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

- Dirk Nowitzki

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

- Dirk Nowitzki

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 …

- Dirk Nowitzki

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

- Dirk Nowitzki

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 bro…

- Dirk Nowitzki

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

- Dirk Nowitzki

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

- Dirk Nowitzki

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

- Dirk Nowitzki

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