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Football Quotes by Vlade Divac

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Vlade Divac talks about being a bridge for Yugoslavia, thanking the people who opened doors for him. He notes that teamwork matters, like giving the ball to receive it back. He also mentions that even good teams can lose, and he dreamed of helping Sacramento fans reach the NBA prize.

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It's good for basketball to grow.

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Basketball gave me everything.

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It's really tough in the NBA.

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I play for peace and love.

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The better team sometimes loses.

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Wins heal everything.

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Kobe's legacy is definitely one of the best players to play this game ever.

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It's a team game. I feel happier when I pass the ball than when I score.

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Winning begins with culture and character matters.

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To me, the game of basketball has always been about love.

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If you try to win and you lose, you can say, 'OK I tried.'

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I'm sure my life after basketball is, hopefully, going to be even better.

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Success in sport comes with responsibility.

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Shaq wasn't talented - he was just strong. I was talented, but I wasn't strong.

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Sacramento and the Kings organization were always in my thoughts and I often dreamed of having a role in helping our amazing…

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Basketball is the opposite of selfishness, basketball is solely about giving and sharing and caring for one another.

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I didn't like it in the beginning, but later on, if I was in Jerry West's shoes, I would do the same…

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Well, I tried to play defense. But when they did call a foul on Shaq, I tried to make sure they called…

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The game of basketball brings people together. It really doesn't matter where you are coming from. It's a game all of us…

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I played basketball because I loved the game. I played because I was making a lot of friends around the world... It's…

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I was taller than most of the kids. When I started playing basketball, my coach put me at point guard. Europeans do…

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Yugoslavia is a little country, and everybody likes basketball. If I don't play for my national team, everybody be sad.

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Kobe made an impact on basketball in a big way. He came in the League when he was 17 years old, but…

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My generation started in big tournaments. '88 Olympics, we got silver. '89 European Championship, we got gold. 1990 World Cup in Argentina,…

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I'm happy that I helped basketball develop; I was trying to help basketball be the world's most popular sport, to bring people…

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Because I play in NBA, I am like ambassador of Yugoslavia. Los Angeles before, nobody hear of Yugoslavia. Now I think much…

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Just like in life, when you play basketball, you have to give in order to receive. On the court, you're not only…

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You have so many players all around the world in the NBA, a lot of different generations. If you don't take basketball…

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NBA is totally different in style. In NBA, we play much more aggressive, much harder. It's not time for thinking. In Europe,…

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It was a lovely story that I finished my career with Kobe, with somebody who I was traded for. I have a…

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I came here and actually fell in love with Charlotte and the Hornets. That's exactly what happened to me. I found a…

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I love basketball, but it's just entertainment, just business.

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Playing basketball taught me the value of determination and teamwork.

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Whatever you see in games, Kobe demands more in practice.

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The Lakers are really the biggest team in the world. Everybody knows the Lakers.

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I had a beautiful life as a basketball player.

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That's what Europe brought to the NBA: the passing skills, the shooting skills.

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In soccer, you don't want to see anybody get hurt.

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Thank God there was no yellow card in basketball because I would get a red card every game.

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When I came to New York for the draft in '89, they told me I should be like 10 and 15, and…

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Well, the league is changing every year. It changed when I came. It changed before me. First of all, we have to be thankful…

I have to give a lot of credit to David Stern to open up the league, but also in my case, Jerry West and…

Because I play in NBA, I am like ambassador of Yugoslavia. Los Angeles before, nobody hear of Yugoslavia. Now I think much people who…

One year I grew 15 centimeters.

When you do something bad, you can't sleep.

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…

Thank God there was no yellow card in basketball because I would get a red card every game.

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…

Love liberates you and gives you the power to make the impossible possible.

I just think positive and positive things usually happen.

I had to earn the respect from everybody, from referees to opponents, but my teammates, they saw some European guy coming here and I…

The better team sometimes loses.

I play for peace and love.

I left my home, and it was the most beautiful country in the world in my eyes, and I was always happy in the…

I started playing in school. Lots of kids in Yugoslavia play basketball.