Duty Quote by Dejan Lovren

Of course it is very important for me to play for Croatia, however different it is to play at club level.

— Luka Modric

For me the much more significant question is what did the Americans do, if anything, to help the Croatian army, because they are the…

— John Pomfret

People are still feeling like it's war. Croatians hate Serbians and Serbians hate Croatians. They don't want to talk to each other.

— Ivica Zubac

The Croatians don't play well without the ball.

— Barry Venison

When you play for your country, it means the world. You're playing for a whole nation. You're representing a whole nation. They're all behind…

— Bukayo Saka

It means a lot to have qualified for the World Cup.

— Hakim Ziyech

The Muslims wanted to reign over the whole of Mostar, then gain ground to the sea and finally create an Islamic state. That is…

— Franjo Tudjman

For a lot of Croats, if you're a Serb, they don't want to associate with you. It's just stupid.

— Vlade Divac

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

— Vlade Divac

Whether players are from Albania or Yugoslavia is not important. What's important is to be a team on the pitch.

— Xherdan Shaqiri

That's the Serbian way. That's the way we approach things, especially in sport. We are a small country, but if we want something, we…

— Aleksandar Mitrovic

I have an easy way to explain the war. It's a Croatian defending his country and a Serb attacking a Croatian country. With anyone…

— Toni Kukoc