Dirk Nowitzki Quotes

• If you do the best you can, you have nothing to be ashamed of. A defeat is not a disgrace.

  Dirk Nowitzki

  Defeat, Ashamed, Disgrace

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I always wanted to be a basketball player. Nothing more, nothing less.

  Dirk Nowitzki

  Basketball, Player, Basketball Player

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• This feeling to be on the best team of the world is just indescribable.

  Dirk Nowitzki

  Team, Feelings, World

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• I take my sport damned seriously. Basketball is my life. There are other people who go into important games as if they were any other game. I'm a brooder and I spend a lot of time thinking about my opponent, about the things he can do and about what I have to do to win. I don't think I'll ever be able to change that.

  Dirk Nowitzki

  Basketball, Sports, Winning

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I came up with my own 'Dream Shake' I guess - the white version.

  Dirk Nowitzki

  Dream, White, Shakes

  "Dirk Now Highest-Scoring Player Not From U.S". dfw.cbslocal.com. November 12, 2014.

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• 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.

  Dirk Nowitzki

  Basketball, Sports, People

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I know, basketball is a dance. I didn't understand the significance of that type of training at first. I was supposed to read poems.

  Dirk Nowitzki

  Basketball, Training, Firsts

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I thought basketball was a game for women. My mother played basketball, and so did my sister.

  Dirk Nowitzki

  Basketball, Mother, Games

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Growing up, my idols were Lucky Luke and Jolly Jumper. And Scottie Pippen.

  Dirk Nowitzki

  Growing Up, Idols, Lucky

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• I'm not the kind of guy who just goes up to women.

  Dirk Nowitzki

  Guy, Slippers, Noodles

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Off the floor I'm really laid back, like nothing really fazes me too much. But on the floor I do get emotional and a little carried away. However, I started playing when I was 13 to have fun with my teammates, and that never stopped. I enjoy traveling and having fun in the locker room with the guys. Life is too short to be miserable.

  Dirk Nowitzki

  Funny, Life Is Too Short, Emotional

  "Dad is biggest critic, says NBA star Dirk Nowitzki". Interview with Terry Baddoo, edition.cnn.com. February 24, 2011.

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• I lost control of myself a couple times in the playoffs. I have to keep cooler in the future.

  Dirk Nowitzki

  Couple, Lost, Playoffs

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• The playoffs is all about showing heart and playing together.

  Dirk Nowitzki

  Heart, Together, Playoffs

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• 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.

  Dirk Nowitzki

  Running, Couple, Heart

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• 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 honour. I didn't really realise how big it was until Mark Cuban had tears in his eyes at the award ceremony.

  Dirk Nowitzki

  Eye, Loss, Thinking

  "Nowitzki Waxes Poetic On Life". Interview with Martin Fuenkele, www.fibaeurope.com. August 15, 2007.

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• As a star you never know when people are really serious.

  Dirk Nowitzki

  Stars, People, Serious

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Of course parents want their children to confide in them.

  Dirk Nowitzki

  Children, Parent, Want

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• The best player I've ever played against is Kobe Bryant. I have seen him do some stuff that is just unbelievable.

  Dirk Nowitzki

  Player, Stuff, Unbelievable

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• I played all kinds of sports when I was young: tennis, handball, basketball, some soccer. I focused on basketball when I was 16 or 17 and then came to the U.S. when I was 20.

  Dirk Nowitzki

  Basketball, Soccer, Sports

  "Dad Is Biggest Critic, Says NBA Star Dirk Nowitzki". CNN Interview, edition.cnn.com. February 24, 2011.

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• I wanted to avoid service, because I was on the road to becoming a professional basketball player.

  Dirk Nowitzki

  Basketball, Player, Becoming

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Obviously, (winning the division) is big. To be No. 1 is always important.

  Dirk Nowitzki

  Winning, Important, Division

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• If theres an injury, for a couple games, you can have guys step in. But for a long period of time, it always catches up with you.

  Dirk Nowitzki

  Couple, Games, Long

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• As a newcomer, I was often expected to carry the bags of the older players, or get them burgers. That can make you feel pretty miserable.

  Dirk Nowitzki

  Player, Bags, Burgers

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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