Top 681 Quotes & Sayings by Serbian Authors - Page 2

We always project into the future or reflect in the past, but we are so little in the present.

It is sometimes better to stay with the same team... for stability.

I admire Roger Federer, not only for his tennis but also for his personality.

In soccer, you don't want to see anybody get hurt.

I am a really nice, quiet guy.

Imagine a part of the U.S.A., from which the U.S.A. started - where is the cradle of your history? This is Kosovo for Serbia.

I try to be professional and do my best, and that's it.

Every movie that I do, if you analyze the stories, you can notice that in each story, that within the movie after the first 15 minutes, it could fall apart. Or every 10 minutes it has the chance that you lose the thread. On the other hand, if you succeed in putting them together, then the movie looks spontaneous and more like cinema.

Sometimes I score, sometimes I don't, so people are here to judge, but I know my qualities, and I try to give everything to win and help my team-mates.

It's really tough in the NBA.

I just want to win; it doesn't matter what it takes.

I've reached the 50th year of my life, and now every question related with life also includes thinking about death. When I leave, I want to leave to my offspring a clear idea about identity.

The entire aim of my work is to elevate the human spirit. We can put the human spirit down so easily.

Yes, I believe stories are very important to all performances. The life story of the performer shapes their work, and the life stories of the audience alter how they receive the work, what they read into the performer.

We are constantly under lots of pressure, so I take lots of time to recover and do all the things I need for my body to be in the perfect state to compete the next day.

To be honest, if we're underdogs, we like it; if we're favorites, I like it. It's something that you cannot let affect you.

I had some problems in the past when I made some stupid mistakes and got some stupid cards, but I learned a lot from this, and I know now how to calm myself down.

My mother and father had a terrible marriage. They celebrated their wedding anniversary one year with their friends. Why did they celebrate? Maybe because they had lasted so many years without killing each other.

I love to run. It's how I clear my head.

There is no actor in the world with such talent and charm that could play Deadpool as well as Ryan Reynolds. Working with him was a fantastic experience, and his ideas and suggestions helped me out a lot. It was just great fun to work one-on-one as Deadpool and Colossus.

Just like in life, when you play basketball, you have to give in order to receive. On the court, you're not only making things move along by giving the ball, but you're also giving your physical and mental strength, your passion, your talent, your trust in your teammates. This way the power can multiply and the whole team wins.

I believe the artist has an obligation to society.

I do no writing while I'm in Belgrade visiting my grandma.

Once you are on court, it doesn't matter the way you look. It doesn't help you win points.

I watched Magic because of his passing, and Hakeem because of his post moves.

I'm sure my life after basketball is, hopefully, going to be even better.

With Serbia, there will always be pressure. We are the kind of players and people who do not know how to live without pressure. Even if we play against Brazil or some of the other bigger countries, we think we are better than them. That is the way we are. People expect us to beat the big teams, and we have plenty of pressure from within.

I embraced, I think, the process of becoming No. 1 of the world, which was long and difficult, but it's sweeter in the end.

Everyone wants to be happy - people find happiness in different ways. While you want to pursue your career 100 percent, I think it is very hard to give 100 percent in something else. It's important to find this balance, and priorities change throughout life.

Well, the league is changing every year. It changed when I came. It changed before me. First of all, we have to be thankful for all those guys in the '60s and '70s. They made this league one of the best sports leagues in the world.

We are actually living in a million parallel realities every single minute.

When I first signed for Newcastle, I was still a boy.

I'm an in-control person.

For 10 years, Kosovo was taboo. No one could officially tell the truth.

Manchester is one of the biggest clubs in the world and I'm very happy because I am part of this great club, this great group.

Discussing economic reforms in Serbia is futile.

To really change the way society thinks, you have to give your entire being to it until there's nothing left.

In the mess of moving from place to place, I skipped two grades in the space of one year.

That's crazy when a guy scores 27 and it's bad.

In the defensive midfield position, the player needs to give balance to the team and try to control the game. That's exactly what I try to do.

When I came to New York for the draft in '89, they told me I should be like 10 and 15, and it didn't happen. So I was very disappointed, like, nobody wants me.

When I was a student looking at Leonardo DaVinci and all those guys - Italian, Dutch, or whatever - it's incredible how each piece of the painting fits to the main theme that they want to express.

Everything I heard about Southampton was nice, and I know that they want to play good football.

I think it's not just me. I think there is a lot of guys in the NBA that - just kind of big men in the NBA that can affect the game in so many ways.

The tradition in Serbia has always been team sports - football, basketball, handball, volleyball and water polo, individual sports are not supported.

When you leave a big club and go on loan to a small club in Holland it is not easy. But I am a footballer and I have to be professional about my job.

Those born into poverty or on the margins of society require our extra support to realize their dreams.

I'm a Yugoslavian who loves America - my kids are Americans, you know. They're always going to be half and half because they were born here and, I hope, live here, but they will always have a background of Yugoslavian. I'm still a Serbian, but with an American lifestyle.

The media and press can be relentless, especially with women. Personally, while I take pride in my appearance and enjoy the compliments, when I'm on court, it is all about my game.

Colossus' voice is not much different than mine, as Tim loved my natural color and range of voice, so we kept it and worked more on the Russian accent. The best note I received was to be authentic.

Vidic was a great player and one of the players where I look to be similar because he had a great career.

That's what Europe brought to the NBA: the passing skills, the shooting skills.

I just want choices. It's not about making money and having a lot of friends in Hollywood; that's the last thing I want.

My purpose is to make a movie to make you warm. To give you some heat. Now, this rational world has become a place where only what is cool is good. Do you cut the movie on the basis of the beat of modernity or the basis of the beat of your own heart?

That is my style of play, my strength: hold up, playing with my back to goal.

Artists should never think of themselves as an idol. Fame is a side effect of one's work.

You know, in each segment of ex-Yugoslavia, multi-ethnic life is lost, except I think we somehow still have this in Serbia.

I am always positive.

Away from football, it is just family. I try to spend time with my kids - I have to spend a lot of time away, so every time I am at home, I like to spend time with them.

The Serbian people certainly will never be an obstacle for the Montenegrins to have their own country.