“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 get a proper chance, but that’s simply an excuse; it’s up to a young player to prove himself, work hard and wait for his chance. My approach was completely different. As a No. 2 pick coming from Europe, I thought I was sent by God, so I got into fights, got drunk before practices, spiting everyone, but I was spiting myself.”

—  Darko Miličić

As quoted in "Ex-Piston Darko Milicic admits to getting drunk before practice" https://www.mlive.com/pistons/index.ssf/2017/03/ex-piston_darko_milicic_admits.html (15 March 2017), MLive
2010s

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