Top 681 Quotes & Sayings by Serbian Authors - Page 11

My father had never watched tennis, never liked tennis too much. He said, 'OK, we buy a racket, we watch together,' because we didn't know anything. It was a process of learning together that made it more interesting.

We don't think about what anybody else with the media or other teams think about us.

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.

I am very skinny.

Serbian history tells that the family is the most important thing and you have to stick with the family.

My 3-point percentage is low, but I think I just need to work on that.

I love being around people who care about me, and I care about them.

In every club, sometimes players leave. It is not easy, but this is football.

In theater, blood is ketchup; in performance, everything's real.

In every ancient culture, there are rituals to mortify the body as a way of understanding that the energy of the soul is indestructible.

I don't think there has been enough communication between the players and the tournaments. In one sense it's just as much the players' fault. Players talk between each other and in the locker room about things that can be improved and then when the time comes to talk and really do something about it they stop.

I need work. I still audition for work. I don't get offered things out of nowhere. I have to work hard, still, and I get a lot of rejections. It just goes on and on.

I didn't get paid for performances most of my life. If I did, I would be billionaire now, and I'm not.

As a people, Serbians are very tall, and we have olive skin and dark hair, which can look very nice. You have to be very beautiful to stand out.

I really think there's no difference between an art piece made by a man and one made by a woman. Is it a good art piece or a bad art piece? Of course, if you're female, you're maybe dealing with different issues.

Serbia is open for business.

You must be fast. Bigs are fast, running all over the court. You must be ready for that.

Kobe made an impact on basketball in a big way. He came in the League when he was 17 years old, but he was working on his game every day... The way he played, people all around the world loved the passion that he put in for basketball.

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

There is something that has become part of my routine that I eat two or three times a week. Sushi. It exists in Europe but isn't very popular, and especially in L.A., I started eating it. It's both tasty and healthy.

We cannot think about playoffs. We just need to play the games.

Southampton have all the advantages to create good players; when you compare it to Serbia, Southampton has the better facilities. They can produce a player who is much more ready.

One year I grew 15 centimeters.

In Serbia, it is amazing pressure. When we lose a game, it is like somebody dies. It is really horrible.

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

Quitting is never an option.

I won two ITF tournaments in Japan in two weeks. I had to qualify for both of them, which meant that I won 16 matches in 15 days.

I always think if you have friends, you have friends, and it doesn't matter where they are from.

I think the mythology of death really ran away with me when I was very young.

When you're in a place, the details you focus on are different than details you focus on when you're writing about it.

I work out a lot, but it changes day to day. I always start out with some cardio - either a jog, a bike ride, or footwork drills designed specifically for tennis movement. Then I do weights, but I switch the days: one day it's upper body, the next day it's lower body. Then I do stomach and back pretty much every day.

I just have to improve here at Chelsea. I played in Portugal but here it is a higher level so I'm sure I can improve a lot and I will work hard every day.

I believe that love gives you the freedom and power to share your best self and to inspire others.

I'm not anti-American. I was raised to love both sides.

I'm just trying to win the games.

As prime minister, I will never make a decision that will be an injustice to Serbia and its citizens.

I really don't think I could get starstruck with anybody. Famous final words, but I just don't think I could.

I like to come to a tournament with a specific playlist that I can listen to before going on the court. I like five or 10 minutes just for myself.

I had to listen to the classical music because it calms me down, calms my nerves down.

My grandfather went through a lot in his life.

In real life, you just work for the ordinary self, but in the front of audience you become the superself. That's a completely different thing.

When I came in the NBA, it was more a U.S. game. Now you can watch the NBA anywhere in the world.

There's really not much friendship between the girls on tour. There's so much rivalry and jealousy, so everyone just hangs out in their own camp. In the locker room and players' lounge, you can feel the jealousy.

Every party is the same, too many people, too little food, and you have to wait around. I'm extremely bored with parties.

One of the most wonderful things for me is to watch somebody else perform, where I am the audience - I love this more than ever.

The function of the artist in a disturbed society is to give awareness of the universe, to ask the right questions, and to elevate the mind.

I met Kobe during my first year, before a game.

To build a friendship takes so much time and so many years. To ruin it, just seconds.

I'm fed up with democracy. In a democracy, people vote for the mayors. I wanted to build a city where I will choose the citizens.

When you think about Kobe it's, 'No excuse. Nothing can put your mind off what you love to do.' It's the Mamba mentality, for sure.

Of course many children are dreaming to play for Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Manchester United. I always just wanted to wear the jersey of Partizan, Newcastle, and Serbia.

I am always in the box, strong, good in the air, and, of course, I like getting stuck in. I play a physical game.

Winning begins with culture and character matters.

For me, I want to improve, to play good football in a good league; the money is not the most important thing.

You see, what is my purpose of performance artist is to stage certain difficulties and stage the fear the primordial fear of pain, of dying, all of which we have in our lives, and then stage them in front of audience and go through them and tell the audience, 'I'm your mirror; if I can do this in my life, you can do it in yours.'

All my inspiration comes from life. That's how it never stops, in a way.

I haven't been in tennis for that long, but what I can say is that we have a lot of young guys at the top who are willing to do a lot of good things for tennis in general.

When I was in Vojvodina, it is not possible to describe. If you play one bad ball, one little mistake, they are, 'Oh, what is that?' Then, some players, they are afraid to take responsibility. They don't feel well, you know; you don't have freedom to show yourself.

If I get stronger it's going to be easier for me to play.

I have always staged my fears as a way to transcend them.