Dirk Nowitzki
Dirk Nowitzki
Dirk Werner Nowitzkiis a German professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association. An alumnus of Röntgen Gymnasium and the DJK Würzburg basketball club, Nowitzki was chosen as the ninth pick in the 1998 NBA draft by the Milwaukee Bucks and immediately traded to the Mavericks, where he has played since. Listed at 7 ft 0 in, Nowitzki is considered one of the greatest power forwards in basketball history...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth19 June 1978
CountryGermany
I like our chances on the road, and we're a good road team. We have guys who can hit big shots down the stretch, and we've won big games on the road. It's another good test.
It's going to be a big game, a fun game. That's about all it is. But there's a big difference in being the first seed and the fourth seed. All we can do is go for it. Even if we should lose, there's a lot of basketball to be played.
That's obviously not the greatest situation, but there's nothing we can do about it. It's a bad time for injuries, but better now than in another month.
We've been down before. We knew if we could find a way to make a little push, we'd have a chance. With the shooters we have, anything is possible.
Winning 60 is a special season. Unfortunately, we've won 60 twice and been the fourth seed twice.
We tried a lot of things that game, but he's just that good.
We made a lot of mistakes in the last couple of minutes. Hopefully, we'll learn from them.
I want to raise a family and have a couple of small Dirks running around. But it will not be easy to win my heart.
I always wanted to be a basketball player. Nothing more, nothing less.
When I think about my MVP season, I will also think about the loss to Golden State. But winning the award as Most Valuable Player of the NBA is just a huge honor. I didn't really realize how big it was until Mark Cuban had tears in his eyes at the award ceremony.
Basketball gave me a lot, which is why I want to stay connected with this sport later on, maybe working with young people. But it would be more in the background. Being in the spotlight was never really my thing. I never wanted to be famous.
This feeling to be on the best team of the world is just indescribable.
I lost control of myself a couple times in the playoffs. I have to keep cooler in the future.
As a star you never know when people are really serious.