Europe Quote by Rick Carlisle

Dirk carried an amazing load with the Dallas Mavericks over a period of two-plus decades that may never be rivaled again.

— Rick Carlisle

I don't know if I'm the modern-day Dirk, but, you know, I'll take it. I won't complain about that.

— Nikola Vucevic

Dirk was, for one of the few times in a life of exuberantly prolific loquacity, wordless.

— Douglas Adams

Honestly, I hated Dirk growing up. As I got older and wiser, obviously I was really able to appreciate his greatness as I learned…

— Julius Randle

Dirk's one of the top players of all time. That's undisputed.

— Rick Carlisle

I persuaded him to throw the dirk away; and it was as easy as persuading a child to give up some bright fresh new…

— Mark Twain

Dirk played with Jason Kidd near the end of his career and Jason was still a great player, but he did not play with…

— Rick Carlisle

Everybody plays Dirk hard and physically.

— Rick Carlisle

There will never be another Dirk.

— Lauri Markkanen

I'm from Dallas, so I totally get the whole thing. I understand the history and on how big of a scale 'Dallas' was and…

— Josh Henderson

I love being around Dirk. Off the court, he is hilarious. Like, one of the funniest dudes I've ever been around and I don't…

— Harrison Barnes

I hear a lot of comparisons to Dirk so of course I watched him when I was growing up, especially when I started getting…

— Lauri Markkanen