--- title: "1 Big Tournaments Quotes By Vlade Divac" description: "1 Big Tournaments quotes by Vlade Divac. Plus more from Vlade Divac and more Big Tournaments sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b30/vlade-divac-5860_civil-war_my-generation-started-in-big-tournaments_2252857.jpg" --- > [My generation started in big tournaments. '88 Olympics, we got silver. '89 European Championship, we got gold. 1990 World Cup in Argentina, we got gold. '91 European Championship, we got gold, and then there was a civil war, and for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vlade-divac/my-generation-started-in-big-tournaments-88-olympics-we-got-silver-89/) [Vlade Divac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vlade-divac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b30/vlade-divac-5860_civil-war_my-generation-started-in-big-tournaments_2252857.jpg) ## More by Vlade Divac > [Well, the league is changing every year. It changed when I came. It changed before me. First of all, we have to be thankful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vlade-divac/well-the-league-is-changing-every-year-it-changed-when-i-came-it/) [Vlade Divac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vlade-divac/) > [I have to give a lot of credit to David Stern to open up the league, but also in my case, Jerry West and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vlade-divac/i-have-to-give-a-lot-of-credit-to-david-stern-to-open-up-the-league/) [Vlade Divac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vlade-divac/) > [Because I play in NBA, I am like ambassador of Yugoslavia. Los Angeles before, nobody hear of Yugoslavia. Now I think much people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vlade-divac/because-i-play-in-nba-i-am-like-ambassador-of-yugoslavia-los-angeles/) [Vlade Divac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vlade-divac/) > [One year I grew 15 centimeters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vlade-divac/one-year-i-grew-15-centimeters/) [Vlade Divac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vlade-divac/) > [When you do something bad, you can't sleep.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vlade-divac/when-you-do-something-bad-you-can-t-sleep/) [Vlade Divac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vlade-divac/) > [When I came to New York for the draft in '89, they told me I should be like 10 and 15, and it didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vlade-divac/when-i-came-to-new-york-for-the-draft-in-89-they-told-me-i-should-be/) [Vlade Divac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vlade-divac/) > [Thank God there was no yellow card in basketball because I would get a red card every game.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vlade-divac/thank-god-there-was-no-yellow-card-in-basketball-because-i-would-get/) [Vlade Divac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vlade-divac/) > [Jerry West really helped a lot, and so did players like Magic Johnson. That's why, at the end of my career, I wanted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vlade-divac/jerry-west-really-helped-a-lot-and-so-did-players-like-magic-johnson/) [Vlade Divac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vlade-divac/) > [Love liberates you and gives you the power to make the impossible possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vlade-divac/love-liberates-you-and-gives-you-the-power-to-make-the-impossible/) [Vlade Divac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vlade-divac/) > [I just think positive and positive things usually happen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vlade-divac/i-just-think-positive-and-positive-things-usually-happen/) [Vlade Divac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vlade-divac/) > [I had to earn the respect from everybody, from referees to opponents, but my teammates, they saw some European guy coming here and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vlade-divac/i-had-to-earn-the-respect-from-everybody-from-referees-to-opponents/) [Vlade Divac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vlade-divac/) > [The better team sometimes loses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vlade-divac/the-better-team-sometimes-loses/) [Vlade Divac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vlade-divac/) > [I play for peace and love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vlade-divac/i-play-for-peace-and-love/) [Vlade Divac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vlade-divac/) > [I left my home, and it was the most beautiful country in the world in my eyes, and I was always happy in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vlade-divac/i-left-my-home-and-it-was-the-most-beautiful-country-in-the-world-in/) [Vlade Divac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vlade-divac/) > [I started playing in school. Lots of kids in Yugoslavia play basketball.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vlade-divac/i-started-playing-in-school-lots-of-kids-in-yugoslavia-play-basketball/) [Vlade Divac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vlade-divac/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/big-tournaments/vlade-divac/#itemlist", "name": "1 Big Tournaments Quotes By Vlade Divac", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My generation started in big tournaments. '88 Olympics, we got silver. '89 European Championship, we got gold. 1990 World Cup in Argentina, we got gold. 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