A Quote by Ricky Rubio

If it's coming off the bench or if it's starting, I will try to contribute what is best for the team. If we're winning, I'm not going to complain. — © Ricky Rubio
If it's coming off the bench or if it's starting, I will try to contribute what is best for the team. If we're winning, I'm not going to complain.
I don't care about starting or coming off the bench or anything like that. To me, whatever role I'm in I'm going to try to help us win.
The advantage of not starting is you're sitting back, looking at the game and saying, 'OK, we need rebounding,' or 'We need hustle points.' Coming off the bench, that's what you try to do. The disadvantage of it is you gotta catch that flow. You're coming off the bench, you gotta come ready, warmed up already, catch the flow of the game.
I try to play with the same confidence whether I'm starting or coming off the bench.
Even if I'm the 15th man on the bench, the first man off the bench, or I'm starting, I'm still part of that team.
For me, being a starter doesn't matter. Of course, I'd like to be in at the end of the game, to be a big part of the team, and to play as many minutes as I can play. But starting and coming off the bench are two different challenges.
There will be a time when everyone on the team is going to contribute to winning a pennant.
I'm not worried about who's starting and who's coming off the bench.
I will do anything a team asks me to do. If it's to come off the bench, I would impact the game by coming off the bench. If I were to start, I would impact the game as a starter. I would impact the game either way.
I'm not happier because I'm starting on the Knicks. I could be starting, I could be coming off of the bench, and I'd be the same way.
If I'm starting, I'm gonna do that, that's the main goal for me, to be the best player I can be. But being on the bench, I'll be the best I can be and help the team to the best of my ability.
To be honest, I don't really care if I'm starting or coming off the bench.
I've always gotten doubled. Coming off the bench, people try to eliminate bench scorers, so that's been my experience for years now. You just find ways to beat it.
I want to be able to give the best of myself to the team and contribute with my team-mates to winning more titles.
Mentally, starting the game versus coming off the bench, there are different vibes.
I've worn a lot of different roles for this team - off the bench, starting, closer, point, off the ball, whatever it may be. So, that's kind of how I view myself - the multi-purpose utility guy who helps keep the guys together, trying to make the sacrifice plays to help the team win.
When you're preparing for a game, you prepare like you're starting. But if you're not, if you're coming off the bench, everybody has a role.
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