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
The time in between games is the hardest time for me because there's so many distractions. It's just really hard to go to sleep because you're so excited and all you're thinking about is playing in the game. The hardest part for me is going to sleep and the couple hours before the game, waiting and waiting.
There's so many distractions. The hardest time is going to sleep and the couple of hours before you play - waiting and waiting.
It's really important to have balance, spend some time in nature, go to a few parties, enjoy my friends and really chill out.
His girlfriend is like 30 years old. He goes to clubs. The last time I was out with him, I couldn't keep up.
I mean, it's understandable that it's the first time he can't go out there. He can't do anything about it. But he's definitely a big influence in my life.
We're going shine all day, all night. Please don't be mad at us if we don't do a little homework the next couple of weeks.
Are you guys ready to party for like a couple weeks now?
Are you guys ready to party for a couple weeks? . . . We're going to be downtown, midtown, everywhere, and all y'all better be there.
Right now they're the enemy. I don't plan on showing them any love before the game.
People remember champions. That's the way it is.
You (fans) have been great all year, but let's do it in football now.
There's no feeling like winning in front of your family.
There's no feeling like it. We deserve it.
I was getting recruited by low, low Division I schools. Actually, that's not true. Coach Howland was the first one to recruit me when he was still at Pittsburgh.