A biography for Ricky Rubiohasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“There's a lot of coaches who are just going to try to save themselves before saving you.”
“There are different types of leaders.”
“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 play with a winner.”
“I never jumped too high, I'm going to be honest.”
“Playing in the Target Center where there's more than 15,000 people every night, it's just crazy.”
“You don't find a lot of coaches who cares more about you as a person than the results.”
“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.”
“Every time you don't make the playoffs, you have something inside that you want to prove again next year.”
“If I wanted to play individual, I'm going to play tennis or something like that.”
“I grew up idolizing Spanish basketball, and to be a part of another chapter of our country's success was really special to me.”
“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 wanted to take advantage of my platform as an NBA player to bring smiles, and also to raise money for social causes.”
“By signing a contract, you accept the conditions, but there are ways and forms. Players are privileged, but those who are in charge of these things have to understand that, in addition of players, we are also people.”
“When things get complicated, you have to bring out your character and put more wood on the fire.”
“We live in this business where we've got to do what we have to do - play professional.”
“You can do whatever you want, you can run a lot, but playing the game and practicing, it's just different.”
“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 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.”