Quotes from Ricky Rubio

You have to sacrifice something for the best, for the team.

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.

There's a lot of coaches who are just going to try to save themselves before saving you.

I have to learn how to be more vocal. I'm not good at that and I have to improve.

Barcelona is very similar to Santa Monica.

The thing that you have to do is... try to be yourself.

Sometimes you think you have all the time in the world. But the time is now. Sometimes you only have a brief opportunity.

I make a lot of mistakes. One time I mixed dark blue and black in a suit.

I wanna be a coach on the floor.

I come from a winning team in Europe and I know what it takes to win games and to win championships.

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.

At the end of the day, we're here to play basketball but to help the community, too. It's something that makes me feel good and I do it more for me than for the others, but at the end of the day helping others helps yourself, too.

Every time you don't make the playoffs, you have something inside that you want to prove again next year.

Basketball isn't one-on-one. It's five-on-five, plus the bench.

I know where my weaknesses are. I am not as athletic as other point guards in the league. I can't dunk over people. Maybe I'm not a good shooter, or whatever they say. But I know my strengths and that is helping my team to win by knowing exactly every moment what to do.

Some people like it, some people not. I did an Instagram poll where I asked: man-bun or not, and no man-bun won. And I'm trying to follow what the people want. But sometimes I go out of the line and go back to my man-bun.

When your name is out there in the media, you're thinking like, this can be my last game. Coming from Europe, it's different. You sign a contract and you don't leave until your contract is done.

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 know what I can bring to the table. I have done it all my career, but every team you need something different.

I wanted to take advantage of my platform as an NBA player to bring smiles, and also to raise money for social causes.

What I've been doing, since I am young, is leading by example, practicing hard and doing everything on the court.

You can do whatever you want, you can run a lot, but playing the game and practicing, it's just different.

I'm not a man of many words, I don't like to talk much. I prefer deeds, sacrifices and showing that what matters is the team.

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.