Vlade Divac Quotes

I've also always known that I wouldn't be playing for the N.B.A.

I remember as a young player I had this dream of playing in the NBA.

If I make it in the NBA or wind up playing overseas, I will be at peace.

My dream was to be in the NBA. I wasn't really focused on being a star player on a team. I just wanted to make it to the NBA. I've been blessed for the opportunities to be in the Finals, been in the playoffs ever since I've been in the NBA.

Every time I'd ever stepped on a basketball court, AAU, middle school, high school, I always thought about the NBA.

I've always wanted to make it to the NBA and be on a team, so whatever team drafts me I'm going to be happy with.

My thing is, I want to play basketball, I would enjoy playing in the D-League, but at the same time I don't want to take an opportunity away from a young guy to get exposure. I'm still thinking about it.

If someone were to ask me before I made the NBA, you going to have to go through all this, you're going to have to sign your soul away to play in the league, I still would have done it.

I always wanted to be a Sixer... I always wanted to finish my career as a Sixer.

If you know people around me, even in college, I was confident, but the possible thought of making it to the NBA was crazy.

For me, when I was in high school, that was my ultimate dream, was to make it to the NBA.

All I wanted to do is coach in the NBA. I didn't want anything to do with college basketball.

I'm blessed just making it to the NBA. That was my first goal and dream. Playing with Kobe and Shaq and for a coach like Phil Jackson, and then going to play with guys like Jordan and Jerry Stackhouse, it's just a crazy experience.

People don't understand how hard it is to get to the NBA and that's where I want to be.

I had never dreamed about the NBA like some guys did. I was a non-scholarship player at an NAIA college. I played on the Boys and Girls Club team in my freshman and sophomore years of high school before I made the high school team. I was our backup center in college.

I won at every level - all the way since I started playing the game of basketball at nine. I've won at every level, won championships at every level. And, you know, it won't be fulfilled until I win at the highest level.

I knew I wasn't going to play for the NBA.

The NBA wasn't a big deal at that time, so it wasn't really in my career plans.

I'm going to be honest, playing in D-League games is tough.

I knew I could hang on in the NBA, but I wasn't going to play.

Obviously, I'm not chasing the NBA.

Getting to the NBA really helped me personally on a lot of levels. I liked it so much that I wanted to stay there.

I know I can play in the NBA, and I can be a very good player in the NBA.

Every person that's in the NBA should experience playing in New York at least once in their career.

At first, I was thinking about just getting to the NBA, just watching the NBA, being one of the All-Stars in the NBA.