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It's important to play the right way. If you play the right way, it's so much fun.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Fun
#Important
#Play
#Right
#Way
Obviously, the hotel is related to my name, so my mom makes sure the staff, the service, the cleaning part of it is 100 out of 100. Not 99, 100 out of 100. We've got great reviews because of that. That's why a lot of people want to stay out our place, because we provide a lot of good services.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Good
#Great
#Hotel
#Mom
#Service
I had no idea about running a hotel, but as an investment, as a property in real estate, it was very interesting because we got a great deal. Talking to my mom, I said, 'Listen, we're going to buy this, but I need somebody to run it.' So I asked my mom, 'Are you willing to do it?'
- Zaza Pachulia
#Great
#Hotel
#Investment
#Mom
#Real
I remember dreaming about playing professional basketball as a kid in the gyms of Tbilisi, and now, after a journey across continents that began when I was a teenager, I am coming home with the championship trophy.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Home
#I Am
#Journey
#Remember
#Trophy
You can't please everybody, right? Some people are supporters. Some people are against you.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Against
#People
#Right
#Some People
#You
There's a lot of hating on social media - and I'm not the only one, I'm 100 percent sure. Pick the best player possible - all-time or one who's playing today - everybody has something to say.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Best
#Media
#Social Media
#Social
#Today
I see myself in business. I'm good with numbers. It's just something that interests me.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Business
#Good
#Me
#Myself
#Numbers
One of the best highlights of my Harvard business program I attended was I had 60 students in my class. I was the tallest, of course, but looking at the students, 30 of them were American and 30 of them were from all over the world.
- Zaza Pachulia
#American
#Best
#Business
#Looking
#World
I have a lot of respect for Kawhi.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Lot
#Respect
The most important thing is to stay smart and patient.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Important
#Most
#Patient
#Smart
#Stay
I'm really glad I got to represent my country and make my people proud.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Country
#Make
#People
#Proud
#Represent
I've been with five teams, played for a bunch of different coaches.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Been
#Bunch
#Coaches
#Different
#Five
Looking at myself, I'm a center, I'm 275 pounds, I'm taking hard fouls, making decisions where 'nothing easy' is my favorite. Sometimes in the middle, sometimes you get screened, sometimes it's an illegal screen, and that stuff is part of the game.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Easy
#Game
#Looking
#Myself
#Sometimes
This is the game of basketball. A lot of crazy stuff happens on the court, unfortunately.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Basketball
#Court
#Crazy
#Game
#Happens
I'm not a dirty player. I love this game, and I'm playing hard.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Dirty
#Game
#Hard
#I Love
#Love
When I tell people I played with Giannis they don't remember it as much because I played with him in the first two years of his career, so he was not as flashy.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Career
#People
#Remember
#Tell
#Two
My skin got thicker. I don't listen to stuff from outside or even if I hear or if I read something, I just let it go very easily.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Go
#Hear
#Outside
#Skin
#Something
Since I started playing basketball, I had goals. I was going to do everything step by step. I'm proving it, my basketball is getting better.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Better
#Getting Better
#Goals
#Step
When you are 6-11 and you play hard, you get blamed for a lot of things.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Get
#Hard
#Lot
#Play
#Things
I don't think it's right to think ahead to free agency.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Agency
#Ahead
#Free
#Right
#Think
I thought not getting picked in the first round was the end of the world.
- Zaza Pachulia
#End Of The World
#End
#First
#World
I think I have the best Twitter following, about 40,000. Many players have more, but I'm proud of all of them. They all have a special place in my heart.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Best
#Heart
#Place
#Players
#Proud
His work ethic is insane. We all know Steph Curry on the court, making a lot of spectacular plays, shooting 3s from anywhere, from the half court.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Court
#Half
#Know
#Shooting
#Work
You might not be funny, but don't force it. Just be authentic because people are going to always appreciate that more.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Always
#Funny
#Just Be
#More
#People
All I can do is wake up in the morning and go to the practice facility with a smile on my face and experience something every single game.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Experience
#Face
#Game
#Morning
#Smile
I can't worry about things that I can't control. That's the best approach, so I've been doing that.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Best
#Control
#Doing
#Things
#Worry
Playoffs are fun.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Fun
#Playoffs
You put your personal stuff away and concentrate on the team and help out.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Help
#Personal
#Stuff
#Team
#Your
You have to defend the perimeter guys otherwise you're going to struggle getting playing time or staying on the court.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Court
#Defend
#Going
#Struggle
#Time
Nothing is easy, but it's definitely great to have a guy who can shoot from anywhere.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Easy
#Great
#Nothing
#Shoot
#Who
Everybody knows that Steph Curry changed the game. He's such a great athlete, but that's all we see on the TV, on the highlights on social media. I wish we could see what type of people they are more, because that's the leadership to me, that's the inspiration to me.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Game
#Great
#Leadership
#Social Media
We live in a society where not everybody has intelligence, or understanding or is thinking of what's right and what's wrong.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Intelligence
#Live
#Society
#Thinking
Threaten me, but don't threaten my wife or say something about my kids. It's just wrong.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Me
#Say
#Something
#Wife
#Wrong
I've lived in Atlanta, Milwaukee, Dallas. I started in Orlando, so I've been north and south.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Atlanta
#Been
#Dallas
#Lived
#North
I can't play without being aggressive.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Aggressive
#Being
#Play
#Without
I just feel like being on the floor for more minutes allows me to give my presence.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Feel
#Floor
#Me
#More
#Presence
I am not the type of player who makes problems for the team.
- Zaza Pachulia
#I Am
#Makes
#Problems
#Team
#Who
It's a challenge, and I like challenges. That's how it's been in my career since Day One.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Career
#Challenge
#Challenges
#Day
#How
We all know what my game is, to play hard. Not dirty, but play hard.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Dirty
#Game
#Hard
#Know
#Play
Officials called a foul; there's nothing you can do. A foul is a foul. If it was a hard foul, it was a hard foul. There is nothing you can do. So you just move on.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Hard
#Just
#Move On
#Move
#Nothing
Words can't describe how happy I'm feeling with the love I'm feeling from the fans, from the Mavs fans and my people in Georgia. They appreciate what I do.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Fans
#Happy
#Love
#People
#Words
I feel loved. That's more important to me than being an All-Star, honestly.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Feel
#Important
#Loved
#Me
#More
It's not easy to be an All-Star, but it's even more difficult to be loved by so many people and have so many people have your back, especially a guy coming from a small country like Georgia.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Back
#Country
#Difficult
#Easy
#People
I don't think there is one player who is liked by everybody. Every single person has their own flavor.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Every
#Flavor
#Own
#Person
#Who
I've been a free agent a couple times now. It's a process. You got to be smart with your decisions.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Decisions
#Free
#Now
#Process
#Smart
The best part of my career has been the relationships with the fans and the kids.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Best
#Career
#Fans
#Kids
#Relationships
I have a lot of responsibilities. Every move I make, on and off the court, I'm thinking about doing the right thing for my country. It's a small country, but I've said it before, we Georgians have a big heart, we all support each other in every way we can.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Country
#Heart
#Support
#Thinking
#Way
I always say I represent my family when I'm in my country, but I represent my big family, which is Georgia, when I'm outside of my country.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Always
#Big
#Country
#Family
#Say
I'm already the first Georgian to play in the Finals, but I also want to be the first to be part of an NBA title.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Be The First
#First
#Play
#Title
#Want
Of course money is important. Very important. Important to everybody. If I said it wasn't, I'd be lying. Especially because it's not like I've made hundreds of millions of dollars in my career.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Career
#Course
#Important
#Like
#Money
I'm against the fighting. But sometimes when you're trying to help your team, trying to win the games, there are moments when you need to get a little aggressive.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Aggressive
#Fighting
#Sometimes
#Win
It always great to feel that you're wanted by somebody, especially when you're talking about a team like the Golden State Warriors.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Always
#Feel
#Golden
#Great
#Talking
Be tough. As a big guy, it's what your teammates expect from you, to be strong. Set good screens offensively and box out at the other end. It's a simple technique. I learned it when I was little.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Be Strong
#End
#Good
#Simple
#Tough
It's different when you practice, obviously. That's why exhibition games are a chance to see what you're trying to do.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Chance
#Practice
#See
#Trying
#Why
You always remember firsts, right? First girlfriend, first kiss and first playoff series.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Always
#First
#Kiss
#Remember
#Right
If you want to know who Zaza Pachulia is and you don't know, talk to any of my teammates. Teammates, coaches, I played over 1,000 games.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Know
#Talk
#Teammates
#Want
#Who
Since childhood, my mind was wired like that. My mindset was I want to be a businessman.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Childhood
#Like
#Mind
#Mindset
#Want
Having your own bobblehead is kind of cool.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Cool
#Having
#Kind
#Own
#Your
Especially when it comes to the Finals and playoffs, your team needs you mentally and physically.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Finals
#Needs
#Playoffs
#Team
#Your
Basketball is a business to me. It's entertainment; it's a business, it's very serious.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Business
#Entertainment
#Me
#Serious
This COVID-19 taught me I'm privileged to get classes from Stanford because they are one of the best in terms of business, but at the same time there's so many other ways to learn. So many webinars, or on the Internet you Google anything you want to... you're literally getting free classes. We should take advantage of it.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Best
#Business
#Internet
#Me
#Time
Education is such an important tool for success, and probably the most important one.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Education
#Important
#Most
#Success
I don't care about All-Star or the fame that comes with it, the recognition.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Care
#don't Care
#Fame
#Recognition
Obviously the bigger you are, the more attention you get.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Attention
#Bigger
#Get
#More
#Obviously
It doesn't matter what stage of your life you're in, learning never stops. I'm a huge believer in that.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Learning
#Life
#Matter
#Never
#Stage
I've done it before, and I might do it whenever we need to as a big guy... I'll take it. A hard foul is part of the game, which is good.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Big
#Done
#Game
#Good
#Hard
It's tough when you don't know if you're going to play or when you're going to play. But keeping the consistency and keeping in shape is important.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Consistency
#Important
#Know
#Tough
#You
When I was a rookie people would always ask, 'What are you going to bring to the team?' Now I don't get asked that question anymore. People know.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Always
#Know
#Now
#People
#Question
In every investment, before I get involved or invest, I always see what the mindset of the founder, the CEO, is.
- Zaza Pachulia
#Always
#Get
#Investment
#Mindset
#See
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