The person who I admire is one of the best Croatian and Europian basketball player Drazen Petrovic. He was born in Sibenik and he started to play basketball with his brother Aleksandar.
I don't know a lot about him but the most important thing I know is that story about his persistence. Once when I was said and disappointed in myself my father told me story about him. Well We all know how the great player Drazen was but however great he was he always after his trainings staid alone in the gym and he was shooting on the basket about two hours. So after he became one of the best European player he went to America to play in NBA.But the problem was that when he came there, there was a many players like him and maybe even better. So in the beginning he was sitting on the bench on the matches while in Europe he was playing for almost the hole match.
He became a little desperate but he didn't give up. He again started to be alone in gym after ever training and he was shooting on the basket but now for even four, five hours. He wanted the perfect shot. After hard trainings he again started playing for almost hole game.
He won the many titles ACB most 3PT field goals made by an individual and he was one of the best 3PT shooter in the hole NBA.After he died in the car accident the hall world was said about him. The day before he died he played his last game for Croatia. Petrovic was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.
He is my best basketball player because all his life he played basketball with hurt and he didn't play basketball because money, he played basketball because he liked that sport. This story taught me that if we are good in something we had never give up. We always need to improve our talent and made him better. In this moment maybe there are many people better than us but the most important thing is that after hard working that we are satisfied with ourselves.
