ON THE CUP TO KYLE HINES
«Kyle, together with Chacho and Gigi, changed a little what the perception of Olimpia Milano could be in Europe. Chacho had lifted the Cup for his first championship, Gigi won this undeserved MVP last year (joke, ed.), it seemed right to me that Kyle could have this moment too. I don’t know what his decisions will be, I have no idea what he may or may not do, but it seemed right to me that in the corridor of the Forum there was a photo of him with the Cup in his hand.”
ON THE FUTURE
«Jokes aside, I don’t know what it will be. Now it’s not even right to talk about this thing. We won a championship last night after a very long season. It’s right to enjoy the moment for a moment, otherwise you really risk making everything go by too quickly. Never take a championship for granted. If there was something I would say it, now there is nothing, there is nothing to say.”
ON LONG-LIFE FLUID
«The key for me is to train. I am fortunate to have a wife and daughter at home who absolutely know what my priority is, and therefore support me in proper recovery at home. Mentally it’s not easy at times, so much so that I’ve had moments this season where I was certainly not very brilliant, but I’ve had extraordinary teammates, friends, family always on my side. As long as the body is all attached, as long as all the pieces are united, I’ll go, then I’ll have to stop.”
ON THE LBA FINALS 2024
«Winning race 1 changed the whole series, even psychologically. Furthermore, in my opinion they deservedly won race 2, but we threw it away after creating a good lead. I had asked Ettore to mark Shengelia for two reasons. Firstly because I consider him a great opponent, then because, being very dangerous in attack, he allowed Nikola to be a little more rested in the offensive half of the field where he is extraordinary. It worked, it went well. But there were many other keys, from Tonut to Belinelli, from the performances of Napier, Flaccadori, Hines, Voigtmann.”
ON THE RELATIONSHIP WITH MESSINA
«The crisis is in its seventh year… At times our relationship has also been destructive, but in my opinion the thing we both want is the good of this club, of this team. He has his ideas, I have my ideas, we all have ideas, sometimes they are the same, sometimes they are different. He makes his ideas very clear, and I’m definitely not one to hold back. But everything is aimed at the good of the team, for the common result, because in the end it’s not just me who wins, not just him who wins, but we all win together.”
