, I wait for the time to come to me.

Jonas Valanciunas

I'm just doing my job, using my opportunities.

Jonas Valanciunas

I can control what I can control. That's all I can do.

Jonas Valanciunas

You've just got to play when you have a chance. That's what I'm going to keep doing.

Jonas Valanciunas

It's not about scoring, it's not about grabbing rebounds or anything like that. It's just playing, leaving everything out there and just making plays, being in the right place, setting the right screen for the open layup, whatever. It's just fun to play like that.

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Holding the ball in your hand is creating opportunities for other players. That's what I want to do, that's what I want to get better on - passing, just creating opportunities for guards, whoever is on the court.

Jonas Valanciunas

I don't want to do crazy things, I want to win.

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I think everyone has room to grow.

Jonas Valanciunas

When I'm 39 years old I'm not going to be that physical. So I'm going to sit in the corner and shoot threes.

Jonas Valanciunas

If I'm going to become a three-point shooter, it's another weapon to use.

Jonas Valanciunas

Start the first minute or come off the bench, it's the same game. You're playing the same game.

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I don't feel bad if I don't start. I'm playing the same minutes, doing good things on the court, that's all I need to do, right? I've just got to do my job.

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As long as we're winning - I've been saying that a long time - as long as we're winning I'm OK.

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When you play together, when you support each other, help each other, it's fun.

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I'm trying to take experience out of every minute I spend on the court, trying to learn something new, to know about basketball more.

Jonas Valanciunas

I have pride every time to play for Lithuania; I feel that Lithuania is something inside my heart.

Jonas Valanciunas

I need to perform in the low post, like a big man, trying to help my team by scoring in the low post.

Jonas Valanciunas

War is not a solution.

Jonas Valanciunas