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| SAID ABOUT GALIS:
Michael Jordan: "I didn't expect to find such a good offensive player in Europe, and especially in your country" (after a friendly match of the greek national team against the UNC Tar Heels). Drazen Petrovic: "I would like to play in the same team with Galis so that I could pass him the ball and let him score"! Arvidas Sabonis: "I have the impression that if Galis wants to make a basket, he will score, no matter what his opponent does. He's always determined to succeed". Sergey Belov: "He's a great player and I admire him. Nobody in Europe can stop Galis. I never expected that a short player like him, could cause nightmares all night to the whole team of the Soviet Union" (after the final of the european championships of 1987, between Greece and the Soviet Union). Alexander Gomelski: "Galis is the basketball player of the 21st century". Bob McAdoo: "What we suffered today against Aris and Galis, has never happened to me before. Not even in a game against the Celtics" (after a euroleague game between Aris and Tracer Milano in Thessaloniki). Alexander Petrovic: "Drazen is my brother, but I vote for Galis" (answering of whom he believed to be the best european athlete in 1987). La Gazzetta dello Sport: "Galis is a white clone of Michael Jordan". Bill Manon (Galis' manager in the USA era): "I admit that I was wrong about Galis. He's a great player. He could easily one of the bests in the NBA". Audi Norris: "I've seen a lot of great players in my life, but what Galis did today, I bet only two or three players can do in the entire world" (in a game between Barcelona and Aris). Giannis Ioannidis: "Whoever is in the basketball busines in Greece, should be paying a special tax to Galis". George Amerikanos (greek basketball legend): "The man is a computer! He knows what, when, how to do everything he does. I've never seen a player with so much self confidence. If he's certain, he can shoot the ball from centre court, having five players being on him, and all of his team-mates waiting under the basket with nobody around them". If he was next to me in AEK, we should wait for decades to lose a game"! Ruud Harenvain (coach of dutch team, Den Bosch): "I found a way to stop Galis. We'll lock him in his room in the hotel where he stays in, so that he won't be able to come to the court". Woicek Kraiowsky (coach of polish team, Lech Poznan): "I gave my players special orders about how we could defend against four players of Aris. For Galis we just made prayers". Antonio Miguel Diaz (coach of the national team of Argentina): "Come on, tell me the truth. Galis is with you. Where have you hidden him"? Thomas Mauros (greek soccer legend): "Galis starts where human fantasy ends". Pierre Diao (ex coach of the french national team): "I saw Galis as a nightmare all night long. Thankfully I woke up and remembered that we won" (after a game between the national teams of Greece and France, where Galis scored 43 points). Kostas Rigas (greek legendary referee): "I see it like the end of a wonderful fairytale" (after Galis declared the end of his career). Anestis Petalides (greek legendary coach): "Gentlemen, write down whatever you want. I don't care. But watch out, because one day you're gonna lick where you spit at, right now. Galis will one day prove that ONE can beat FIVE" (after Galis' first game in Greece). |