“"If you want to make it to the NBA, you have to be tough. You have to have a big heart."

"I have speed and agility. I do everything faster than the others. I learn fast."

"I love being under pressure. Even the pressure put on me by the media. That is how you outdo yourself."

"In France, if you talk to little boys, they know all of the NBA players and not one single Pro A player."

"I still have a lot of room for improvement. I need to become a more skilled player."

"There is nothing that I miss about France. Ever since I was small, I have changed cities often, so this is not new."

"I want to become the first European floor leader to succeed in the NBA. I want to be the standard-bearer and prove we can succeed here."

"I want to follow in my father's footsteps, but do it better."

“The day when I am satisfied with what I have, will be the day I retire from the sport."

“2007 is a year I will remember for the rest of my life."

"When I first came in the league, a lot of people were surprised by my knowledge about the history of the game."

“Getting up at three in the morning to watch Michael Jordan, I never dreamed one day I would be kissing that trophy."

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