Andrew Bogut Quotes (39 Quotes)

We put ourselves in a position to make a move and then it collapses. It's never ending.

I'd rather have this win and not score much. Personal accolades at this time of the year don't really matter.

The Hawks are dying to get me at No. 2. I've spoken to them a couple of times this week, and they're loving it. They're rolling around on the floor laughing about the rumor because they're gonna get me at No. 2.

It's been good. We go to dinner together and talk about stuff. It's really helped me out. He's seen the worst of things he's seen the best of things. So he's a good guy to talk to about things.

That's what we spoke about in the locker room, character in an NBA game. It's more crucial to play hard in the last minute than the first 39. Anything can happen in the final minute of an NBA game.

I've never had a buzzer-beating game-winner, but to do it in the NBA against the world champions is a great feeling. The guy I've always looked up to is Tim Duncan . So, to do this against his team is a great feeling for me.

A lot of rookies hit the wall after 50 or 60 games.

It's just great to be out here, ... I was just thankful to be living my dream of playing in the NBA.

Underdog isn't even the word to describe us. I don't know what we are. I mean, we're under-under-under-underdogs.

It'll be fun, but it's more of a fan thing. To me, winning games and getting to the playoffs is the big thing.

Definitely not. I don't like how it looks, but I don't play basketball for looks.

I just want to try to ignore the scrutiny and all the distractions and just play hard basketball and let the best come... Improving game by game and trying to improve my game is what I want to do.

I remember when I was a kid having the Friday night games or the Saturday night games - a South East Melbourne versus Melbourne . . . they were huge, sold out, you couldn't get a ticket,

I didn't play my best in the first half but I got going in the second.

We tried to make him shoot the jumper in the first half and we brought help on him (in the second half). He started to find teammates, and that's the sign of a great player. He didn't try to come out and get 50. He came out and nearly got a triple-double. The smart players know how to do that.

This is my job and I respect it enough to concentrate on it.

I caught up with a lot of family. I didn't do much in Croatia. Then I went back to Australia and tried to get back on the weights. It wasn't a circus like it was here before the draft.

Basketball is a global game, just like soccer is a global game. You see the Manu Ginobilis and Yao Mings of the world. We can play the game in every country.

I'm just trying to play hard. I'm just proving a point to myself that I can play in this league.

I'd set good screens, get him open, and that's how I would get open. We'd be tough. Hopefully, they take me. I'd be an asset for them.

The only way to beat Phoenix is hope to get them on a bad day and hope they miss shots.

Some American guys talk and try to intimidate you. Basketball is basketball. You put the ball in the hole, and you're going to win the game. You've just got to keep playing your game.

Milwaukee is different from what I'm used to. It's cold and it's much more of an old town, a traditional city. When I first got here, compared to the cities I'm used to, Milwaukee was the complete opposite. It took awhile but I'm adjusted to it now.

I think it's unbelievable. Getting your jersey retired, whether it be in high school, college, little league or whatever. It's an amazing achievement. It's something you'll remember forever.

That's not my goal, to win rookie of the year. I don't care about that stuff. Individual goals. Usually, the rookie of the year doesn't make it to the playoffs. I'd rather make it to the playoffs.

Ive had a better collegiate career than anyone else from Australia that came over here, ... Im not as slow as Luc Longley, Im more athletic, I can shoot better, Im more competitive. So I think its not even fair to bring that name up.

It's frustrating. We don't play Phoenix many times, so it's kind of hard to adjust to their style of play.

We win this game, everything changes. That's the story of our season. We make things very hard on ourselves.

It would be nice to own a team in Melbourne, seeing I'm from here, but whether it's Melbourne, Sydney, Cairns, it doesn't matter. I think they're all good markets.

I will definitely play in the world championships. We will just go trying to take teams out as the underdogs, and then we will be happy.

I think I have a lot of room for improvement. I just got to keep striving to work hard everyday and I think good things will happen. As long as we get the win it doesn't matter what I did.

I'm definitely going to be coming into sport. It will be in Australia. Basketball will hopefully be the priority,

That's the NBA life for you. You've got no excuses not to be ready - get the smell off your body, ice on your knees and get back into it.

I'm just happy to be a part of the weekend. To be an All-Star is something very special, and that will take a couple years. It might not happen next year, it might happen the year after but it's definitely a goal I have in my sights.

I don't care about numbers, man, I just want to win basketball games, ... I just want to get Milwaukee back in the playoffs, and if we do that I'll be happy.

To be an owner of a team is something I dream of doing once I retire. Maybe even a soccer team and a basketball team. I can't see myself away from basketball if I retire at 30 or 40. That would be something to look at in the future.

It's been a challenge, but at the same time it's been a learning experience and I'm having fun with the guys on the team.

There's a lot of Bucks jerseys being ordered online and a lot of people asking for jerseys, ... There will be expectations on me as the No. 1 pick, from the media around the world, basically. Every game I'm going to be scrutinized, and I just have to deal with that.

To be honest it is going to be hard for him. Teams are going to sit on him and make him pass the ball. Teams know they cannot allow Michael to score 30 or 40 because it keeps us in games. So they are going to make him pass the ball. At the same time we need more from other players.