Dirk Nowitzki Quotes

It's hard for me to perform in English.

The first question is always, 'We loved him on 'Dancing with the Stars,' we loved him in the Olympics, but can he speak English?' Yes I speak English. Yes, I can.

I really do try to watch everything I say. Because one little tiny slip, and it's like the world is coming to an end!

Maybe back in the day you didn't need to be the greatest looking to be on TV and you didn't need to speak the best, but in this day and age, I think you need to be the package. You need to look the part for your sponsors, you need to be able to speak the part for the media and to big CEOs.

Brains, integrity, and force may be all very well, but what you need today is Charm. Go ahead and work on your economic programs if you want to, I'll develop my radio personality.

People in power have to be careful about what comes out of their mouth. They have to find exactly the right word that can't be attacked.

Candidates in the future should be chosen based on their ability to sell themselves over the television airwaves.

The politician being interviewed clearly takes a great deal of trouble to imagine an ending to his sentence: and if he stopped short? His entire policy would be jeopardized.

There are two things that you should never do in front of the TV cameras. You should not make love and you should not make peace.

You can't compete globally unless you have appropriate communication skills.

I speak five languages, which actually makes it easier when you join a new team. You can settle much quicker because you can help team-mates much faster and better. People need to be careful around me, though - I can understand everything.

I'm not afraid of the media. I think I know how to handle them because I've been around them enough.

In terms of client & press requests, I operate under the assumption that anything I say will be blasted out in public, so I measure my words incredibly carefully because of the scrutiny I'm under.

I am very diplomatic when I'm in front of the media or when I am going out for promotions and stuff. But, usually, I'm a very straight forward person.

Somebody should tell the president of Mexico that when he appears on American television, he should speak English.

Every time I talk to the press, I put my foot in my mouth.

It has become commonplace to call Trump a reality TV star. That is said as an aspersion, the way Ronald Reagan was called an actor. But Reagan's acting experience, his ability to talk to the camera and not yell to the hall, is what helped make him such a good politician. It is the same with Trump.

Being under the political spotlight is far different than anything I'd experienced before. Every word is a critical word. Sometimes you really aren't allowed to get your full thought out. A lot of it is about having a 30-second sound bite.

Certain times, I'll choose my words very carefully and maybe come off a little more boring.

If you're going to worry about what you said on TV, then don't get on TV.

If they are not positive about the run, I won't talk to them. I'm not here to play games with the media.

I can speak English on the field but it's difficult with media.

The more media interviews you do, the less any one interaction matters.

You do see very few English players going abroad and those that do are largely good players otherwise they wouldn't have gone, but I feel a lot of their downfall is in the language. On the pitch you can learn the different basics of 'left,' 'right' and 'behind you' but off the pitch you want to have that influence around the team.

There are so many world-class athletes who are great at their sport, but they're so boring. They don't talk, and they can't be interviewed very well.