Quotes from Zaza Pachulia

I don't care about All-Star or the fame that comes with it, the recognition.

There's a lot of hating on social media - and I'm not the only one, I'm 100 percent sure. Pick the best player possible - all-time or one who's playing today - everybody has something to say.

Everybody knows that Steph Curry changed the game. He's such a great athlete, but that's all we see on the TV, on the highlights on social media. I wish we could see what type of people they are more, because that's the leadership to me, that's the inspiration to me.

Booing is not going to affect you. It's not the worst thing I will hear. Boo. I've seen and heard worse things.

Education is such an important tool for success, and probably the most important one.

I know I'm not the first one or the last one. But still to play 1,000 NBA games is pretty remarkable and pretty cool.

I always say I represent my family when I'm in my country, but I represent my big family, which is Georgia, when I'm outside of my country.

I don't think there is one player who is liked by everybody. Every single person has their own flavor.

After the season I always go back to my country and try to make the kids happy. That's the best feeling for me, when I see those smiling faces on the kids and you know how excited they are.

It's not easy to be an All-Star, but it's even more difficult to be loved by so many people and have so many people have your back, especially a guy coming from a small country like Georgia.

That's a moment I will never forget in my life, never ever. It was the first time I made the playoffs. After we lost to the Celtics, I told myself, I never want to play a season without making the playoffs, because it was so much fun.

It's important to play the right way. If you play the right way, it's so much fun.

I see myself in business. I'm good with numbers. It's just something that interests me.

I remember dreaming about playing professional basketball as a kid in the gyms of Tbilisi, and now, after a journey across continents that began when I was a teenager, I am coming home with the championship trophy.

Basketball is going to stop someday. But friendships are going to last forever. That's something you can't buy with money.

Obviously you don't want to mess with an Achilles. That is for sure.

Of course money is important. Very important. Important to everybody. If I said it wasn't, I'd be lying. Especially because it's not like I've made hundreds of millions of dollars in my career.

In every investment, before I get involved or invest, I always see what the mindset of the founder, the CEO, is.

Losing my dad made me more mature. Being an only child, I didn't have the right to act childish. I had to step up. I was earning money already in Turkey. I felt like I needed to protect the family and protect my mom and be a man.

I think I have the best Twitter following, about 40,000. Many players have more, but I'm proud of all of them. They all have a special place in my heart.

Obviously, the hotel is related to my name, so my mom makes sure the staff, the service, the cleaning part of it is 100 out of 100. Not 99, 100 out of 100. We've got great reviews because of that. That's why a lot of people want to stay out our place, because we provide a lot of good services.

It's definitely important to never forget where you're coming from, where you were born and raised.

The little things are what get you to the next level. I believe in the little things. The screens you don't see in the stats, the hockey assists. I'm a big believer in that.

You have to defend the perimeter guys otherwise you're going to struggle getting playing time or staying on the court.