Rudy: “We may not have many stars, but we know how to compete”

Mallorca basketball players Rudy Fernandez On Wednesday, he said he was grateful to have been called up to the 2019 national team. Olympic Games of Paris Regarding the record that would be broken by participating, he said, “I never imagined back then that I would become the only athlete to compete in six Olympic Games.”

“Maybe I don’t give this game as much value as others around me give it. I’m very strict. There are still three games to go and I want to focus on these.” Olympic Games As another challenge,” he said during the presentation in Parma of the RF5 campus that bears his name and which he leads together with his sister, Marta.

The athlete asserted that the most special thing about this Olympic event is that it recognizes the “promise” he has made over the years to “always be available to answer the call of ‘The Family.'”

“I’m very excited. I’m going to live this as another life, knowing that it’s my last,” he said.

Rudy He praised the national team’s performance last week, saying: “There are always fears at the beginning, but in the two most important games we learned how to suffer and believed in what we did, and that’s what brought all the success.”

The captain confessed that during the applause he was reminded of his father. La Fonteta “He was one of the people who encouraged my sister and me to be in this situation as competitors,” she said during the final moments of the final match of a pre-Olympic tournament.

“The respect people have for me and the appreciation for my fans is something I really value.” Valencia“We felt it strongly in the final round but it was that sixth man that got us the win,” he added.

As for Australia, the group the team was dropped from, Canada and Greece, Rudy “It’s very complicated because the best teams in the world are there,” he acknowledged.

“Maybe,” he analyzed, “we don’t have any star players on our team, but we know how to compete, we’re going to do our best and a lot of people will enjoy the opportunity to experience their first game.” Olympic“

Facing the possibility of becoming flag bearer at the closing ceremony Olympic, Rudy He said he hadn’t thought about it and it wasn’t a priority, adding: “It depends on how the Olympics go.”