Peja Stojakovic
Peja Stojakovic
Predrag Stojaković, also known by his nickname Peja, is a Serbian retired professional basketball player and is currently the director of player personnel and development for the Sacramento Kings and the general manager for the Reno Bighorns, Sacramento’s NBA D-League affiliate. He also holds Greek citizenship...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth9 June 1977
CityPozega, Croatia
basketball goes good played season team
We haven't played good basketball all year. Hopefully, we will play better as a team as the season goes on.
soccer bigs my-future
I thought soccer was my future, but I got too big.
basketball hard-work thinking
The basketball skills I have, I've got because I work hard. When you work hard, I think you don't have to be afraid of anything.
moving guy energy
From the time I started playing, I've always been the high-energy, never-stop-moving guy.
care focused ignore playing
We have to be focused on ourselves, but we can't ignore the other teams. If we take care of our business, we should be OK. We're playing better, but we can still improve.
came house individual lost
We lost the series. You can't look at individual stats, ... You've got to give them credit. They came to our house and stole one.
focused key stayed stops throughout
We made key stops and key baskets and stayed focused throughout the game.
almost home magic reason winning
Unbelievable. He is averaging almost 20-20 every night. He's the reason why the Magic are winning at home.
lead nice quarter third tough
We had a nice lead in the third quarter and we let them back in. It was a tough game.
eight energy expect focus four full game last minutes points seven turn
We can't be down seven or eight points in the last four minutes of the game and expect to turn things around. The energy and focus have to be there the full 48 minutes.
ball good missed moved quarters shots third took tried
Yeah, we did get a lot of good looks, especially in the first half. We missed most of those shots and they took advantage. They moved the ball well, especially in the first and third quarters when we tried to make a run. We got good looks, we just couldn't make them.
cannot eight energy focus four last minutes seven sudden turn
We cannot be down seven or eight in the last four minutes and all of a sudden turn things around. Energy and focus has to be there for 48 minutes.