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I learned a lot in Spain.
I love to lift after games.
LeBron is not a good defender.
I can play both ends of the floor.
In the playoffs, it's win or you go home.
The Godfather has, maybe, one good scene.
There was a complete rupture in my left calf.
Not everybody can do everything at a high level.
Everywhere I go I have a lot of friends and family.
I think God put me on this earth to play basketball.
I am Mafuzzy Man, original man, 100 percent pure, man.
My focus is to start my game with my defense every night.
I was born in Brazzaville, the Republic of Congo, in 1989.
That's one of my favorite things from my dad is his old jersey.
When kids start playing basketball, they all think about scoring.
Whatever it takes to help the team to get wins, I'm going to do it.
Mandela? He lasted 27 years in prison but he never could've done 30.
I've said that before: I believe in God. With God, anything is possible.
My dad used to play basketball, now he gets to see me in the NBA Finals.
I don't care how good you play, if the team is losing, it doesn't matter.
Carl Lewis wasn't a great sprinter. He could only run fast for like 9 seconds.
Mentally, starting the game versus coming off the bench, there are different vibes.
You can see when people's locked in and they are ready mentally, and when they are not.
I believe in God, and I believe in miracles, and I believe that everything is possible.
When you play in the NBA, everybody wants to play in the All-Star Game. I really want to.
I'm not really good at asking people questions in interviews. I just try to have fun, to talk.
Not all players want to play defense. You get in foul trouble, you're going to be on the bench.
Without pressure, I'm not going to wake up every day to go work, or do extra shooting, or lifting.
Ask anybody from Africa which country is the best in terms of dressing, and they'll tell you Congo.
When I don't have basketball practice, I'll be in a gym for 2.5 hours - 30 minutes abs, 2 hours lifting.
I will never forget where I come from, and my journey to becoming an NBA Champion has been hard to believe.
I'm mature enough to understand I can find time to do other things without disturbing my focus for basketball.
I wish I had more body parts that I could work out. If I had my way, I'd be in the gym all day. I love to lift.
To know how I am very important to my team on defense, how my teammates need me on defense, it means a lot to me.
I have to stay hydrated. It's very important for anyone, but especially athletes! We sweat a lot, and we need it.
All my life, I believe what my mind tells me; what my heart tells me. All the way back to Congo, it has worked for me.
I've been learning when to block shots against who I'm playing. I'm not just going to leave a shooter to go block shots.
One of the things I learned playing on a good team is when the team wins, when you make the playoffs, everybody looks good.
I come from zero and I've had to push myself up to where I am today. I'm not going to give up and I'm going to keep pushing.
I can play at four or I can play at five and I think I feel more comfortable because I'm flexible to do whatever I want to do.
By the time I was 19 years old, I had lived in five different cities in four different countries and three different continents.
I can shoot, or I can roll, I can finish inside, I can take two-point shots, I can switch on defence and I can protect the paint.
I lost my mom when I was seven, and at some point in my life having food it was like a big deal for me because it was not every day.
My story. My past. I don't want to forget that. I want to think about it and be reminded of it so I can be thankful and appreciative of everything.
I played football when I was a kid, it is such a fun sport to play, I fancied myself as a midfielder until I grew too tall and discovered basketball.
Whatever you have, you need to thank God and his blessings. You never know what other people are having trouble with or what is going on with their lives.
Some foods you may say, 'Oh wow, this is not food.' People actually eat that somewhere. I just want people to really understand that and really appreciate it.
When I think about power, it's not about having money. It's about changing people's lives, changing people's moods. To me, it's a blessing to have that power.
It's always pressure in sport. It was a lot of pressure since Day 1 in Orlando, and it's going to be always pressure, but I think those pressures make us better.
Most of the time when you're open that's when it's tough to make shots because you try to get some different focus than normally when some guys try to contest your shots.