Quotes About Joakim Noah

#1. They won't choose Joakim Noah as the MVP, but I think it's great that he's in the conversation and he should be. But it's just not the way it works, from my experience. It's got to go in the basket for you guys to pay attention to somebody. But he's pretty damn valuable in my opinion.

Gregg Popovich

#2. Being from New York, everybody's a point guard. Even when you play in the park, you've got to know how to handle the ball. If you can't handle the ball, you can't really play.

Joakim Noah

#3. Throughout my journey in basketball, I always have someone to talk to in my father. I know how hard he had to work as an athlete.

Joakim Noah

#4. A commitment to human rights cannot be fostered simply through the transmission of knowledge. Action and experience play a crucial role in the learning process.

Daisaku Ikeda

#5. Every woman in this world wears a little sparkle, some in their dress, and some in their eyes.

Shahla Khan

#6. Like Adam, our first conspicuous ancestor, I must begin, and lay the blame upon a woman; I am glad to recognize that I differ from the father of my sex in no important particular, being as manlike as most of his sons.

Owen Wister

#7. It's really important to have balance, spend some time in nature, go to a few parties, enjoy my friends and really chill out.

Joakim Noah

#8. I would go on summer vacations visiting family all over the world.

Joakim Noah

#9. Unless you are completely retired, earning money is the best form of wealth preservation.

Felix Dennis

#10. I learned a lot from my father. I'm very lucky to have a father who was a professional athlete.

Joakim Noah

#11. I go back to Africa every year. I have a home there. You know, my grandfather lives back there in Cameroon.

Joakim Noah

#12. Creating the next level of results requires the next level of thinking.

Rory Vaden

#13. I was born in 1949 - which seems like a long time ago ... Actually, it is a long time ago, when I think about it.

Rick Wakeman

#14. I always give respect to and pay homage to New York, because I don't feel like I would be the player that I am today if it wasn't for New York City. It gives you a certain edge, a certain toughness just growing up in the city.

Joakim Noah

#15. You don't have to be brilliant. It's enough to become progressively less stupid.

Marshall B. Rosenberg

#16. Neither of us, it turns out, has been the only one who lost someone she loved.

Jodi Picoult

#17. Analysts said Boko Haram's move came as no surprise.

Anonymous

#18. I feel like when I play, I play tough. That's the New York in me. That's the street tournaments.

Joakim Noah

#19. All the stars are a riot of flowers.

Antoine De Saint-Exupery

#20. All my best friends live downtown in New York City. I was made in Soho.

Joakim Noah