Quotes from Vlade Divac

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

If the NBA wants me to be somebody who can say, 'It is flop or not?' I'll do that for free. For fun.

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

Wins heal everything.

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 am thankful to the Kings organization, all the Kings fans, my family and all the people who supported me throughout my career.

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.

I like geography. I think I know every country in the world. If someone from another country plays for my team, I will know where he is from.

It's always a good feeling when you can help instead of just receiving help.

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.

The year when I left my country, there was still peace. The year after, the war broke out, a lot of people lost their homes, lost their families. When I go back 20 years later I still find people living in refugee camps. So I tried to help them find homes.

You have so many players all around the world in the NBA, a lot of different generations. If you don't take basketball as a tool in your life, you can get lost. I know a lot of teammates, a lot of players that had a great career and after that career, they just get lost.

First of all, I would love to see people remember me as a good passer, not as a good flopper. But flopping was, in some period of my career, a part of my game, especially against Shaquille O'Neal. It was the only way I could try to stop him. And I did well, I guess.

Being a role model was part of my life and I could either ignore it or take responsibility. I chose to take it.

The people of the Balkans are like a dysfunctional family. We may fight and argue, but in the end we are family.

It was a lovely story that I finished my career with Kobe, with somebody who I was traded for. I have a lot of respect for the guy. I think he's definitely, by far, the best talent that I ever, ever played with.

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

Thank God there was no yellow card in basketball because I would get a red card every game.

In the early '80s there was a big gap between the NBA and the international game and when we started making our careers here in the NBA, obviously, we became better players. When we used to play each other on the international level, that gap became smaller and smaller.

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

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.

Whatever you see in games, Kobe demands more in practice.

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

I'm happy that I helped basketball develop; I was trying to help basketball be the world's most popular sport, to bring people together from all over the world, it doesn't matter the background. We are all the soldiers of basketball.