If I'm on the court, I have to do what I do best and that's try to go hard to the basket.

Winning an NBA championship is the biggest thing that can happen professionally because it's the top. But representing your country-with more than 30 million people cheering for you and then seeing you up there on the podium-it's hard to find any more words to put on that.

You never know what will be expected of you, so you just go out and play.

When you do something good, the Argentine people really attach themselves to you. They have so many problems back there that they're looking for somebody to be proud of. I think about that, and I won't forget it.

Once I step on the court in San Antonio, I feel the support in the air.

If I'm on the court, I have to do what I do best and that's try to go hard to the basket.

There are moments where we forgot what got us to where we are now. ... We stopped moving the ball. We know how it works. We are playing a great team with great players, and we've got to be close to perfect to win.