Zaza Pachulia Quotes

My dad always used to tell me that if they challenge you to an after-school fight, tell them you won't wait-you can kick their ass right now.

If someone says something to me, I am not going to back down. Whether it's defending myself or standing up for one of my teammates, that is the way I play the game.

When it's your will versus another person's will, the worst thing you can do is smile in their face when you're competing. That's what I tell our guys. Go have fun.

Unless someone physically tries to attack me, I don't care what anyone does.

I've never really worried about being called soft or people thinking I'm soft. If anybody wants to step and take that challenge, I'm more than happy - off the court - because I don't want to get suspended.

I like to battle with defenders if I have to. I don't know where it comes from; I am not a nasty guy.

You cannot let people come up in your face and stop you.

If someone hits me I consider it a challenge.

A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That's where toughness comes into play. Toughness is not being a bully. It's having backbone.

I don't apologize to people who try to intimidate.

I was bullied at school for my red hair; today I still come out fighting hard. I give as good as I get. In business, it's about finding solutions, not being rolled over.

When a guy knocks ya down, never get up unless he's gonna kill ya.

I have developed a Samoan mentality. You have to be a gentleman everywhere but on the field.

I grew up under the sticks and stones rule. I didn't put my hands on you so why should you put your hands on me or my family.

You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for one's self-respect to be a punching bag.

One should not evoke violence by acting fearful.

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.

I'm not a wilting flower. I'm honest, so I pick a lot of fights. I've burned a lot of bridges.

You show people what you're willing to fight for when you fight your friends.

Any man who puts a pair of gloves on deserves respect because lots wouldn't dream of it. To get in there and go one-on-one, you need your hand shaking afterwards. Many men wouldn't get involved.

Why should I let them beat up on me? Let them argue with each other.

In my house, you got in trouble if you didn't speak up. My mom would be furious at us if we went to school and behaved nicely if someone treated us badly. If we got in trouble because we had yelled at them or told them that they were wrong, my mother would be like, 'Good job.'

I'm not scared of the NBA. I'm not scared of the NBA officials.

Whenever someone says something bad about you, just confront them on it and just be a man and own up to it. If you said something you shouldn t have said, and it's important to somebody you need to talk to, you need to go talk to them. Be a man. Step up.

No one has ever bitten me, and I've never bitten anyone on the court.