Vlade Divac Quotes

I love passing. I really do. And I try to get my teammates easy stuff.

I've always dreamed about playing for a team that's unselfish.

Basketball is the opposite of selfishness, basketball is solely about giving and sharing and caring for one another.

Football is a team game, and I just want to function as part of the team.

Once you work for your team-mates and help each other - thinking about them before you think about yourself - it always works out.

Football is an honest game. It's true to life. It's a game about sharing. Football is a team game. So is life.

Football is mesmerizing, because it's a figurative war. You go in one direction till you get there, but you get there as a team, not as an individual. Players bond whether they're black or white, much as soldiers do.

It's hard to get people to overcome the thought that they have to take care of themselves first. It's hard to get players to give in to the group and become selfless as opposed to selfish.

Being able to play together, we're going to motivate each other; we're going to help each other out. I think it would be something special.

As a QB, it's a team game, and you're all out there in it.

We know that if someone is in a better position than you to score, you have to give him the ball.

We play with guys who don't care who scores the most, who rebounds the most... We play with guys who genuinely want to win.

I enjoy sacrificing myself for my teammates.

As a football player, I don't play for the individual.

The only thing I think about is helping the team, respecting all my team-mates, not being selfish.

I want to help my team-mates as much as possible.

The thing about football, man - it's a team game.

I don't worry too much about scoring. I worry about the assists.

A team is not made up of isolated individuals. Always stay in the game. Don't be passive. Football is a team game. No one plays alone. Success depends on your whole team being a single unit.

I think team sports probably teach you more about giving - about being unselfish and being flexible.

Within an ensemble, like in sports, if you do your little job, it makes everybody look good.

I'm not a person or a selfish player, but we have to move the ball more, and we have to look further the team game, because we have enough talent to use different players.

There can be a lot done if you are not so particular about who gets credit for it.

The word that best sums up this team is sacrifice.

Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates.