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Wherever I go, I have to speak English, which is my second language. So whenever you get a chance to speak in your own language? It feels good.
- Ivica Zubac
#Chance
#Good
#Language
#Own
#Speak
I was always trying to get in the paint and get the easiest shots I can.
- Ivica Zubac
#Always
#I Can
#Paint
#Shots
#Trying
I was hoping to workout with Kareem on a daily basis. After that first workout, I never got a chance.
- Ivica Zubac
#After
#Chance
#Daily
#First
#Never
When you're not getting minutes, you're doubting every shot you take.
- Ivica Zubac
#Every
#Getting
#Minutes
#Shot
#Take
I can do the Sky Hook, but I'm not confident with it.
- Ivica Zubac
#Confident
#Hook
#I Can
#Sky
I live in the part of Bosnia-Herzegovina where we are the only Croatians, and we are the proudest in the world.
- Ivica Zubac
#Live
#Only
#Part
#Where
#World
I had to move out when I was 14 and live by myself in the capital of Croatia. That's when it got a little serious. From there, I played on the Croatian national team.
- Ivica Zubac
#Little
#Live
#Myself
#Serious
#Team
What really pushed me into chasing basketball even more was my cousin making the NBA too, in 2003.
- Ivica Zubac
#Basketball
#Chasing
#Making
#Me
#More
People are still feeling like it's war. Croatians hate Serbians and Serbians hate Croatians. They don't want to talk to each other.
- Ivica Zubac
#Feeling
#Hate
#People
#Talk
#War
Sometimes I go to the pool. With the pool, sometimes it's for recovery. I go with Joakim Noah because he's a big pool guy.
- Ivica Zubac
#Big
#Go
#He
#Pool
#Sometimes
I just turn on the TV and watch whatever is on, like 'Star Wars' or 'Lord of the Rings.'
- Ivica Zubac
#Just
#Lord
#Turn
#Watch
#Whatever
It's hard to fall asleep after a game. I often go to sleep at 4 A. M. because I'm thinking about the game and my mind is racing.
- Ivica Zubac
#Fall
#Game
#Mind
#Sleep
#Thinking
Of course I want to be on the floor in the fourth.
- Ivica Zubac
#Course
#Floor
#Fourth
#Want
It's the NBA, arenas almost always sold out. When I played back in Europe, there would be some games with 50-100 people in the crowd, so it would be pretty much empty.
- Ivica Zubac
#Always
#Back
#Empty
#Europe
#People
Houses with courts and gyms are super expensive. Not a lot of players can afford that. I know it sounds crazy to say an NBA player can't afford that, but that's how it is in L.A.
- Ivica Zubac
#Crazy
#Expensive
#Know
#Players
#Say
I was really mad until the 23rd pick and I wasn't selected and my agent told me, 'If nobody selects you, you're going to the Lakers.' So I was hoping to not go in the first round of the draft.
- Ivica Zubac
#Go
#Mad
#Me
#Nobody
#Round
All of my shots are dunks or are around the rim.
- Ivica Zubac
#Around
#Rim
#Shots
I have good mid-range shot and I can shoot threes, but in Europe coaches didn't want me to shoot outside because I was tall and big.
- Ivica Zubac
#Europe
#Good
#I Can
#Me
#Shoot
You start learning English in fifth grade. I was 12. But even before then I was listening to American music. My neighbor was a really big hip-hop fan, so he taught me everything around hip-hop.
- Ivica Zubac
#American
#Hip-Hop
#Learning
#Me
#Music
I don't want to waste my minutes on the court just trying to pop.
- Ivica Zubac
#Court
#Just
#Trying
#Want
#Waste
We went to SpaceX to talk to Elon Musk, that was cool. He gave us the tour. We couldn't film it or anything. There were rockets, it was impressive. It was a lot of cool stuff.
- Ivica Zubac
#Anything
#Cool
#Film
#Talk
#Us
I work out at least six days a week.
- Ivica Zubac
#Days
#Least
#Six
#Week
#Work
I first started playing when we moved from my first house to a house that had a hoop out in front. Every day, I was in front of the basket shooting balls. The basket was regular height, and I was about 5 years old.
- Ivica Zubac
#Day
#Every Day
#Height
#House
#Old
I've gotten better at calling out coverages, communication, and being vertical when they're attacking me in the paint.
- Ivica Zubac
#Better
#Calling
#Communication
#Me
#Out
I always watch the playoffs.
- Ivica Zubac
#Always
#Playoffs
#Watch
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