A biography for Danilo Gallinarihasn’t been written yet.
“I want it because I love it. I loved it my whole career. I've always played with a lot of pressure, since I was a little kid. That's what I need. That's what I need to perform at a high level and that's what I need to bring the best out of me.”
“I don't like to go shopping.”
“It's tough to lose because when you fight to the end, you want to win.”
“I want to be part of the three-point contest.”
“When the shot doesn't go in, you have to do other things.”
“They never talked about my defense. But every coach I've played for, I make them say 'Oh, I didn't know about your defense. We're going to put you on the best players. And the other team thinks that you're not good, so they're going to attack you. But we love that.'”
“My only focus and our only focus as players is to be focused on our job, in the gym and do what we're supposed to do. We get paid a lot of money to play basketball, and that's what we got to focus on.”
“My father, Vittorio, was a big-time player in Italy, but we never talked about basketball. He never came to my games. He said he didn't want to step on my coaches' toes.”
“I've been in love with basketball from the moment I shot my first shot, hanging out with my father. When I was a kid I would stay in the gym waiting for my dad to finish practicing. I was just shooting.”
“Everybody has their job, their speciality and talents - I can play basketball but I need somebody to help me out with my financial situation.”
“Since I was 16 years old entering professional league, all the eyes were on me. And in Milan you have to win... every game.”
“It's crazy, because you see these famous actors or actresses and I'm like, 'Oh, I want a picture with you!' and they're like 'No, I want a picture with you!'”
“It's nice being the first option as long as you're winning.”
“I travel all around the world every summer.”
“I started living by myself since I was 14 years old.”
“When I was a baby, if I cried, my parents didn't give me a blanket. They gave me a ball and sent me to the little court in our backyard. I must have cried a lot because I was one of those kids who could dribble and shoot at 5 years old.”
“Spending seven to eight hours in the gym every day is not easy.”
“I'm just trying, honestly, to play the game as the game comes to me.”
“It's my nature, and I was given this by my parents, to live for those big moments.”
“If at the end of the season it gets better, I'll take that over shooting good at the beginning and not shooting good towards the end of the season.”