Top 581 Quotes & Sayings by Croatian Authors - Page 10

Nobody should underestimate me. When you have a self-made fighter like I am with the Pride belt I earned, it's not good to underestimate him.

People like scandals.

The Muslims wanted to reign over the whole of Mostar, then gain ground to the sea and finally create an Islamic state. That is what our Croatians defend themselves against.

Naked need is the occasion for God's giving, not a need adorned with the clean, elegant robes of respectability and good works.

I will fight to be here as much as possible. I only have Madrid in my head.

All of my shots are dunks or are around the rim.

But Liverpool is a big club, and expectations are high, so it is normal that you are going to be criticised.

It's fun to be there with the guys, to practice with them, arrange the balls, do this, do that, but when you play you can get some of this nervousness out of your system.

If a great part comes up and the guy's meant to have an Eastern European accent, great; but if it's a bad part I won't take it.

People say people who spend too many years in prison don't know how to act when they get free. I don't know how I am going to act, how I am going to kill time, once I am not a fighter. Retirement scares me, and I have to think about how I am going to handle it.

There is only one Messi. No matter what I say, it's too little. You have to shower him with superlatives.

Obviously, I can't break my mental block in the Octagon.

I was taught to hate the Clippers, you know, since I was with the Lakers. So, I never liked the Clippers before. But since coming over here, it's been amazing.

I have got to stay aggressive. When I have a shot, I have to take that shot.

For me, the team is always more important.

Maybe if I had signed for Chelsea I'd just have been sitting on the bench and what is the point in that?

Low kicks, you need to throw at least 20 to finish the guy, and he has 20 chances to block you, and you can break your leg.

The biggest shock was the first fight. I didn't know what to expect. I fought Fujita. At that time, he was one of the most dangerous PRIDE fighters. He was a complete beast and with 130 kilograms of pure muscle.

I was always trying to get in the paint and get the easiest shots I can.

This is Real Madrid, and I understand there is great pressure for new signings to succeed here.

I never considered leaving Real Madrid or that it was a mistake to come here.

Every player is different, but I try to treat everyone the same. On a day-to-day basis, I come across other footballers and club staff, and I try to treat all the same, from the security guard to Lionel Messi.

I think I owe a lot to the UFC and UFC fans.

It's always difficult to play against Juve. The games against have been the most difficult in my career.

It's good to have someone who speaks your own language just to get your mind off of basketball.

It's not up to me. I will fight whoever the UFC puts in front of me. If it was up to me, I want to fight Dana White.

My father is Croatian but went to school in Bosnia, and my mother's also Croatian but lived in Bosnia.

There are so many great players who have played for Real Madrid.

I think that's the only way I can improve: to work hard, to listen to my coaches. Not to question anything.

Those two months I didn't play didn't help me. But injuries are a part of basketball.

Probably around 14, when I was finishing primary school. I'm coming from a pretty small city in Croatia, not too many options to train, not too many players. So I had to either choose to stay at home to do more school or move to Zagreb to the national training center. That was when I made decisions to do something better in tennis.

There is no more effective way to radicalize American Muslim youth than for political leaders to make public displays of prejudice against all Muslims. Suspicion will undermine their sense of identification with America and alienate some from both the culture and from politics.

A lot of players are naturally talented, but you also have to work to improve yourself.

I really believe that I'm a better fighter than Gabriel Gonzaga.

Giving up is the first way to fail. It does not exist for me.

Faith idles when character shrivels.

There are no unforgivable sins.

First I'm a sportsman and then a politician.

The toughest away match in La Liga for me used to be the one against Osasuna.

When I first started playing, we practiced nine hours a day. Five and a half to six hours of those were working on the fundamentals.

I love watching live shows from different artists from different stages of their lives. I'm always interested in the mastery of the live performance.