Bulgarian basketball player Alexander Vezenkov admitted in an interview to BTV that he sacrificed everything for the opportunity to compete in the National Basketball Association of the USA and Canada (NBA).

„I sacrificed everything for the NBA – friends, family, comfort, a club with which we won everything, a team of amazing friends with whom we hear every day. I made the right decision, no matter how difficult it is for me now. You have to try, you have to to see how far his powers extend. That’s what I do every day here in the NBA,“ says Vezenkov.

„The NBA for me is a test, an experience for which many players would like to be in my place. I enjoy it, I’m glad that I’m living this dream come true and I’m trying to help my team,“ he added. writes focus-news.net.

„When you are used to playing 30-32 minutes and when a lot of things depended on you, when you were the person who decided the matches of your team, then it is very difficult mentally to get used to the new role. But the sooner you do, the easier and better you will play.

Other things are required of me here and I have to do them 100%. It’s more business here, everyone comes to do their job and then looks to the next game.

You have to stop thinking about what happened last night and focus on the next game. Today you may have played for 20 minutes, tomorrow you may not play at all. Unlike in Europe, there is almost every day a match here. In 14 days we have 8 matches. You don’t have time to think about what happened, only what’s next,“ said Vezenkov.

„It is a great joy for me to see Bulgarians at my games here in the NBA. To see Bulgarian flags in the stands. This support gives me strength. The good thing is that basketball has entered people’s homes again. I am grateful to everyone who supports me .And to those in America and to those in Bulgaria who sacrifice their sleep to follow my matches.

This has been the best year of my life, except for 3 seconds. We were 3 seconds away from winning the Euroleague. I still think about those 3 seconds and what happened in the final against Real Madrid to this day. But for me there is one important thing that I am truly grateful for and that is the health of my loved ones and my family. I wouldn’t trade him for anything else, nothing else matters, except for us to be alive and healthy,“ he also stated, after which he gave advice to the young:

„It’s not easy. It takes a lot of work, a lot of hardship, and in the end not all of them will become basketball players. They need patience and be ready to sacrifice things for an uncertain result.“

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