Dorka Juhasz: Carrying on my mother's legacy is very important to me

Galatasaray Cagdas Faktoring Women's Basketball Team's Hungarian player Dorka Juhasz gave exclusive statementsto GSPlus.

Speaking about heradaptation process to the yellow-red club,Juhasz said, "The process ofadjusting to the team went as expectedthan I expected. It went much easier. I had never played in Turkey before,soI didn't know exactlywhat I would encounter.

However, I had heard very good things about Galatasaray, Istanbul, and my teammates; indeed, nothingI was not disappointed at all.The girls (my teammates) here welcomed mevery warmly, and everything is going great so far.

I am takinggreatpleasure in being a partof Galatasaray and this environment.I am.

We are a veryfun team, and of course, winning matches is the mostenjoyable part of it. We have a great group of players and a coaching staff made up ofvery good people. In short, fornow, every everything is going well," she said.

"I ALWAYS LOOKEDUPTOHER"

Carrying on the legacy of her mother, Hajnalka Balazs, one of the legends of Hungarian basketball,iswished to continueher legacy, the Galatasaray player stated, "Growing up, she was always my role model; I always looked up to her. She is a true legend in Hungary. Seeing her, I set goals for myself and always said, 'I want to be like her too.'

To achieve what sheachieved, to play at the highest level in Europe and for the national teamwas what I wanted; on top of these, I added the WNBA goal. It is wonderful to have a role model like her. MatchesAlthough I could not watch herlive (during the period she played),I watched her a lot on tapes and DVDs. It was actually my mother who introduced me to basketball.

She would take me to games at that small sports hall in my hometown,which was full of people who loved basketball. They won many championships there. This pathThat is why I believebasketball is in myblood. From the verybeginning, my motivation was always to be like her, so I am constantly trying to make herproud. I am working.

She always supports me; even when I was playing in America, despite the time difference, she would wake up at 2:00 AM and watch all of my games throughout my entire university career. She is definitely my number one supporter, she said.

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