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“I have an easy way to explain the war. It's a Croatian defending his country and a Serb attacking a Croatian country. With anyone who has a problem with understanding what's going on, that is the easiest way to understand it.”
“When my game is going well, everything gets much easier, offensively and defensively.”
“I am a basketball player. For me to sit on the bench at 21, 22, not what I wanted.”
“I would watch San Antonio play and see plays I recognized from the Russian team, the Yugoslavian team.”
“I never was anybody's guy. I always was myself.”
“My wife doesn't want to go. She says, 'I am your wife, I will do as a wife should.' But she is worried about what she will do in Chicago, all by herself.”
“I am not a prima donna. It's just that I feel cold on the bench.”
“There is nothing personal between Pippen and me.”
“Michael may be the biggest player in the N.B.A., but he's not the N.B.A.”
“Money-wise, I was probably the best player in Europe. It was safe where I was in Italy. But I wanted to play in the NBA to see if I could.”
“It was almost an accident that I got into basketball at all but fortunately it wasn't too late and I was able to be a part of a great generation for the sport.”
“War is not game. If you lose, you can be mad or sad two or three days. War makes you sad every day, every minute.”
“I shot millions and millions of shots, just wanted the ball and felt good every time I released the ball, especially in those last seconds of big games.”
“Those two months I didn't play didn't help me. But injuries are a part of basketball.”
“It was always a dream to come to the NBA.”
“The ultimate sports figure. The ultimate competitor. Great person. I consider him my friend. I wouldn't be that good if I was Michael Jordan.”
“When the confidence builds it is easier for the player to come into the next game.”
“Scottie was just a different character than Michael. He was more the soft side. Every once in a while he would explode, but he would help me. Michael on the other end was almost always aggressive.”
“I try to help people looking for food and money and clothes. I have done some radio transmissions here in Italy to tell people the truth about Croatia.”
“I actually played a lot of other sports - table tennis and soccer for a long time.”