Manu Ginobili Quotes

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Manu Ginobili

Profession : Athlete

Birth : July 28, 1977

I played until I felt like it. Some have to retire due to injuries or other issues ahead of time. But I played until I was 40 years old.

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I played because I loved doing it, out of respect and appreciation.

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Myself and Tony Parker must be aggressive and attack the rim, because when we do so, we are at our best, and that opens up perimeter opportunities.

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

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I think Wade is more explosive than I am. He is very tough to cover with his explosiveness, but I started doing the Euro-Step before he did.

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

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You try to get the best shots possible, try to find the open teammate.

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I've never been a great shooter. I'm not a regular foreigner player.

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I know I'm not the most orthodox kind of player. I just feel normal being like that.

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Every time we play, we want to win, that's for sure. It may be the World Championship, the Olympics, the NBA Championship or the South American Championship, but we always want to win.

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

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I never even think of playing soccer.

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I watched the NBA a lot growing up. I was a big fan, especially of the Bulls in the early 90s.

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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.

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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.

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I was happy to be in the Argentina league. Then I started to play slowly, and I went to Italy and I started in the second division.

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I had to play on many other teams before I made it on the Spurs. When you make that kind of journey, it only helps you when you get here.

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Some people think, 'Who is this guy? Where did he come from? I never heard of him.' But it took me time to become a good NBA player.

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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.

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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.

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