Football Quotes by Serge Ibaka

I love defense.

— Serge Ibaka

My confidence comes on defense.

— Serge Ibaka

I'm trying to do whatever it takes to help my team.

— Serge Ibaka

In the playoffs, it's win or you go home.

— Serge Ibaka

LeBron is not a good defender.

— Serge Ibaka

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

— Serge Ibaka

You need to love to play defense.

— Serge Ibaka

My focus is to start my game with my defense every night.

— Serge Ibaka

I love this game. When I step on the court I'm going to compete. That's one of the reasons I work hard…

— Serge Ibaka

When kids start playing basketball, they all think about scoring.

— Serge Ibaka

It's hard when you have to play a way you're not really used to and you feel like you can do more…

— Serge Ibaka

It's good to score, but there are some other things that are important in basketball too.

— Serge Ibaka

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

— Serge Ibaka

When you play in the NBA, everybody wants to play in the All-Star Game. I really want to.

— Serge Ibaka

I will never forget where I come from, and my journey to becoming an NBA Champion has been hard to believe.

— Serge Ibaka

I'm mature enough to understand I can find time to do other things without disturbing my focus for basketball.

— Serge Ibaka

One of the things I learned playing on a good team is when the team wins, when you make the playoffs, everybody…

— Serge Ibaka

The most difficult thing with a new shot is if you go two or three games without making it, or you struggle,…

— Serge Ibaka

I know people that was playing basketball better than me. If they were in the NBA, they could be All-Stars, those people.…

— Serge Ibaka

I've been learning when to block shots against who I'm playing. I'm not just going to leave a shooter to go block…

— Serge Ibaka

Basketball did not save my life. God saved my life. It's not basketball. But God saved my life because he blessed me…

— Serge Ibaka

It wasn't until I moved to Spain that I actually got my first glimpse of the NBA. I'd watch this program called…

— Serge Ibaka

After winning a championship, I learned something about this: To win a championship, you need everybody. You need everybody to be out…

— Serge Ibaka

I can shoot, or I can roll, I can finish inside, I can take two-point shots, I can switch on defence and…

— Serge Ibaka

At first, I wanted to be a good player in the NBA. When I get to a team where you have one…

— Serge Ibaka

When you are a young player in the NBA, sometimes you don't pay much attention to some of the cities you visit,…

— Serge Ibaka

I had a poster of Kevin Garnett hanging in my room. He was one of my inspirations when I was young. I…

— Serge Ibaka

I didn't know there was an NBA draft. But in my mind, I was always telling myself, one day, 'I'm going to…

— Serge Ibaka

When I'm on the court, I don't smile, I don't joke, I'm not friends with anybody.

— Serge Ibaka

My dad used to play basketball, now he gets to see me in the NBA Finals.

— Serge Ibaka

Mentally, starting the game versus coming off the bench, there are different vibes.

— Serge Ibaka

When I step on the court I'm going to compete. That's one of the reasons I work hard everyday.

— Serge Ibaka

I played football when I was a kid, it is such a fun sport to play, I fancied myself as a midfielder…

— Serge Ibaka