je bilo lako zadržati veru u sebe. / “The final... just as we an- nounced. With everything we’ve been through, keeping the faith in ourselves wasn’t easy.” 8. NIKOLA JAKŠIĆ, 17. 1. 1997, NOVI BEOGRAD ∙Kad je bilo najteže, držali smo se zajedno samo nas 13 i mi- slim da je to glavni razlog. Uzeli smo to zlato, hvala bogu. Ali pre svega, ovaj moj najstariji kolega, 40-godišnji Miloš Ćuk, pričao je pre mesec i po dana da ćemo 11. avgusta uzeti zlato. / “When things were at their toughest, we stuck together, just the 13 of us, and I think that’s the main reason. We took that gold, thank God. But before everything it was this oldest col- league of mine, the 40-year-old Miloš Ćuk, who said a month and a half ago that we would take gold on 11 th August.” 9. NEMANJA UBOVIĆ, 24. 2. 1991, VULJAGMENI ∙Drago mi je da vam je izgledalo lako. Nama nije. / “I’m glad it looked easy to you. It wasn’t for us.” 10. NEMANJA VICO, 19. 11. 1994, PRIMORAC ∙Stvarno mislim da neko odozgo to gleda. I sam žreb, i sve kako se namestilo posle ovakve grupe gde nismo dobro igrali. Srbija i s verom u Boga, nema šta drugo. / “I really think some- one’s watching from on high. Both the draw itself, and the way everything unfolded after such a group, where we didn’t play well. For Serbia and with faith in God, there’s nothing else.” 11. PETAR JAKŠIĆ, 20. 7. 2001, RADNIČKI ∙Od kada sam se sreo sa sistemom trenera Stevanovića, s kojim sam sarađivao najpre kroz juniorsku, a zatim i seni- orsku reprezentaciju, znao sam da možemo do najviših ci- ljeva / “Since I came across the system of coach Stevano- vić, with whom I collaborated firstly through the junior national team and then the senior one, I knew that we could achieve the highest goals.” 12. VIKTOR RAŠOVIĆ, 13. 8. 1993, PANATINAIKOS ∙Postali smo olimpijski šampioni u Parizu – u gradu u kome sam igrao dve sezone i to sa rođenim bratom. Sa njim sam stigao tu, čekali smo taj trenutak, verujte – čitav život… / “We became Olympic champions in Paris – the city where I played for two seasons, and did so with my own brother. I made it there with him, believe me when I say that we waited for that moment our whole lives...” 13. VLADIMIR MIŠOVIĆ, 15. 9. 2001, C. ZVEZDA ∙Mnogi me pitaju vidim li sebe negde „preko“. Ako situacija u Srbiji ostane ovakva kakva je sad, nikad ne bih otišao. / “Many people ask me if I see myself going somewhere “abroad”? If the situation in Serbia stays like this, I would never leave.” Oni su vaterpolisti Srbije i trostruki uzastopni olimpijski šampioni They are Serbia’s water polo players and three-time consecutive Olympic champions
1. RADOSLAV FILIPOVIĆ, 19. 8. 1997, RADNIČKI ∙ „Ministar odbrane“. Dobar nadimak, sviđa mi se! / “Minister of defence”. That’s a good nickname. I like it!” 2. DUŠAN MANDIĆ, 16. 6. 1994, FERENCVAROŠ ∙ Moram da zahvalim i Noletu, koji je došao da poseti olimpij- ce. Svi smo bili u sobi, razmišljali, ušao je na vrata i održao go- vor od srca. / “I must also thank Nole, who came to visit the Olympians. We were all in the room, thinking, when he walked through the door and gave a heartfelt speech.” 3. STRAHINJA RAŠOVIĆ, 9. 3. 1992, RADNIČKI ∙ Osećam se kao Bog, i svi mi. Čudo smo uradili, tri finala i tri zlata na OI. Srbija je mala i ovo je za našu Srbiju i sve nas. Ovo će nas lansirati u orbitu. / “I feel like God, and we all do. We performed a miracle, three finals and three golds at the Olym- pic Games. Serbia is small and this is for our Serbia and for all of us. This will launch us into orbit.” 4. SAVA RANĐELOVIĆ, 17. 7. 1993, VAŠAŠ ∙ Dve godine smo radili do iznemoglosti, ispadali na neke glu- posti, neiskustvo. Sada se sve vratilo. / “We spent two years working to total exhaustion, fell due to some nonsense, inex- perience. And now it’s all paid off.” 5. MILOŠ ĆUK, 21. 12. 1990, NOVI BEOGRAD ∙ Ja sam 2016. godine propustio finale zbog povrede. Osvo- jio sam tada zlato, ali sam verovao da će doći ovaj dan kad će mi se ispuniti želja da odigram finale. Ovo je ostvarenje sna. / “I missed the 2016 final due to injury. I won gold back then, but I believed that this day would come; that my wish to play in the final would be realised. This is a dream come true.” 6. NIKOLA DEDOVIĆ, 25. 1. 1992, VAŠAŠ ∙ Kod nas nema ništa novo, sve po starom. Radili smo jako, verovali smo u sebe kad niko nije verovao. A mnogo puta ni- je niko verovao. / “There’s nothing new with us, everything is as it was before. We worked hard and believed in ourselves when no one else did. And there were many times when no one be- lieved.” 7. RADOMIR DRAŠOVIĆ, 22. 7. 1997, RADNIČKI ∙Finale... baš kao što smo najavili. Kroz šta smo sve prošli, ni-
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