Quotes from Vlade Divac

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

I had a beautiful life as a basketball player.

Winning begins with culture and character matters.

Throughout my professional basketball career, I have always voiced my patriotism for my native land.

I play for peace and love.

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 left my home, and it was the most beautiful country in the world in my eyes, and I was always happy in the summertime to go back. And then suddenly, the civil war starts, and you just worry first about your family and friends, and then an entire nation.

I don't know what is flopping. I think Derek Fisher does a better job of that than I do. It's taking a charge. It's for the refs to decide.

Basketball is like life and life is like basketball. It's just a game. So lets play the best we can while we are still here with love, compassion, selflessness fairplay and supporting each other to be bigger and better human beings.

I loved the fans here in Charlotte. They were very basketball-educated, very supportive of the team.

I am not going to play basketball because I have to play. I am going to play for fun.

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 don't drive Yugo anymore, I drive Porsche.

I just think positive and positive things usually happen.

When I decided to come to Sacramento, all my friends thought I was crazy. They said they still have cows and sheep around Arco.

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

I was taller than most of the kids. When I started playing basketball, my coach put me at point guard. Europeans do that sometimes.

It's a team game. I feel happier when I pass the ball than when I score.

I had to earn the respect from everybody, from referees to opponents, but my teammates, they saw some European guy coming here and I had to prove myself. Luckily, I proved myself, but with big help from the entire Lakers organization.

Sacramento and the Kings organization were always in my thoughts and I often dreamed of having a role in helping our amazing fans realize the ultimate NBA prize.

As athletes and pro sports franchises, we have the responsibility to use our platform to affect positive change in the community. I take it seriously.

In any profession, you can't reach the top without loving what you 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.

Playing basketball taught me the value of determination and teamwork.