Nikola Vucevic Quotes

Nikola Vucevic

Profession : Basketball Player

Birth : October 24, 1990

When you lose and you don't play well, you feel like it's even more of your responsibility.

Nikola Vucevic

There are many ways you can impact the game, screening and doing other things that I can to just help the team.

Nikola Vucevic

I love soccer and I've always been a fan of players who stay with their teams for a long time.

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I just think there's something special about staying with your team for a long time and fighting through the ups and downs. Then, when good things happen the feeling is better because you fought through the downs.

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When you get to be in a city for a long time, you get to know the people, know the team and know the fans and that makes it more special.

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Wherever I go in Orlando, people always are nice to me and say, 'hi' and want to talk to me. And when they yell, 'VOOOOOOCH!' in games I love that.

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I always love playing in front of fans; when you run on the court and there are 20,000 people supporting you, there's nothing like it and it's an amazing feeling.

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I just feel like I'm an established player now, I've been around a long time and my teammates respect me for the way that I play. So, when I do say something, I think they are going to listen to it and respect it.

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I think it's important that you pick the right moments and that you don't just bark all the time. And you have to have something behind you and not just say things because you think you need to talk.

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You can always get better and there's no age limit where you can stop getting better as a player.

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Consistency is important and you can build off that. The best teams in the league are the ones who had consistency with players and coaches.

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Especially when it comes to a close game, you want to jump out there and do whatever you can to help the team.

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That's really the only thing that matters to me - what you've done as a team because basketball is a team sport.

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All of the individual honors are great, but there's nothing better than winning as a team. Even your individual awards are much better when you win.

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It's disappointing when you put in a lot of hard work and it doesn't really pay off the way that you want it to.

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It's sometimes hard to separate yourself from basketball when you go home from practice or games.

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I've had a great family, great parents, sister and with my wife, I was lucky to meet her at a young age. She stuck with me through the long distance, so that was great.

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My job, I've made it as far as I can and have gotten to the highest level.

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People always told me the first time you see and hold your kid that it's crazy emotion, and it is. It's hard to put into words.

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When I was a kid and my dad played, I always wanted to be like him and it might run in the family.

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