Darko Miličić

"My experience in the NBA was a catastrophe, because I’m a born winner. I don’t like losing, even in card games."

"It’s all funny to me. I finally get a chance to play and starts taunting me and daring me to fight. Why would I need that? I didn’t understand half of what he said. I mean, he's been there 20 years an…"

"I said okay, but just not Memphis. Anywhere but there. And, of course, I went to Memphis."

"It is not necessary to judge and ridicule when, thank God, you have not passed the path that I have. To them, as always, I wish everyone good and every honor on their careers and in further life a lot…"

"We are not kids, we are adults. I hope you are old enough to understand that life is full of ups and downs."

"I thought as a kid that talent was God-given, but it’s not. God gives you talent and you should use that talent with the real meaning of that word. I was stubborn. Maybe being young had something to d…"

"I kind of feel like Old Darko died. Like, when I think about myself, or myself when I was playing, I feel like I’m sort of thinking about someone who is dead."

"I’d do a lot of things differently now. It’s true I ended up on a team trying to win a ring, which rarely happens to a No. 2 pick, but in the end we’re all looking for excuses. I could say I didn’t ge…"