Top 117 Quotes & Sayings by Manu Ginobili
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Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Well, the Argentinians are very attached to their athletes, and you know, there are some cities with a big Argentinean community. Miami is the main one for sure, Orlando, Houston, Denver.
Always been very comfortable and happy with my role with the Spurs.
What the Food Bank does is unbelievable to me.
I'm a very lucky man.
I have a real sense of appreciation of being in the NBA with all that I'd gone through.
If you live your life thinking about your legacy or what you're going to leave, you don't worry than you add another concern. Just live your life every single day, do the best you can and that's more of my motto than leaving a legacy.
When I got to the league, nobody knew me.
You learn from losses and enjoy the every day, too.
I think Wade is more explosive than I am. He is very tough to cover with his explosiveness, but I started doing the Euro-Step before he did.
I bet it isn't easy to have each one of you moves overanalyzed.
Sometimes having good games. Sometimes bad ones. Sometimes making shots, and sometimes not. I'm the same guy, and I always said that winning the championship or not winning it, scoring 20 the last game or second-to-last or whatever, or zero, is not going to change who I am or the decision I make.
It's not always about winning a game or winning a championship.
I just consider myself a player, a team player.
I never even think of playing soccer.
We all wish to be healthy all the time, and it doesn't happen like that.
Not one Argentinian in history had made it to the NBA. So why was it going to be me? There was no way me or anyone that was near me could ever envision a career like this.
I want the best for the Spurs.
Myself and Tony Parker must be aggressive and attack the rim, because when we do so, we are at our best, and that opens up perimeter opportunities.
I was happy to be in the Argentina league. Then I started to play slowly, and I went to Italy and I started in the second division.
Sometimes you play and you think you're doing one thing, and then you don't. The coaches are the ones who see it the best way.
Forever is a very wide word, but I'll be connected to the Spurs, if not contractually at least emotionally.
First, confidence in your talent and then confidence that the team is going to look for you, because they need you. And when you reach that point, it changes a lot, because your mindset is completely different.
I'm way more worried on my future well-being, and my kids, and my family, where we are going to live and what we are going to do, than what is going to happen with the Spurs. With all due respect, of course. I love the franchise, and I'm probably going to be attached in some way.
What I don't miss is the travelling, the late games, the back-to-backs, the not being able to sleep well. Being tired or sore, I don't miss that part at all.
It depends a lot on the character of the players, how you respond under pressure.
I can't play in a way that I am afraid to be injured.
The way I played, the way my body was all over the place, not thinking about being careful for the next game or anything like that, I think fans liked it.
The game gave me so much, I am in debt forever.
Even the bad moments, I'm proud of them too.
I had to play on many other teams before I made it on the Spurs. When you make that kind of journey, it only helps you when you get here.
I started playing pro in Argentina. Then I went to second division in Italy. Then after a lot of work, I made it to first division. And at 25, I got here in the NBA.
The Madison Square Garden is a great arena to play at.
I played until I felt like it. Some have to retire due to injuries or other issues ahead of time. But I played until I was 40 years old.
We left, I think, a footprint in FIBA basketball. Proud of it.
I've been very lucky to play with so many gifted players.
I know with Coach Messina I started to understand where my teammates were, how to use them and make them better for the benefit of the team.
Even the bad moments, the tough ones, I'm proud of them, too. Those moments get you better, smarter, make you grow.
If I'm not playing good, it's just because I'm not playing good, not because my body is limiting me.
It's a different thing when you play on a team that has to win, that doesn't consider it a good year unless you win the championship.
I really don't care about coming from the bench if that helps the team to win a championship.
I watched the NBA a lot growing up. I was a big fan, especially of the Bulls in the early 90s.
Some people think, 'Who is this guy? Where did he come from? I never heard of him.' But it took me time to become a good NBA player.
There were a lot of people I really admired and that I liked watching, but not that I tried to compare myself or emulate or nothing like that.
I just play the game the only way I know. And I have no regrets.
What I miss the most is the locker room, the dinners after the games. The preparation, the sense of going out there and be a team.
Playing 16 years is completely unexpected and going through everything we went through. Big disappointments, huge wins, creating that type of union with the coaching staff, with the front office, with the staff, teammates. It's been an amazing journey, way beyond anything that can be expected.
I've said before I play every season as if it's the last one.
I played because I loved doing it, out of respect and appreciation.
I've never been a great shooter. I'm not a regular foreigner player.
It's easy to remember the wins, the good moments, the highs.
I know I'm not the most orthodox kind of player. I just feel normal being like that.
That is what I'm going to remember when I retire, the rings I have. Not the fact I played 28 minutes or 33 or my name being called in the starting lineup.
When you can't dunk anymore, you have to find a way to make it into the news.
I learned from many players over the years.
Every time we play, we want to win, that's for sure. It may be the World Championship, the Olympics, the NBA Championship or the South American Championship, but we always want to win.
It is always painful when you see a teammate leaving. You create a bond, and you have been together for so long, and you are going to do your best with your guys.
If you take going to the bench as a demotion or something that's terrible, you start with a bad attitude.
My city was very basketball-minded so I was born playing basketball and I didn't like playing soccer that much.
It's not like I was a one-of-a-kind talented guy at 18 who made it to the NBA and have been playing in All-Star Games ever since.
You try to get the best shots possible, try to find the open teammate.
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