Top 581 Quotes & Sayings by Croatian Authors - Page 6

I enjoyed every moment with Tottenham. But in one moment, you feel you need to take a step forward, to go to a higher level.

Selfies became too big. The selfie photos are not good. Fans ask me for a selfie, and I say, 'Let's just do a photo.' I'm not anti-selfie, but I like a classic photograph.

In Europe, I was limited. I didn't have minutes and when I had minutes, it was just, 'Do this. Do this. You gotta listen to the coach.'

Everything was so fresh and unique to us - it was a whole new world of music. Michael Jackson was so fresh, you know? We could approach it with such fresh ears, which wouldn't be possible if we had been listening to it when we were younger.

For the top stars, it's just more appealing to go to the Premier League than to Bundesliga.

We try to connect with the audience as much as we can. We feel the energy from the audience, and it gives us so much joy and inspiration.

People got this bad image about Clippers, like Clippers did something bad. But the thing is, the Clippers never did something bad, they're just another team in L.A.

But every time I make a mistake, I put some pressure on myself. That's not really good. I'm trying not to do that.

It's hard when you're a young player, second year, to not play for like 10 games and then they throw you in and they want you to do everything perfect.

If you are given a lot of money without having to work for it, you won't appreciate it as much as if you made it yourself.

I have been playing beach volleyball since I was 10. I'm very passionate about this game and every summer I have been practising with my friend.

I understand Simeone as a coach. His style and his passion for success are clear, and that inspires me too.

We tune differently, and we use some tricks. There's just the two of us for much of a concert, so we want a big sound. We do use some guitar effects, distortion and delay. Playing cello with distortion sounds so good.

In my two and a half years with the Lakers, I didn't win much games.

A five-year contract is worth no more than a six-month contract these days; it's very concerning.

Maybe there is some regret with how I left Southampton.

I don't understand the word 'hunk.'

I started playing when I was 5. I'm from a family of musicians.

In football you have to look forward.

I think it's stupid to say a guy who has trained in jiu-jitsu for as long as I have is just a stand-up fighter. I have trained with some of the best black belts in the world. I am comfortable on the ground. I can fight wherever the fight goes and not be concerned.

I always thought about the NBA.

I had it on my mind that I will fight in Cologne, because UFC is coming to Germany, where the biggest and largest Croatian community lives there. It was my big, big, big wish to participate. Even my doctor didn't believe I will make it, but I did.

Of course I will submit if I have a chance, but I always prefer to finish a fight in a stand-up position.

Once a Dinamo Zagreb coach saw me while I was eating a pizza and severely scolded me, telling me that I would be fat, I had to think about my health. In response, I ordered 10 pizzas and managed to eat 5, so next time he will have a strong think before treating his players in a bad way.

We were raised as Christians, and religion plays an important role for us.

It's a saying if coach likes and sees good stuff in you and wants you to play he'll pick on you, he'll make you work and do things right. Once he stops talking to you, you know you're done.

I want to be able to help the coach and team as much as I can.

People don't think of cello as a rock instrument, really, and we want people to know all the possibilities that the cello can offer.

I believe that I've improved a lot as a player and a person, because being surrounded by great players on a daily basis helps your development out on the pitch.

Playing at Real Madrid is something special in itself, but winning trophies with Real Madrid is even more thrilling.

You never tire of winning.

Acting is my job.

Spanish League is very tough, especially away matches.

Someone can tell you something a million times, but if you don't know what they're talking about, it's hard to adjust and even more difficult to become a believer.

I could not have chosen a better path after leaving Bayern Munich.

Sometimes I go to the pool. With the pool, sometimes it's for recovery. I go with Joakim Noah because he's a big pool guy.

It's not easy to play against a team with a man down.

In 1993, I joined the Croatian army. I was a radio telegraphist.

Christianity and Islam are today the most numerous and fastest growing religions globally. Together they encompass more than half of humanity. Consequence: both are here to stay.

I feel that Japan is like my second home; this is where I want to fight.

It would be nice to play again for a team that has a great chance to win a championship.

I must be the only player in the world who ever injured himself for a tournament by stepping on a shell on the beach. I don't know what I'm going to do.

A cello can sound like so many instruments, but it's only one, you know, like a guitar; it has percussive qualities. It can sing like the violin, you know, like a voice.

You know, I just feel physically that I can get a lot of offensive rebounds.

I don't know if I will take the UFC title, but I will die trying.

I think people should recognise that I'm one of the best defenders in the world and not just talk nonsense, I will say.

We went to SpaceX to talk to Elon Musk, that was cool. He gave us the tour. We couldn't film it or anything. There were rockets, it was impressive. It was a lot of cool stuff.

Frank Mir is gonna be my toughest fight in my UFC career. It won't be easy.

For my whole career, I didn't have sparring partners. I was frustrated when I came to the UFC because, after a few minutes of the first round, I would feel dead because I had no sparring partners.

What really pushed me into chasing basketball even more was my cousin making the NBA too, in 2003.

I was free on the market, and I wanted to go to the UFC, the only global organization.

My whole life, I have had to fight.

If you stick to what the Bible teaches, then you have everything you need: honesty, openness, friendliness, respect, tolerance, and much more, which is often lost nowadays.

I've always been against taxing diets.

Real Madrid without Cristiano Ronaldo are, of course, not what they were with Ronaldo, but they're still a very good team.

It would be a pleasure to play against England. They are one of the top teams.

It was almost an accident that I got into basketball at all but fortunately it wasn't too late and I was able to be a part of a great generation for the sport.

Prejudice is a form of untruthfulness, and untruthfulness is an insidious form of injustice.

Everyone has a different view on football, but I didn't have a fear that I wouldn't be good enough in England.

To affirm that God is God is to want to live in a particular way.