Quotes from Danilo Gallinari

I don't want to be just a shooter. I want to help the team in other ways because I know I can do that.

I don't like to go shopping.

The nation of Italy has a great, great friend in Chris Paul.

I was born to be a basketball player, not to be a guy who succeeds inside Goldman Sachs.

One life is way too short to be pessimistic, so you've got to be positive and optimistic.

I know you expect a lot from me, and people expect a lot from me, but I'm not a superstar, I'm not an All-Star, I'm not LeBron, I'm not those great players.

You don't play basketball for 20, 30 years. You only play, if you're lucky, 10 years. So that is my time.

If you don't like the pressure you shouldn't play basketball.

My only focus and our only focus as players is to be focused on our job, in the gym and do what we're supposed to do. We get paid a lot of money to play basketball, and that's what we got to focus on.

Every time I have a chance to play basketball, it's great.

Coming to Denver, that's all we talked about - championship and going to the championship. Playoffs was not even a problem. We knew that we were going to the playoffs every season.

Experience I think is a big part of getting better and being a better team and going to the playoffs and toward the championship for sure.

Anyone who knows me knows that I am a very positive person.

I want to be part of the three-point contest.

If you see my history with contracts, it's never been about money because if it was about money I would have made other choices.

Trying to speak correct English is not easy.

When I was a baby, if I cried, my parents didn't give me a blanket. They gave me a ball and sent me to the little court in our backyard. I must have cried a lot because I was one of those kids who could dribble and shoot at 5 years old.

The food in Taiwan is pretty great.

Everybody has their job, their speciality and talents - I can play basketball but I need somebody to help me out with my financial situation.

I've been in love with basketball from the moment I shot my first shot, hanging out with my father. When I was a kid I would stay in the gym waiting for my dad to finish practicing. I was just shooting.

I love the city. I have a house here. After my career is over, Denver is going to be my city.

If getting more black eyes helps the team win, I'll get more.

It makes me feel good, when people say you are important to the team.

I'm just focusing on playing the game the right way.