Vlade Divac Quotes

The true value of sport is more than the skills that young people learn.

I'm a better and more educated person because of basketball.

And it was a great experience, you know, to travel the world and compete at a certain level. It teaches you discipline, focus, and certainly keeps you out of trouble.

The sport in Scouting is to find the good in every boy and develop it.

You must relate athletic experiences to life.

I probably got more out of sports in high school than I did out of classes.

Basketball has given me so many opportunities, and it's something that's opened the world to me and allowed me to travel really all over the world.

Football helped me build confidence on and off the field and taught me to grow through moments of success and disappointment.

Sports not only build better athletes but also better people.

Being a lifelong athlete, I am a firm believer that I am who I am today because of sports. Not only did it give me structure and a solid foundation, but it gave me a sense of failure and how to overcome failure.

It's not always about getting better on the basketball court. This game teaches you how to become a better person as well. It pushes you into the team concept.

The whole AFL experience was important for me not only as an athlete but as a person.

Championships are mythical. The real champions are those who live through what they are taught in their homes and churches. The attitude that 'We've got to win' in sports must be changed. Teach your youngsters, who are the future hope of America, the importance of love, respect, dedication, determination, self-sacrifice, self-discipline and good attitude. That's the road up the ladder to the championships.

I want to improve as a football player, but even more importantly, I really want to improve as a person.

I'm very passionate about the use of sports in young people's lives to build self-esteem and self-discipline and self-confidence. It's been a big thing for me.

I used to play basketball and I was pretty competitive, but I was never a bad loser. I never got angry. For me it was always about doing my best and devoting myself to a challenge.

Scouting rises within you and inspires you to put forth your best.

Sport fosters many things that are good; teamwork and leadership.

I wouldn't trade those 10 years for anything. The Navy taught me a lot of things. It molded me as a man, and I made a lot of wonderful friends.

We're all about trying to teach the kids life through basketball.

I used to get stressed out all the time when I thought winning was important. I wanted to try to win and help my kids win. Once I figured out it wasn't about winning or losing, it was about teaching these kids about being men, that's when I started to relax.

Football changed my life and it gave me a platform to get out my aggression and it gave me a sense of value.

My sport taught me what I could do with my talents, whether in the rink or in the rest of my life.

I'm glad that I ran track in high school. I think it paid off.

When I first started playing team sports, I was a little too sweet for my own good. I'd be in tears because I wasn't doing well. But the healthy competition really toughened me up.