Top 45 Nikola Jokic Quotes

The team is always bigger than an individual or whatever, and a really good team can win a championship.

I like horse racing but I’m not an All-Star in horse racing. I’m an All-Star fan in horse racing.

I lead the league in scratches. I’m always bleeding – I’m used to it.

I don’t want to say something just to be a leader.

I enjoy animals. Their nature.

When I was young, basketball wasn’t my No. 1 priority.

I loved playing every sport. Soccer, water polo, horses. Whatever. I just loved it – especially competing against my brothers.

Every teacher in elementary school loved me because I was always goofing around. I was taller than most of the guys and girls, and fattest, too.

I just wanted to play hard – just to give my 100 percent to help my teammates, to help my team to win the game. That’s my only goal going on the court.

My teams in Serbia always had really good point guards. But I have always loved to dribble the ball. Even when I was outside, just walking by myself, I would always love to dribble and imagine my defender there in front of me – what I would try to do.

I don’t like to watch the future too much.

When I am aggressive, I think that is going to help my teammates.

After the first season, I got some experience and got older.

I’m trying to be the best I can be in what I do.

We cannot make our sole goal the eighth spot, the eighth seed.

If you don’t try something, you never know.

We’d fight a lot. But I think all brothers do that.

Maybe in the huddles I say something more. But I say it… not to become a leader, it’s just to help my team out.

I watched Magic because of his passing, and Hakeem because of his post moves.

I was always really good with the ball, I was always passing the ball, scoring, shooting the ball. I think for me, that’s just a normal thing.

We don’t think about what anybody else with the media or other teams think about us.

There must be one guy open and I want to find him.

Maybe water polo and volleyball really help me on the court. Water polo with my one-handed passes, volleyball too, maybe when I tap passes.

I think the coach, the owner, the GM, the players want to win the game. That’s the bottom line.

If I get stronger it’s going to be easier for me to play.

I just love to pass.

Basketball is an emotional game.

I don’t think I’m that funny.

I think it’s not just me. I think there is a lot of guys in the NBA that – just kind of big men in the NBA that can affect the game in so many ways.

I’m kind of normal guy.

You need to be a fan of your own team.

Kobe is probably an idol for so many players. He was such a great player so you wanted to be like Kobe. He’s a legend that never dies.

A point makes you happy; an assist makes you and your teammate happy. An assist makes two people happy.

When everybody is sharing the ball, everybody makes everybody happy.

For me, an assist is the same as getting a basket.

When I get the rebound – push the ball. That couple of seconds when you’re trying to find the point guard, you’re losing in transition. You rebound, push the ball and the whole game is faster.

Pressure is just bad things for you.

As long as I can take open shots or good shots, I’m going to take it.

We as a team, as a group, we need to go out there every game and every day to do our best and try to win our games.

Someone said, ‘He’s not even in shape.’ I am playing in 80 games and he said that I’m not even in shape.

I mean, if I could score 40 every game, then I would score 40 every game. But I think I cannot score 40 every game, so I’m gonna pass a little bit, too.

Every season, I get better and learn new stuff.

Every different horse has a different personality, like a human.

To be honest, I don’t really care if I’m starting or coming off the bench.

This is the league of the stats, the numbers.