Top 681 Quotes & Sayings by Serbian Authors - Page 12

When I was young, always in Serbia there were some telenovelas on television, Spanish language. Then you listen, listen, listen, you watch one series, and then you can understand.

I didn't like it in the beginning, but later on, if I was in Jerry West's shoes, I would do the same thing. I would trade myself for Kobe, no-brainer.

You need to push yourself, and in time, everything will come together at the right time.

I respect Mark Hughes, and I respect what he has done for me.

Not everybody can like what I do, and if you feel that somebody is coming up closer to you and starting the rivalry and everything, you maybe change your position to him.

I did good in the Premier League.

To me, the game of basketball has always been about love.

I've had my ups and downs in my private life.

Even now, I have traces of the good little girl. When I am not performing, for instance, I am really very quiet and ordinary.

I have no private life, as I am constantly under police surveillance.

I really, really like Los Angeles.

I'd first come to Chelsea from Kosice and, for me, that was a dream. It's not easy making that move. I was maybe the first player to come from Slovakia to a club like Chelsea, who normally buy players from Holland, Spain, Italy, Portugal.

When I hit a block, regardless of what I am writing, what the subject matter is, or what's going on in the plot, I go back and I read Pablo Neruda's poetry. I don't actually speak Spanish, so I read it translation. But I always go back to Neruda. I don't know why, but it calms me, calms my brain.

Theater is something that as a performance artist you have to hate.

I used to dye my hair different colors and have crazy periods, especially early in my career when I played in Italy.

My generation started in big tournaments. '88 Olympics, we got silver. '89 European Championship, we got gold. 1990 World Cup in Argentina, we got gold. '91 European Championship, we got gold, and then there was a civil war, and for three years, we didn't play.

Because I play in NBA, I am like ambassador of Yugoslavia. Los Angeles before, nobody hear of Yugoslavia. Now I think much people who look at basketball hear of Yugoslavia.

For my fifth birthday, I got a small tennis racket. That's how I started.

I recognise fully why people wear poppies, I totally respect everyone's right to do so and I have total sympathy for anyone who has lost loved ones due to conflict.

Every different horse has a different personality, like a human.

I play my best when I'm enjoying myself. So whoever I play against, I try to have fun.