Quotes from Manu Ginobili

Sometimes having good games. Sometimes bad ones. Sometimes making shots, and sometimes not. I'm the same guy, and I always said that winning the championship or not winning it, scoring 20 the last game or second-to-last or whatever, or zero, is not going to change who I am or the decision I make.

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

I know a lot of people want to buy puppies, but adopting a dog who needs a home is doing something good.

What the Food Bank does is unbelievable to me.

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

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

I want the best for the Spurs.

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.

The Madison Square Garden is a great arena to play at.

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.

I know when I am coming with the second unit, the team is kind of playing for me. I am kind of 'The Man' in there.

I do not travel. I take two steps always.

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.

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.

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.

If I can hit a couple shots early, the opponent guards me in a different way.

Well, the Argentinians are very attached to their athletes, and you know, there are some cities with a big Argentinean community. Miami is the main one for sure, Orlando, Houston, Denver.

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

The legacy thing is very overrated.

I have dreams inside of me, and I have a chance to make them true.

It's not like I was a one-of-a-kind talented guy at 18 who made it to the NBA and have been playing in All-Star Games ever since.

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

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

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