Toni Kukoc

I have to go to the NBA and try.

— Toni Kukoc

I worry for the future of the world. For my children.

— Toni Kukoc

I can pass the ball pretty well.

— Toni Kukoc

I always felt comfortable looking at the court.

— Toni Kukoc

I always thought about the NBA.

— Toni Kukoc

I'm a sportsman, not a political man.

— Toni Kukoc

I'm disappointed anytime I don't play well.

— Toni Kukoc

I didn't play the No. 4 spot much at all in Europe.

— Toni Kukoc

Everyone has an ego. Even someone that doesn't play one minute has an ego.

— Toni Kukoc

I'm excited to try the NBA. But, for sure, I need time on the court to get used to this style.

— Toni Kukoc

When my game is going well, everything gets much easier, offensively and defensively.

— Toni Kukoc

It is a much bigger thing to have a world championship with Chicago than this one in Italy.

— Toni Kukoc

I am a basketball player. For me to sit on the bench at 21, 22, not what I wanted.

— Toni Kukoc

When you see me laughing on the court, it means I'm having fun and enjoying the game.

— Toni Kukoc

My biggest reason for coming is to prove to myself that I can play in the NBA.

— Toni Kukoc

I would watch San Antonio play and see plays I recognized from the Russian team, the Yugoslavian team.

— Toni Kukoc

It is nice to start a game and feel the game from the beginning, but I have to pick up the pace…

— Toni Kukoc

I'm not a political man. I'm a basketball player. So that's what I have to do first. But second, I will try…

— Toni Kukoc

I understood I would have to earn respect. I was coming to the best team in the world. You have to put…

— Toni Kukoc

Now if you ask me about coming from Europe, I would suggest to any young player interested in the NBA to not…

— Toni Kukoc

I shot millions and millions of shots, just wanted the ball and felt good every time I released the ball, especially in…

— Toni Kukoc

I don't want to say which guard it was with the Bulls, but I would take the ball and he would come…

— Toni Kukoc

It's not requirement to have a point guard, you can have skill players with 3 or 4 guys on the same team…

— Toni Kukoc

Like everybody coming from Europe, I didn't believe it at first, but you really need time to adjust. I thought it was…

— Toni Kukoc

I thought those three years when we won championships, I really was good enough to play in the All-Star game. I felt…

— Toni Kukoc

Sometimes in my mind I have a picture of something happening, and because the foot is not right it is harder to…

— Toni Kukoc

Obviously, when you come onto a team that's playing in the Finals and the standards are so high that nothing but winning…

— Toni Kukoc

A lot has to be the NBA. I don't know if I can say it is the egos of the players or…

— Toni Kukoc

I think it's very important for every player after a long season, whether it's good or bad, to get total rest. Not…

— Toni Kukoc

It is a thrill and an honor to again be a part of the team that helped define my basketball career here…

— Toni Kukoc

You never know when people with sick minds can destroy your life. It doesn't matter how well life is going on for…

— Toni Kukoc

Coming here, I never thought about being like what I was supposed to be in Europe, the No. 1 guy and building…

— Toni Kukoc

I never was anybody's guy. I always was myself.

— Toni Kukoc

I never score a lot of points.

— Toni Kukoc

There is nothing personal between Pippen and me.

— Toni Kukoc

Everything about me is Croatian.

— Toni Kukoc

I always felt like I needed to play basketball.

— Toni Kukoc

It was always a dream to come to the NBA.

— Toni Kukoc

When the confidence builds it is easier for the player to come into the next game.

— Toni Kukoc

When you reach triple-double, you know you were involved in every part of the game.

— Toni Kukoc