I think you got to live in the present and once it's over, it's over.

Playing with Fabricio Oberto for four years was incredible.

I think most of the compliments I've received during the years has been about my competitiveness. My desire to win and do things for the team to get to that goal. I think that was the one I heard the most.

I'm not going to live off the past.

If you're from Argentina, you don't dream about these things. You probably dream about being in an Olympic game, but winning it? Going there and beating the NBA stars' team... you don't dream about that.

I came to San Antonio without knowing anything about the city.

A few kids maybe never had a chance to go to a game, watch us on TV, so to see us around could be important to some kids.

Many times, we athletes have a camera in front of us and in many cases a lot of people with that same background or history do not have that opportunity.

If I can hit a couple shots early, the opponent guards me in a different way.

There's always somebody better than you.

It makes me feel good to do some things for my people. I believe we really help. I know we are not changing the world, but we try to help different people in different situations and we think we are accomplishing it.

The fans in the United States, they are, well, more polite. The fans in Argentina can get wild, crazy. If you meet people in a restaurant, it is fine, but when they get in groups, woooo - it gets dangerous.

First, confidence in your talent and then confidence that the team is going to look for you, because they need you. And when you reach that point, it changes a lot, because your mindset is completely different.

Some people think, 'Who is this guy? Where did he come from? I never heard of him.' But it took me time to become a good NBA player.

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.

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 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.

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 watched the NBA a lot growing up. I was a big fan, especially of the Bulls in the early 90s.

I never even think of playing soccer.

My city was very basketball-minded so I was born playing basketball and I didn't like playing soccer that much.

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 try to get the best shots possible, try to find the open teammate.

We all wish to be healthy all the time, and it doesn't happen like that.