Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Ricky Rubio
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Spanish basketball player Ricky Rubio.
Last updated on April 15, 2025.
I mean, when I throw it through somebody else's legs, they're not ready for that. Sometimes you take a risk. But it's more fancy, and I like it.
I know they like their sports in Minnesota.
You have to try to play well and focus on your game, and that's it.
I like culture. So D.C. is a great city for me.
When your name is out there in the media, you're thinking like, this can be my last game. Coming from Europe, it's different. You sign a contract and you don't leave until your contract is done.
I loved Minny. I still do. And that place, those people - they will always be in my heart.
I like to read psychologist's books. 'The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari,' that's one of my favorites. Those kinds of books.
Basketball is basketball. You have to pass the ball, you have to score.
Some people like it, some people not. I did an Instagram poll where I asked: man-bun or not, and no man-bun won. And I'm trying to follow what the people want. But sometimes I go out of the line and go back to my man-bun.
If you look good but don't feel comfortable you're not gonna feel good. But don't wear white socks anywhere.
I mean, you want to have fun, but you want to win, too.
In 2001, I watched Kinder Bologna win the EuroLeague, and I thought, Damn, I want to the win that some day. I remember thinking it was the coolest thing in the world.
Barcelona is very similar to Santa Monica.
When you hang out a lot off the court, the chemistry builds up and you can see it on the court. You become friends and teammates. That has an impact on the game.
I use a lot of Pinterest to follow trends.
You don't find a lot of coaches who cares more about you as a person than the results.
In Spain, we have a pretty good league - for me, I think it's the second-best league in the world. They play tough there, they play aggressive. The big difference is that we play only one game a week in Spain, maybe two.
I love playing basketball, but the most important thing to me is my family.
You try to run to try to have freedom and try to have fun and sometimes you have to take care of the ball.
When I tweet in English, Spanish people get mad at me. When I tweet in Spanish, English people get mad at me. You never can be 100 percent for everybody, you know. I try to do both, at the same time; but it's hard.
I like all sorts of games that make you think. Chess is one of the games I play a lot, read a lot of books.
I prefer a small town where everybody knows everybody.
We used to watch a lot of EuroLeague and ACB, which are the two leagues back home in Spain. And we used to dream about playing for those teams one day.
I know where my weaknesses are. I am not as athletic as other point guards in the league. I can't dunk over people. Maybe I'm not a good shooter, or whatever they say. But I know my strengths and that is helping my team to win by knowing exactly every moment what to do.
Basketball is very important to me. But I know I can make an impact on this world in many other ways. I know I can be many other things. And of course, one of them is still being a mama's boy.
I wanted to take advantage of my platform as an NBA player to bring smiles, and also to raise money for social causes.
I always try to have fun, because that's why I like playing basketball; I love it. And sometimes it's hard when you lose.
It's just something, 'Should I run the team or should I score?' I gotta learn how to balance that, and be more aggressive sometimes.
If I can do some magic, I do it.
I try to help the team. It doesn't matter if you have to score 50 points or zero.
There's a lot of coaches who are just going to try to save themselves before saving you.
When a point guard is unselfish and thinking about the team, about winning first, it relates to the other players. So, I think that is my style of play.
Playing in the Target Center where there's more than 15,000 people every night, it's just crazy.
I have to say the truth. It's a dream for everybody to play in the best league in the world.
I come from a winning team in Europe and I know what it takes to win games and to win championships.
There are different types of leaders.
It's hard when you're missing a lot of players.
Sometimes at night during the season I was going through hell. Waking up in, who knows, Sacramento, in L.A., in the middle of the night alone in a hotel and thinking, 'Why am I here? Is it really worth it?'
It's an exciting prospect playing in the NBA, one that every player wants. When you are little you dream about it.
At one point I decided to forget about all the pressure and just play for fun and do my game and enjoy what I do.
Sometimes you think you have all the time in the world. But the time is now. Sometimes you only have a brief opportunity.
If I help the team, I don't think of my stats.
I watched Magic Johnson on tape. I didn't have a chance to watch him live. I remember I was 12 or 13, watching games, going to the gym and trying to mimic what they do. Steve Nash, Jason Kidd, all those guys.
I want to be happy.
I grew up idolizing Spanish basketball, and to be a part of another chapter of our country's success was really special to me.
When you travel around to the other side of the world, and you really only know your teammates, it's good to have someone else to hang out with, someone from home you can share time with in another culture.
It's one dream to go to the N.B.A. It's true.
I want to play with a winner.
I'm not a man of many words, I don't like to talk much. I prefer deeds, sacrifices and showing that what matters is the team.
Basketball isn't one-on-one. It's five-on-five, plus the bench.
You have to sacrifice something for the best, for the team.
I remember watching Argentina beat the U.S. in 2004 and I think maybe the same story that Argentina wrote with the 'Gold Generation,' we can write, too.
I've really learned, first, focusing on the future and thinking about the future doesn't let you enjoy where you are now. And second of all, it's things that you can't control. You can't know.
When I go to bed and we've won that day, no matter what I did on the court, I am happy. And if we lost, no matter what I did, I am sad.
At the end of the day, I think the players listen more to other players than the coach himself.
I live a life that I never regret any decision.
I try to do it in both languages: English and Spanish. But sometimes I just Tweet in Spanish.
I feel like having good veterans like I had during my career really helped me improve my game and know the situation that we are.
The thing that you have to do is... try to be yourself.
I make a lot of mistakes. One time I mixed dark blue and black in a suit.
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