Joakim Noah
Joakim Noah
Joakim Simon Noahis a professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association. Born in New York City to a Swedish mother and a French father, he holds American, Swedish and French citizenship. He played college basketball for the Florida Gators, winning back-to-back NCAA championships in 2006 and 2007. The Chicago Bulls selected Noah with the ninth overall pick in the 2007 NBA draft. Noah is a two-time NBA All-Star, and was named to the All-NBA...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth25 February 1985
CountryUnited States of America
I have a lot of love for Cameroon. We'll probably talk after the game.
I feel like when I play, I play tough. That's the New York in me. That's the street tournaments.
You guys weren't there. We only had like four or five reporters at our games sometimes at the end of the game (during the regular season). I didn't see you there at the beginning of the season.
It's really important to have balance, spend some time in nature, go to a few parties, enjoy my friends and really chill out.
It's tough when people call your program soft. Tough.
It's been a lot of hard work. The best thing to this point with our team is we never looked ahead and we never looked back either. We've taken every task at hand for what it is and not taken anything for granted.
They were talking lots of trash. They were just talking crazy to me, like, 'You're so ugly.' Man, that was cold. I mean, it hurts when you have so many beautiful girls out there just telling you how ugly you are and stuff.
It's indescribable. This is the best I've ever felt in my life. You work so hard for these moments and they're so worth it. We worked so hard as a team, and so much sweat and tears and sacrifices to get moments like this. I'm like on a cloud right now.
When he knocks that 3 in the corner and we're running back on defense, there's no feeling like it.
We're back to step one no respect. We're just going to grind it out like we did at the beginning of the season.
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.
We'll talk about all that. It's something I'll definitely have to discuss with my family, and not just my family but my coaches and the people that I love and the people who want the best for me.
It hurts when you have so many beautiful girls out there telling you you're ugly.
We're coming back next year to do it again.