Manu Ginobili Quotes

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Manu Ginobili

Profession : Athlete

Birth : July 28, 1977

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

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If you live your life thinking about your legacy or what you're going to leave, you don't worry than you add another concern. Just live your life every single day, do the best you can and that's more of my motto than leaving a legacy.

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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.

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When you can't dunk anymore, you have to find a way to make it into the news.

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Even the bad moments, I'm proud of them too.

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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.

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If you take going to the bench as a demotion or something that's terrible, you start with a bad attitude.

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

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The fans in the United States, they are, well, more polite. The fans in Argentina can get wild, crazy. If you meet people in a restaurant, it is fine, but when they get in groups, woooo - it gets dangerous.

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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.

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What I don't miss is the travelling, the late games, the back-to-backs, the not being able to sleep well. Being tired or sore, I don't miss that part at all.

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Playing 16 years is completely unexpected and going through everything we went through. Big disappointments, huge wins, creating that type of union with the coaching staff, with the front office, with the staff, teammates. It's been an amazing journey, way beyond anything that can be expected.

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It depends a lot on the character of the players, how you respond under pressure.

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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.

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It's not always about winning a game or winning a championship.

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What the Food Bank does is unbelievable to me.

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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.

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It's easy to remember the wins, the good moments, the highs.

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

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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.

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