104 Quotes by Serge Ibaka

You need to love to play defense.

Not all players want to play defense. You get in foul trouble, you're going to be on the bench.

I think God put me on this earth to play basketball.

I love to win.

At first, I wanted to be a good player in the NBA. When I get to a team where you have one of the two best scorers in the league, I just said to myself that I needed to do something. I need to do something to help my team, something to make my name. That's where I started to focus on defense.

I've learned a lot from every place I've ever lived. I feel blessed for that.

Money will not make you happy. It's most important that you need to be happy. You need to do something you want to do.

It wasn't until I moved to Spain that I actually got my first glimpse of the NBA. I'd watch this program called 'NBA Action,' which came on every week and showed clips from different games.

Whatever it takes to help the team to get wins, I'm going to do it.