Manu Ginobili

“I don't think about drawing the contact on purpose. I just want to get to the line.”

“A few kids maybe never had a chance to go to a game, watch us on TV, so to see us around could be important to some kids.”

“Playing with Fabricio Oberto for four years was incredible.”

“We all wish to be healthy all the time, and it doesn't happen like that.”

“Most of the photos I take I don't post, so Instagram is not my thing. I like to edit them, make them look good, and keep them for myself.”

“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 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.”

“I just try to create and make plays.”

“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.”

“I'm a very lucky man.”

“We all need to get our pets spayed or neutered.”

“It's always tough to see a teammate go unless he is willing to go.”

“The legacy thing is very overrated.”

“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.”

“If you're from Argentina, you don't dream about these things. You probably dream about being in an Olympic game, but winning it? Going there and beating the NBA stars' team... you don't dream about that.”

“My city was very basketball-minded so I was born playing basketball and I didn't like playing soccer that much.”

“I think most of the compliments I've received during the years has been about my competitiveness. My desire to win and do things for the team to get to that goal. I think that was the one I heard the most.”

“I can't play in a way that I am afraid to be injured.”

“You learn from losses and enjoy the every day, too.”

“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.”