One of the things I learned playing on a good team is when the team wins, when you make the playoffs, everybody looks good.
Where I come from, dressing is a culture. When I go back home, I cannot dress bad. I cannot miss, or people will be like, 'What's going on with you, Serge? Did you lose your mind, or what?' That's the culture.
I've been learning when to block shots against who I'm playing. I'm not just going to leave a shooter to go block shots.
The most difficult thing with a new shot is if you go two or three games without making it, or you struggle, and people start saying, 'You can't shoot 3s,' or, 'Why do you shoot 3s?'
I like to always be able to contest shots. If you play against a player like Al Jefferson - he likes to pump-fake, so you need to be alert and quick. If he pump-fakes you and you go up, when you come back you need to go right back up to contest his shot.
Ask anybody from Africa which country is the best in terms of dressing, and they'll tell you Congo.
I was born in Brazzaville, the Republic of Congo, in 1989.
I believe in God, and I believe in miracles, and I believe that everything is possible.
LeBron is not a good defender.
When I was 16 I took the first opportunity I had to play basketball in a different country. I flew to Europe for the first time and found myself in the small town of Macon, in France. That was the first time I lived far away from my people, from my culture. I was young and had to adapt quickly.
It's a long story, my life, growing up with my dad, my mom when she died, everything. I had bad moments in my life, my dad going to prison, I had nothing, and that's where I got my motivation.
Whatever it takes to help the team to get wins, I'm going to do it.
I know people that was playing basketball better than me. If they were in the NBA, they could be All-Stars, those people. They just never had the opportunity to go play professional basketball in Europe.
I didn't know there was an NBA draft. But in my mind, I was always telling myself, one day, 'I'm going to be in professional basketball.' And I believed it. One day, I will. I believe this every day. I think about this every day. I was going to do whatever I had to do to be there. And it comes true.
My dad used to play basketball, now he gets to see me in the NBA Finals.
That's where I get my toughness in mind. From my background when I was young, everything I've been through, everything I was going through in my life. It helped me a lot, it helped me to be strong.
I have to stay hydrated. It's very important for anyone, but especially athletes! We sweat a lot, and we need it.
You need to love to play defense.
When you play in the NBA, everybody wants to play in the All-Star Game. I really want to.
It's hard when you have to play a way you're not really used to and you feel like you can do more than just that.
