Manu Ginobili

“It makes me feel good to do some things for my people. I believe we really help. I know we are not changing the world, but we try to help different people in different situations and we think we are accomplishing it.”

“I knew I was becoming popular in Argentina. I was starting to feel that some companies in Argentina were wanting to associate with me, so I just wanted to be a facilitator to raise funds and distribute them the way I thought was fair and to institutions that I trusted.”

“You could come out and play a flawless game and still lose to a quality team; you could do things right, but they hit shots and things happen.”

“The game gave me so much, I am in debt forever.”

“Always been very comfortable and happy with my role with the Spurs.”

“I want the best for the Spurs.”

“I think you got to live in the present and once it's over, it's over.”

“I bet it isn't easy to have each one of you moves overanalyzed.”

“Probably 60% of my followers are from Argentina, so I tweet more in Spanish.”

“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.”

“I have a real sense of appreciation of being in the NBA with all that I'd gone through.”

“What the Food Bank does is unbelievable to me.”

“Some dogs are escape artists.”

“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.”

“Many times, we athletes have a camera in front of us and in many cases a lot of people with that same background or history do not have that opportunity.”

“When I got to the league, nobody knew me.”

“There's always somebody better than you.”

“I really don't care about coming from the bench if that helps the team to win a championship.”

“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.”

“Even the bad moments, the tough ones, I'm proud of them, too. Those moments get you better, smarter, make you grow.”