We’re going to miss Orlando backup center Marcin Gortat. Not because of his performance in the NBA playoffs — though it’s hard to find someone whose stock improved more than his. Anyway, we’ll miss the Polish Hammer because of his quotes.
On his popularity in his native Poland: “I feel like the Dwight Howard of Poland … I’m scared to go home. If I get any more popular, I’ll run for President.”
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On his black BMW M5: “I can pull up next to a Ferrari or Lamborghini at a light, look over, and they might start laughing. But when it turns green, I’m gone, waiting at the next light when they get there, and I’m the one laughing then.”
And on the Jordan/Nike logo tattoo his shoe sponsor, Reebok, wanted him to remove: “I’ve heard from other people that even other players, if they don’t know my name, they know I’m the big white guy with the Jordan tattoo,” he said. “I like that. Reebok will have to get used to that.”
