Top 681 Quotes & Sayings by Serbian Authors - Page 3

What would happen if an angel appeared before the American president and told him there was no more need for war? Everything would collapse.

Every season, I get better and learn new stuff.

It's good for basketball to grow.

When you have heartbreak, what's important is that you don't go halfway. Go all the way down. Don't take pills that keep you in limbo. Cry out all the feelings. Then your own energy for life will put you up again. You become stronger.

I don't like to lose, and all Serbians are pretty much the same.

I had beautiful years with Southampton - great club, great people, great supporters - and I'm very proud of my four years.

It's always easier if you have the support of your family, if you're not alone. I came from a country that has been through a lot of troubles in the last 20 to 30 years, but we have been through them together.

Defensive midfielder is my position and I have to be focused on that role.

My job is to score goals.

I started moving towards Serbia when I felt my country, Yugoslavia, was being taken away from me. My feeling of nationality was not as strong as those around me who were attaching themselves to these absurd new entities.

It gives me goose bumps and little butterflies in the stomach when I start thinking about the 'golden slam.'

Kobe's legacy is definitely one of the best players to play this game ever.

I like baseball.

I think luck falls on not just the brave but also the ones who believe they belong there.

I made some choices that weren't right in the past. It cost me in terms of my confidence and everything.

I think, in every person's life, you have ups and downs. You learn so much about yourself, sometimes even more, in the down times. Unfortunately, I had to go through it in public, which was not easy.

If you do performance and music, it's not performance as music.

One actor in my life is enough, and that's me. With actors, it's too easy to go into this world of complaining. Someone will always be better, richer, more loved, do more work. Those dynamics don't interest me.

I am in my best position in the middle of the 4-2-3-1.

The Serbian people are very kind. Sometimes life is ruthless, and you have to show character. But come to Serbia and see how friendly everyone is; then you'll change your mind.

I could have gone down a very different path, but my parents would not let me give up football.

I always play football in my team, and I know that if you play too much long ball, then it's difficult.

I always keep my makeup really simple.

Oh man, I am so happy when I get to dribble the ball.

When I come home, I always look in the mirror and I want to see where I could do better, where I can improve.

I invite you to leverage Serbia because we have talented young professionals who are multilingual, highly educated, and willing to work for competitive wages.

I'm quite an emotional person. I cry a lot. I do not like conflict, so if I have an argument with my parents, I'll often cry. I become too emotional.

We must lift ourselves for every challenge we face, no matter who you are playing - and that applies especially to the national team.

I was a big fighter when I was younger. In bars I was ready to explode and fight.

In the Champions League, everything is possible.

Had someone from Serbia flown a 'Greater Serbia' flag in Tirana or Pristina, it would become an issue for the U.N. Security Council.

The fans really know basketball in Sacramento. They knew when we really needed their support and they were a big part of our success here.

I don't enjoy playing against Shaq.

I am a simple guy, most of the time I am with my family, my wife and my son. I like to be with them and they make me happy.

If you don't try something, you never know.

You never know where the future will take you.

It was my dream for a long time to play in the NBA. When I was drafted, it was a challenge for me. I decided to go and see where I was compared to the best players in the world.

I started playing in school. Lots of kids in Yugoslavia play basketball.

We'd fight a lot. But I think all brothers do that.

From the very early stage when I started doing performance art in the '70s, the general attitude - not just me, but also my colleagues - was that there should not be any documentation, that the performance itself is artwork and there should be no documentation.

My road to publishing actually came through a colleague who connected me to my agent, and the faculty at Cornell was very supportive.

Well, I do feel that I carry the responsibility of representing my country wherever I am, and this responsibility came with the success that I had in last couple of years, not just myself but the whole group of tennis players that comes from Serbia. And athletes in general are, in this moment, the biggest ambassadors that our country has.

I never wanted an independent Bosnia. I wanted Yugoslavia. That is my country.

The game of basketball brings people together. It really doesn't matter where you are coming from. It's a game all of us love.

I was watching tennis on TV, and between games, they were showing a commercial for a tennis school. I wrote down the number, gave it to my mom, and said, 'This is what I want to do.' She thought it was a joke, but I was very stubborn, and I kept bringing it up.

If you say morality is just what you like, you lose the metaphysical level of what in the history of philosophy is called 'categorical imperative.'

I try to score in every game, and I don't feel sorry for anybody.

There are a lot of people who don't trust in me, so I just try to make them wrong.

I like dark subject matter. I'm not sure what that means about me!

I mean, if I could score 40 every game, then I would score 40 every game. But I think I cannot score 40 every game, so I'm gonna pass a little bit, too.

The rookie game, those guys are going to be All-Stars one day.

I just want to improve myself.

My relationship with Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is very clear: respect. We met a couple of times; once I received a medal from him. I respect hugely how he brought Russia back from its knees.

Well, I tried to play defense. But when they did call a foul on Shaq, I tried to make sure they called a foul.

I tried to go to Kosovo to establish a statue to commemorate those who died during the wars, and to discuss moving on, so we could move into a new era. But I was banned from there.

There are many times I don't feel like going to work out, but I know if I do, I'll feel better.

I think throughout your whole career a player can improve.

I know my teammates better than opponents know them. If I can see my teammate in one moment, I know where he'll be in the next moment. I don't need to see him again.

I'm a big fan of 'Deadpool,' and Rob Liefeld masterpieces are among the other great comic creators and characters.

I am very interested in place, and the influences of place on characters.