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Jonas Valanciunas

(1992) Basketball Player

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Jonas Valanciunas is a basketball player.

Quick Facts About Jonas Valanciunas

Born: May 6, 1992
Profession: Basketball Player

About Jonas Valanciunas

[Wikidata] Lithuanian basketball player... | [Wikipedia] Jonas Valančiūnas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player who most recently played for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected by the Toronto Raptors with the fifth overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft. He has also played for the Memphis Grizzlies, New O

Quotes by Jonas Valanciunas · Page 2

Basketball is my life. Basketball is what I live for.

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Basketball

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I'm putting a lot of work in trying to go for every rebound. Trying to go for every putback. Stuff like that.…

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Go

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I get time, I play hard. If I don't get time, I wait for the time to come to me.

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Come

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Start the first minute or come off the bench, it's the same game. You're playing the same game.

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Bench

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I love Toronto. I love to play here.

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Here

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Coming over to this side and playing in the NBA was my dream, and the dream came true.

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Dream

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As long as we're winning - I've been saying that a long time - as long as we're winning I'm OK.

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Long

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You've just got to play when you have a chance. That's what I'm going to keep doing.

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Chance

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It hurts a lot just losing by three or four points.

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Four

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I try really hard to be professional and bring it on the court every night.

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Court

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To be a successful rebounder you've got to be active. You've got to go for the glass.

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Active

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Every team you play for, you meet new friends.

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Friends

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You've got to rebound, because rebounding is the last phase of your defense.

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Because

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I'm going to do my best to be productive on the post. Not just scoring. Making plays as well. If you can…

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Best

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I just like to be in nature. Clearing my head. Leave the phones away. Leave all the media, everything away. Just be…

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Everything

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When you play together, when you support each other, help each other, it's fun.

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Fun

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I just like to laugh once in a while. You have to enjoy yourself. You have to be serious when you have…

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Enjoy

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Always to see a main guy going down, it's bad.

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Always

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I never stopped working. Always expanding my game, always working on something.

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Always

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I'm never going to back down from the big matchup.

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Back

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I just enjoy getting rebounds, getting putbacks, blocking shots and setting good screens. That's what I feel good about.

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Enjoy

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Every time I step on a court wearing the national team jersey, I get goosebumps. It was always like that and I…

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Court

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When I'm 39 years old I'm not going to be that physical. So I'm going to sit in the corner and shoot threes.

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Corner

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Yeah, it's nice when people recognize you and come to say hello. Or some good things, or bad things. Like, 'You gotta…

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Bad

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Obviously, I have always been a fan of the low-post game. That's my presence. That's what I can do.

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Always

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