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Pau Gasol

(1980) Basketball Player

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Pau Gasol is a basketball player, best known for Bajo el aro.

Quick Facts About Pau Gasol

Born: July 6, 1980
Profession: Basketball Player
Notable works: Bajo el aro

About Pau Gasol

Pau Gasol Sáez is a Spanish former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 18 seasons, primarily as a power forward. He was a six-time NBA All-Star and a four-time All-NBA team selection, twice on the second team and twice on the third team. Gasol won two NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2009 and 2010. He was the NBA Rookie of the Year in 2002 with the Memphis Grizzlies, the first non-American to win that award. He is regarded as one of the greatest power forwards of all time and one of the greatest European players of all time. He is the older brother of former NBA player Marc Gasol.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Pau Gasol

I take losses very personal and very serious.

Death

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Making the playoffs three consecutive seasons is a great accomplishment.

Accomplishment

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Nobody had faith in me when I got here except my team. That's what carried me through all the transition problems and…

Adjustment

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It doesn't matter who gets what. It's just a matter of doing what it takes to win.

Matter

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I try to look at what KG does, what Tim Duncan does, what Amare Stoudamire does ... I compare and evaluate myself…

Compare

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No one could have prepared for me BBQ on pizza. I mean, both are great. But together? It was incredible.

Bbq

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I may not be the most physical player, that's not my nature. But I am a competitor and I play as hard…

Competitors

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I want to keep playing at the kind of level where I'll get respect from everybody.

Kind

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We have a great friendship that I hope will last our entire lives.

Friendship

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I won't forget the hood. I won't forget the days of catching a bullet on the way to the mailbox or bricks…

Bricks

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I know that if I perform at a really high level, we're going to have a better chance to win.

Chance

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I don't think there's a lot of discipline right now.

Discipline

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I'm not a person or a selfish player, but we have to move the ball more, and we have to look further…

Ball

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I feel like I can compete against any physical player.

Feels

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In-N-Out is incredible, but don't tell coach I've been going there. He would flip out and put some curse on me.

Been

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It doesn't matter what you've done, but what you're going to do the next game, and that's what I'm focused on.

Done

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When I'm aggressive and physically feel pretty good, I'm hard to stop.

Aggressive

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[On the Spurs] It was like theyve been playing all season. They have a tough defense, they dig inside. They are just…

Basketball

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I don't settle. That's how I am.

Settling

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The coach has put a lot of trust in me to make good decisions in the post.

Coaches

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I'm not the number-one guy here ... if it translates to winning, I don't mind taking a step back as far as roles.

Guy

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I want to be on the floor. I want to fight for the win.

Fighting

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All the stats don't mean a thing if we don't get the win. The most important stat is the win. Nothing else…

Ifs

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When it comes to playoff time, I pull the energy and the motivation.

Energy

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If our minds and hearts are into it, we can be a heck of a team. We can beat anybody.

Beats

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