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Goran Dragic

(1986) Basketball Player

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Goran Dragic is a basketball player.

Quick Facts About Goran Dragic

Born: May 6, 1986
Profession: Basketball Player

About Goran Dragic

[Wikidata] Slovenian basketball player... | [Wikipedia] Goran Dragić is a Slovenian former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "the Dragon", he played professional basketball in Slovenia and Spain before entering the NBA in 2008. Dragić also played for the Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat, Houston Rockets, Toronto Raptors, Brooklyn Nets, Chicago Bulls and

Quotes by Goran Dragic

We've got a ping-pong table back home back in Slovenia. I always smash the ball.

Always

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Brook Lopez is huge!

Brook

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I was always good at penetrating in Europe, but in Europe, you don't have so many shot-blockers as there are in the…

Always

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I feel comfortable in Miami.

Comfortable

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I always cherish my ancestors, my grandpa, great-grandpa, what they did for us, especially my dad who moved from Bosnia. He started…

Ancestors

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My country, they give me everything.

Country

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I watch tape of players - Chris Paul, Deron Williams, all the top players who play my same position.

Play

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When I came to the league, a lot of people were saying Dragic's name was 'Tragic.' That hurts a little bit. I…

Always

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You never know before the season, when you get new players, how the chemistry is going to develop and how the season…

Chemistry

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All my friends call me 'Gogi' because that's the short version for Goran.

Because

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The older you get, the more you need to work on your game and try to survive with those young fellas out…

Game

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I was never a strategic guy. If I can play, I just want to play.

Guy

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You can see a lot of technical fouls, ejections but at the same time, it's a man's sport.

Man

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I'm not a guy who is going back in the past.

Back

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I like to penetrate and play fast basketball.

Basketball

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I have friends, family, we always as a family we're really tight.

Always

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For me, definitely, to make the All-Star team, that's something that I'm always going to remember.

Always

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I started playing soccer first and then basketball. I had a leg injury when I was young and my mom said, 'come…

Basketball

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I can express my will on the court. I'm kind of, how you say... a little bit cocky and try to fight…

Cocky

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Standing in the corner, it's not my game.

Corner

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I gave to my country everything I had.

Country

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To hear people mentioning me for All-Star is an unbelievable feeling.

Feeling

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We are basketball players so we want to compete.

Ball player

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Even people back home, when I went to the NBA they were questioning whether I was good enough, I'm skinny, I don't…

Criticism

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I'm a lefty, so I really love Manu Ginobli's games.

Games

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