Athletes in all sports tend to look back on their careers and think of the personal sacrifices they had to make to achieve greatness, but San Antonio Spurs star Manu Ginobili will have a unique story to tell when his career comes to a close.
Speaking to Don Harris of News 4 San Antonio (via Patrick Britton of theScore), Ginobili described an injury to his right testicle he suffered last season.
"I gave my right one," Ginobili said. "I gave it all, I gave it all. I gave my right one for the Spurs, I can say it; I can really say it. It’s true."
Ginobili suffered the injury during a game against the New Orleans Pelicans in February. When Ryan Anderson was backing him down in the paint and went up for a shot, his right knee made contact with Ginobili.
After missing 12 games, Ginobili spoke to ESPN.com's Michael C. Wright about the situation in March:
Got hurt badly, and nobody expected anything like that. I had to sit for a month. It was very painful. The first week was very tough. But after that, I started to get better.
It was not much experience on this because it never happened before in the fr ...
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Manu Ginobili Comments on Testicle Surgery, Sacrifices Made for Spurs
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