Bench is huge, especially in the deep West, your starters are going to be tired some nights and your bench sometimes have to be game-changers. Dirk Nowitzki More Quotes by Dirk Nowitzki More Quotes From Dirk Nowitzki As a star you never know when people are really serious. Dirk Nowitzki serious stars people 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 Obviously, (winning the division) is big. To be No. 1 is always important. Dirk Nowitzki division important winning After one or two years I can see myself being happy... as a coach or a manager, i would like to be a mentor for a young player and... accompany them through their career in my very own way. Dirk Nowitzki sports In the past week I had some cake and I also had my first glass of wine after 10 years of abstinence, i was really warm inside after only a few sips. That felt good. Dirk Nowitzki sports What I did not want to happen under any circumstance was to say goodbye and be sitting at home, thinking 'damn, you would really like to play now. Why did you do this', but my body was not good. To be honest my foot where I had surgery last year was not well throughout the year. I knew it would not be getting any better. Dirk Nowitzki sports We're still in the same position where we're fighting for our playoff lives, our goal before the season was to make it into the playoffs. We're still fighting for it. Dirk Nowitzki sports I really didn't have a great touch there the entire night, they didn't leave me much. When I was open, I didn't really have a great touch, but down the stretch I had to get going against a tough-playing, hard-playing team. We were able to get some stops. Dirk Nowitzki sports The play was to get the ball right there. Just wait until the clock was down and make a move either way, obviously, the entire league knows I usually like going left, so (Randle) was really high side on me. All I had to do was kind of rip through, take a dribble and shoot. It felt good leaving my hands, so I'm glad it went in. Dirk Nowitzki sports That was a moment I'll never forget the rest of my life, you run out of accolades. Dirk Nowitzki sports Tonight to me was more important to get this win, we found a way. Dirk Nowitzki sports It's frustrating because we had some good looks at shots at the end that could have tied the game or given us the lead, kawhi made some big baskets and the shot at the end that he made over( Matthews) was a tough one. This one hurts because we made them battle and we played well. I like the fight we showed the entire game. Dirk Nowitzki sports Overall, just not good enough tonight, we had some great looks. We finished the (first) half brutal. We had to put some stops together, and we did not do that. Dirk Nowitzki sports Our bench guys did a great job closing it out, didn't have to go back in which was great. Dirk Nowitzki sports Everybody has different tastes. Some people love Italian food; some don't. Dirk Nowitzki some-people food love people I started to play the guitar for a couple of years, which was fun. I still bring it out once in a while, could bust out a couple of songs, but I'm not very good at it. Dirk Nowitzki good guitar play fun I'm not big on material things, but I like my cars. They are German-made and custom-made. Dirk Nowitzki big things like material-things I understand you've got to go through tough times to get better. Dirk Nowitzki better understand you tough-times The only advice I would give young guys is to keep your ears and eyes open. Never see yourself as a finished product. Dirk Nowitzki eyes yourself never advice I think different guys have different priorities. For me, it was always important to be in one spot, one city. Dirk Nowitzki city think me important