Tony Parker
Well, actually, I'm a bisexual lesbian in a man's body... but it's more complicated than that.
Watching tape is key. I basically watch every game. It's the only way to break down your opponents.
Playing in the playoffs is the best basketball in the world, and if you can learn under that pressure, succeed under that pressure, it gives you more confidence the next year.
You have to know how to keep things in perspective.
You never know, the way technology is going, we might all use the games for scouting by the time I retire.
Balling is balling; it is all just basketball for me and I'm used to playing both games, so it really does not matter if it is international style, American style; it does not matter at all for me.
I'm impressed with how the NBA, as a whole, is dressing so well. Guys are being very creative and having fun with it.
I am, first of all, a basketball player. I've done this for so very long... For me, it's been essential to be successful on the court.
It hurts. Frankly, it hurts terribly. I have just lived one of the biggest loss of my career. It will be difficult to digest that moment. It is extremely hard to accept. I am disappointed.
We have a pretty tough schedule coming up. We have to stay strong mentally and must focus on getting better.
I don't think I'm boring.
You're going to see ups and downs your whole career.
Everything feels like you're in slow motion and everything you do seems like it's about two or three plays of what everybody else is doing.
If Tim Duncan had Knicks on his jersey, he'd be a god.
My focus is on comfort, so I tend to keep it simple and casual - both during and after the basketball season.
My mom was a model, and her laid-back but put-together sensibility really rubbed off on me.
If I am wearing a T-shirt, it's probably by Wap Two.
Every night you have different match-ups, and you have 82 games, so physically you are going to get tired. You have to be ready mentally to bring your energy and bring the juice every night.
If Tim Duncan had 'Knicks' on his jersey, he'd be a god. He'd be more than Patrick Ewing. With four championships and two MVPs, I think people realize he's one of the best ever, but if he played in New York, he'd be way more famous.
What drives me is winning championships.
When I was small, playing NBA Live, that's how I knew everyone in the NBA. That's how I learned about the players.
I love being under pressure. Even the pressure put on me by the media. That is how you outdo yourself.Collection: Love Is
The day when I am satisfied with what I have, will be the day I retire from the sport.Collection: Sports
When there is talk about the best point guards, sometimes they dont talk about me. But that is not my main motivation. They can talk about Jason Kidd, Steve Nash, Deron Williams, and Chris Paul. I still have the most rings.Collection: Motivation
I still have a lot of room for improvement. I need to become a more skilled player.Collection: Player
Experience is everything. It means so much because it enabled me to learn the game even faster. Playing in the playoffs is the best basketball in the world, and if you can learn under that pressure, succeed under that pressure, it gives you more confidence the next year.Collection: Basketball
I want to become the first European floor leader to succeed in the NBA. I want to be the standard-bearer and prove we can succeed here.Collection: Nba
I want to follow in my father's footsteps, but do it better.Collection: Father
Getting up at three in the morning to watch Michael Jordan, I never dreamed one day I would be kissing that trophy.Collection: Morning
In France, if you talk to little boys, they know all of the NBA players and not one single Pro A player.Collection: Boys
When I first came in the league, a lot of people were surprised by my knowledge about the history of the game.Collection: Games
When you win 20 games in a row and then lose four, people ask you, 'What happened?'...That's the beauty of sports.Collection: Sports
For me, speed isn't anything I ever practiced. It's all in the genes. Plus, my mom gave me a lot of vitamins when I was small.Collection: Mom
If we go to the conference finals and people say we had a bad season, I'll take that.Collection: People
When Boston and Orlando told me they were going to pick me at 21 and 22, I figured I don't need to do a workout for a second -round team. Boston and Orlando never drafted me because they said I was too skinny and no European point guard will make it in the League.Collection: Workout