The best Quotes by Vlade Divac

The best Quotes by Vlade Divac

Vlade Divac (born February 3, 1968) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player who was most recently the vice president of basketball operations and general manager of the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

To build a friendship takes so much time and so many years. To ruin it, just seconds.
The game of basketball brings people together. It really doesn't matter where you are coming from. It's a game all of us love.
Throughout my professional basketball career, I have always voiced my patriotism for my native land.
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 finish my career with the Lakers.
Basketball is the opposite of selfishness, basketball is solely about giving and sharing and caring for one another.
The fans really know basketball in Sacramento. They knew when we really needed their support and they were a big part of our success here.
I am thankful to the Kings organization, all the Kings fans, my family and all the people who supported me throughout my career.

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A lot of people didn't see me play in Sacramento. I think we had one TV game.
I'm not worried about facing the Sacramento Queens. Write it down. Take a picture. I'm not going to talk about this all year. When I get back, there's going to be trouble.
When the Sacramento Kings, when I was there, we win 29-30 games - that was a successful season. And it would be packed from start to finish. You couldn't get a seat.
I want to put Sacramento back on the map.
I can tell you first-hand from my experiences with Sacramento, the league does try to honor the fan bases it has, and encourage teams to stay in their home markets.
Sacramento, I won't stay. But I'll be sure to come back when the Lakers beat the Kings in May.
There's winning and there's losing - and in life both will happen. What is never acceptable to me is quitting.
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I enjoy being the messenger for God in terms of letting people know about HIV and AIDS.
I grew up a Detroit Tigers fan, and now to be an owner of the Dodgers is amazing.
I hate to say it's not a Laker but Michael Jordan. He's been the greatest player I've ever seen. And I'm probably a harsh judge of talent in the sense that I admire players that are really good defensive players and really good offensive players.
You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.
When it's time for me to walk away from something, I walk away from it. My mind, my body, my conscience tell me that enough is enough.
Fear of failure, it's the greatest motivational tool. It drives me and drives me and drives me.
I'm a Gemini. Know what that means? There are two very different sides to me.
Basketball isn't just a sport. It is an art, one that must be mastered to succeed.
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I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
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Kobe Bryant, in my opinion, is the greatest player in the league since me.
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Sometimes, strangers can become more like family than blood ever could.
It's a mystery of human chemistry and I don't understand it, some people, as far as their senses are concerned, just feel like home.
False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade.
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Our true friends are those who are with us when the good things happen. They cheer us on and are pleased by our triumphs. False friends only appear at difficult times, with their sad, supportive faces, when, in fact, our suffering is serving to console them for their miserable lives.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to Serbia - and that's practically the same thing.
There's no debate. Pau, when he retires, he will have his number in the rafters next to mine.
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I have season tickets to the Lakers and the Clippers.
Walk until the darkness is a memory, and you become the sun on the next traveler's horizon.
Kobe Bryant in Training Camp
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I stand with those who are calling out the ingrained racism and violence toward people of color in our country. We have had enough.
Michael Jordan - June 2020
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Walked into a restaurant yesterday and guy comes up and says: "Aren't you Rik Smits?"
Not quite but I appreciated his hoops knowledge…
Dirk Nowitzki - December 2023
You guys are better people than players - that means a lot!
Gordon Herbert - September 2023, about Germany winning the World Cup
We went from a shitty team to one of the all-time best dynasties. All you needed was one little match to start that whole fire.
You're only concerned if you know you don't have it. We have it.
LeBron James - Olympia 2012 - nach Vorrundenspiel gegen Argentinien
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I learned a lot I wouldn't have learned roaming the streets of Dallas.
My kids are older now. They're kinda upset with me. They're not really upset, but they don't understand. I tell them all the time: "We" ain't rich. "I'm" rich.
Shaquille O'Neal - October 2021
I love the Philippines. But they need better beer!
Gordon Herbert - September 2023, about Germany winning the World Cup
There are certain sports figures who become a larger cultural force. Michael Jordan and the Bulls changed the culture.
If you see German soldiers, don't panic. They are here to help.
Donald Tusk (about German soldiers helping with floodings in Poland) - September 2024

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