Sometimes having good games. Sometimes bad ones. Sometimes making shots, and sometimes not. I'm the same guy, and I always said that winning the championship or not winning it, scoring 20 the last game or second-to-last or whatever, or zero, is not going to change who I am or the decision I make.
If I'm not playing good, it's just because I'm not playing good, not because my body is limiting me.
I really don't care about coming from the bench if that helps the team to win a championship.
That is what I'm going to remember when I retire, the rings I have. Not the fact I played 28 minutes or 33 or my name being called in the starting lineup.
I want the best for the Spurs.
I played until I felt like it. Some have to retire due to injuries or other issues ahead of time. But I played until I was 40 years old.
I played because I loved doing it, out of respect and appreciation.
Myself and Tony Parker must be aggressive and attack the rim, because when we do so, we are at our best, and that opens up perimeter opportunities.
I bet it isn't easy to have each one of you moves overanalyzed.
We all wish to be healthy all the time, and it doesn't happen like that.
You try to get the best shots possible, try to find the open teammate.
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.
I know I'm not the most orthodox kind of player. I just feel normal being like that.
My city was very basketball-minded so I was born playing basketball and I didn't like playing soccer that much.
I never even think of playing soccer.
I watched the NBA a lot growing up. I was a big fan, especially of the Bulls in the early 90s.
There were a lot of people I really admired and that I liked watching, but not that I tried to compare myself or emulate or nothing like that.
I know with Coach Messina I started to understand where my teammates were, how to use them and make them better for the benefit of the team.
I was happy to be in the Argentina league. Then I started to play slowly, and I went to Italy and I started in the second division.
I had to play on many other teams before I made it on the Spurs. When you make that kind of journey, it only helps you when you get here.
