Sopheeng Toun Quotations

I bring energy because the team needs support from the bench. I know my role is to play defense and hit the open shot. That's what's so good about our team, everyone knows their role; we don't fall back on one guy.

I can't imagine what it was like coming here. By the time I was born, my family was pretty well adjusted. With so many people in the house, someone was always working, but we always took care of each other.

Coach McLaughlin gave me that name. My freshman year, I came in to make friends and everyone here was so friendly that I just say hi to everyone I see.

I lived in Providence for three or four years, then we moved Cranston, the next town over. In Cranston, we moved a couple times, but when I was 11 or 12, I found a court close to my neighborhood.

I have three sisters and two brothers. My younger brother and I were born here, but the rest of my family is from Cambodia. My family went through hard times in Cambodia and came here in the early '80s.