"At that moment, I remembered how proud I was to receive my first youth national team call-up, all the feelings with a gold medal around my neck at the FIBA U20 European Championship 2004 in Brno. I remembered becoming a member of the national team under coach Ales Pipan, not being able to participate in the battle for medals in EuroBasket 2009 and the privilege of playing in the historic EuroBasket 2013 at home."