Manu Ginobili Quotes (39 Quotes)

They are more physical. We are going to use (this game) to know them better. The last time that we played was a long time ago. So it's going to be good to know them if we really play them.

We are a team of (13 players) and we lost eight back-to-backs It can't be that hard. The legs help, but it's in the head, too.

I am not trying to rush anything right now. In the first quarter, I pushed my offensive (play). I just wanted to see where I am at now.

I was very upset at halftime. I tried to calm down, play a little slower pace. Things started to go better.

The Pistons demonstrated tonight that they are a better team than us right now. We still have to improve on things and we are not the team that we want to be right now.

It felt like yesterday we were playing in the Finals, ... I didn't think it was so long ago. We had all the plays fresh in our minds.

It was so impressive because (Barry) did it in (20) minutes. It was nice to see him going like he was, but we all know that he's is very capable of that.

The crazy thing is, we shot 57 percent and beat them in rebounds (40-30) and we still were so close. They are playing great. We really got to respect them and think about playing even better than today.

I played more aggressively tonight with more pace and that was helpful to our effort. We moved the ball very well and attacked the basket very hard. It was similar to Game 1, but we finished at the rim. They are playing great basketball and we really have to respect them going into the next game.

We know that these two teams ... you can't stop playing for four or five minutes. It's a big mistake.

I was playing like my head wasn't ready after what happened on Friday.

It didn't hurt me. But the league makes its own decisions.

I try play the same all the time. I'll play hard if I play five minutes or five seconds. If I start or come off the bench. I will play hard. I will play tough and I will play aggressively. I try to get my rhythm going immediately.

Whenever you are in a good streak, feeling good about yourself, you like to keep playing. But it's good to have a break after the back-to-back (games). We were kind of tired today, so its good to have a couple of days off.

We've got to promote basketball even more.

I was trying to get it to the rim before, but I just couldn't make a shot. In the fourth quarter, I started with the dunk, and the whole game changed for me in those couple of minutes.

I felt better, no doubt. It wasn't that hard to feel better than Game 3 and Game 4.

Some shots I usually make are not falling in and I'm not feeling that well penetrating, so I'm in a tough moment. But I'm not worried. In 82 games, you're going to have some ups and downs.

For us it's good, because he's a great player, but we don't have much to do with it. It didn't hurt me. I said it after the game. But the league (watches) everything we do.

the happiest time ever for us.

It was good. Usually when you get hit in the muscle it's not serious. It was a back-to-back (Saturday), so I wasn't able to go. I felt very good today.

It was a great shooting night. But it doesn't mean I'm on a roll.

I thought they were going to take some time. But Avery's been doing a great job. Everyone knows their roles and they're rolling.

When our masseuse took care of Nash ... I requested to her that she tighten his leg, and twist him hard.... Just joking, obviously.

I saw that they were too close, ... He lost control of the ball for a moment. It was a good play by Jack, and I was able to steal it.

I came to the arena with a jacket on, so I didn't know if I was going to play or not. But I convinced (coach Gregg Popovich) to let me play. I thought that it was really important to get some confidence back.

There was no time to hesitate, ... I saw Martin coming so I tried to get the ball up high.

We were a little antsy to play the game, but at the same time you want to do too many things in the first minutes.

I don't play like this because I want to look pretty, ... I think people can really see I love the game.

It has happened so many times that teams without their best player really step up and start playing better. It doesn't mean that it was automatic with Steve not playing that we were going to blow them out.

The ankle felt good, but it took a while to get going. The more important thing is how it feels (Sunday). I was a little tentative out there because I was worrying about stepping on somebody's foot.

Of course they miss a great player in Ron tonight because of his defense, but we scored a lot of points, too. I made the shots that I could in the offense. We move the ball and we really don't care who scores.

We Latinos are in a growing stage in the NBA. It's all part of the international basketball boom.

We stopped moving the ball in Games 3and 4 and it's hard to penetrate and find the room to get to the hole when you are just standing. I think we moved the ball much better in 1 and 2.

The last 10, 15 games we've had some trouble on the boards, so we're putting a lot of emphasis on that.

I just calmed down a bit. I was too frustrated in Game 4 because of what happened in Game 3. I tried to forget everything and play more calm, letting things come to me. I didn't force the issue.

It's not something that started today or yesterday. He's been doing a great job for a while.

They are a very capable team. They have a lot of talent on their team. They want to change what they have done so far and they will want to use the game to turn things around. We have to be careful (Saturday) and get some rest so that we are ready.

I appreciate it so much. It's one of the biggest treasures I have. I haven't looked at it for a while, but I think about it a lot, and I have a DVD of our games that I've watched two, three, four times.