Mavs great Dirk Nowitzki recalls his journey from Würzburg, to Dallas, to being inducted into the Hall of Fame
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00:00 My two biggest dreams were always
00:02 winning the NBA championship and playing the Olympic games
00:05 one time.
00:05 And so I got to, of course, achieve both of these dreams.
00:13 Was a great ride also with international basketball.
00:16 I represented Germany ever since I can remember.
00:19 I mean, I was playing junior national team at age 14, 15.
00:23 We're traveling through Europe, playing other countries
00:28 where some of my--
00:28 I always say that some of my classmates
00:31 had never left my hometown.
00:32 So I'm very thankful to the German Basketball
00:37 Federation and the ride that I've been on with them.
00:41 And we've had some great success.
00:44 Been able to travel the world and then
00:46 carry the flag in the Beijing 2008 Olympics, which
00:50 is still one of the best moments of my career
00:52 and I'll never forget for the rest of my life.
00:54 So it's been also an incredible ride with the German team
01:00 and with the teammates and some of the Federation guys
01:02 are still the same from when I played or when I started.
01:06 And so it's been a great ride as well.
01:09 And I can't thank those guys enough.