Manu Ginobili
Manu Ginobili
Emanuel David "Manu" Ginóbili Maccariis an Argentine professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association. Coming from a family of professional basketball players, he is a member of the Argentine men's national basketball team and the San Antonio Spurs in the National Basketball Association. Hailed as one of the finest international players to grace the NBA, he plays a high-tempo and intense game. He is one of only two players, along with Bill Bradley, to...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth28 July 1977
CityBuenos Aires, Argentina
I have dreams inside of me, and I have a chance to make them true.
I'm not skilled enough to explain properly how we feel. Not only me, but I'm sure Tony and Tim and Pop feel the same way. Last year was a tough one for all of us. We felt like we had the trophy, that we were touching it, and it slipped away. We all felt guilty. We got to this spot, and we didn't let it go.
I learned how to play against players better than me.
Once you're in the game, you forget about everything.
If I'm on the court, I have to do what I do best and that's try to go hard to the basket.
Once I step on the court in San Antonio, I feel the support in the air.
I always played like this, unpredictable.
I just try to do what I do best, contribute to my team.
I know my game. I know what I like to do.
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
You never know what will be expected of you, so you just go out and play.
There are moments where we forgot what got us to where we are now. ... We stopped moving the ball. We know how it works. We are playing a great team with great players, and we've got to be close to perfect to win.
We Latinos are in a growing stage in the NBA. It's all part of the international basketball boom.
When you don't play great and you can still get the win, especially on the road, it counts almost double. I think it's a great thing.