Sarunas Jasikevicius addresses a question in a press conference about the absence of Augusto Lima, who wasn't present due to the birth of his child. Video: LKL
Do you know why? His mother gave up her position to play in the Olympics to give birth to him and care for him. Mad respect to his family. It's these things in life that last forever...
@MoralSingularity just a reminder that America is an immigrant nation. You love to beat your chest at how "GREAT AMERICA IS" without recognizing who makes up America. Want a specific sports example? You shoot down the value of an athlete because they train in America. Let's look at Gymnastics. Béla Károlyi (Hungarian: [ˈbeːlɒ ˈkaːroji]; born September 13, 1942) is a Romanian-American gymnastics coach. Early in his coaching career he developed the Romanian centralised training system for gymnastics. One of his earliest protégés was Nadia Comăneci, the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score. Living under the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu, Károlyi frequently clashed with Romanian officials. He and his wife defected to the United States in 1981. Since their arrival in the United States, Béla and his wife Márta Károlyi have been credited with transforming the coaching of gymnastics in the US and bringing major international success. They have both been head coach of the United States women's national gymnastics team, as well as national team coordinator for United States gymnastics at the Olympic Games. In total, Károlyi has coached nine Olympic champions, fifteen world champions, sixteen European medalists, and six U.S. national champions. Béla Károlyi was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1997. Béla and Márta Károlyi as a coaching team were inducted into the US Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2000.
I'm really glad the reporter asked this question because people tend to forget the important things in life. I saw this video in late 2017 for the first time but didn't understand it well. But I must tell you, yesterday my first baby girl was born and its exactly the way the coach explains it, you forget for a while about everything else as its the most beautiful moment in your life. The only thing you can do from then onward is to live up to it because sacrifice your wife is doing is something you can never pay up.
@@DerekReznik there is one person in this conversation that clearly has no idea - but it's not me, sorry youngster. I don't even want to talk about time, amount of pension, career opportunities and the like - just the physical integrity, which is never the same again after a child, is a huge sacrifice. Or do you think it's just "nine months" and that's it? Let's either talk again when you have kids or have ever talked to a woman. I have to bring my son to kindergarten again tomorrow, I don't need kindergarten in RUclips-comments. :)
All Lithuanians should be proud of this man and his accomplishments, both as a coach, player, and a human-being. As a Terp, I will always appreciate him.
Standing here with tears in my eyes... This. Was. Amazing. The birth of one's children is... undescribable. One has to experience it to fully understand. He hit the biggest nail on the head. Respect!!!
Joshua X He played for the terps in the 90's but only played a couple seasons in the NBA at the end of his career because of a good showing for his country in the olympics
It's Šarūnas 'Šaras' Jasikevičius, currently the head coach of BC Žalgiris, a Lithuanian and Euroleague basketball club. As a player, played in the NBA, 4-time Euroleague champion, 1-time Eurobasket gold medalist and 1-time Olympic bronze medalist with Lithuania, among other things. One of the best European point guards ever to play the game. And an extremely emotional, caring man, with a huge heart. He has made huge amounts of fans everywhere he played: Athens, Tel Aviv, Barcelona, his native Lithuania. Now he's started doing the same as a head coach and, apparently, as a human being too. :D
zybergis I loved his game, so calm and collected, just like his answer here. There are some maryland highlights on here, but more international highlights
The look he gives the reporter is gold, you can literally see his brain asking "is this guy seriously asking if it is normal for someone to drop everything in their life for the birth of their child?!?"
Coach, TRUE RESPECT. Nothing more beautiful then the sight of you kids being bron, healthy, and your familly being happy. Nothing in the world more important than that. Fuck all the death glorification that surrounds the world. Alle the best and God bless you.
Reporter: Coach, what do you think about Augusto Lima going away in the midst of a series to attend the birth of his child? Coach: What do I think about it? I allowed him to go. Reporter: But is it normal for a player to leave the team during the semifinals? Coach: Do you have kids? When you have kids, youngster, you'll understand. Because that's the height of human experience. Wow, that's a good question really. Do you think basketball is the most important thing in life? Reporter: No, but a semifinal is important... Coach: semifinal? To whom is it important? Reporter: The team... Coach: Which one? Reporter: Zalgiris Coach: Did you see the number of fans at the game? Important? When you see your first child, you will understand what the most important thing in life is. Come and have a chat with me then. Because nothing can be more majestic in the world than the birth of a child. Believe me, not titles, not anything else. Augusto Lima is now in heaven emotionally. I'm really happy for him. for the english speakers
Respect ❤️ Really Appreciate Jasikevicius This is human❤️💛💚💙💜 Little things lead to huge differences It affects the relationship between family members Hope everyone treasure your family💕
Thats why we in israel loved him so much!. He was always a gentelman and treated everyone with respect (except the gossip journalists haha). when he was living here
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This coach gets it.
SmarterEveryDay Did you get here from reddit?
Eyyyyy Destin love your videos, love from Lithuania
SmarterEveryDay eyy Destin 😊
A wild Destin appears! Love the show. :)
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Sarunas was a fantastic basketball player, but now i see that he is even better human being.
Salute from Serbia!
vladabas yes he was, I had the pleasure of watching him in college park playing for the terps, and he is an even better human being
@@andrewcavallaro6939 Go Terps! I saw him when I was a kid
True gentleman.
762 likes, no comments, seems legit
True RESPECT for this man
Look how many views NOT EVERYONE COMMENTS.
♥سوتابس بتتةؤيىت وبس ةؤسعتليسؤءذش♥تةرءءءءاﻻ
the look on his face. he can't even believe he's being asked. mad respect for this coach.
Do you know why? His mother gave up her position to play in the Olympics to give birth to him and care for him.
Mad respect to his family. It's these things in life that last forever...
Wow that's sublime
you can just see his face go from "ugh press conference" to "holy shit did that guy just say what the fuck i think he said?!?!"
priceless lol
Or "Are you fucking serious?" face.
0:04
When he said "wow, that's a good question, really", his face was like "Now let me teach you something, you lil' turd"
I wonder about that. It wouldn't be the first time a reporter set up a coach to knock down a rumor rather than just to respond to it.
Respect from Serbia
Kosovo is Albania
RATKO MLADIC!!!
Kosovo is Cornwall
Says the guy bashing a single man over the doings of his country.
Maybe we should hold you responsible for what your government does.
Note to self: Do not ask Sarunas Jasikevicius stupid questions.
True
@@justukas4801 Nu bet jei gerai paklausi gal isbegs dar i aikstele!
It was an amazing question. Humanity is losing this wisdom.
Just a reminder that this guy beat team USA by himself in the 4th quarter of the 2004 olympics
@MoralSingularity Yup :) He didn't though.
@@mp1335 He actually did lol
Chuck Norris he actually didn’t lmfao
@MoralSingularity just a reminder that America is an immigrant nation. You love to beat your chest at how "GREAT AMERICA IS" without recognizing who makes up America.
Want a specific sports example? You shoot down the value of an athlete because they train in America. Let's look at Gymnastics.
Béla Károlyi (Hungarian: [ˈbeːlɒ ˈkaːroji]; born September 13, 1942) is a Romanian-American gymnastics coach. Early in his coaching career he developed the Romanian centralised training system for gymnastics. One of his earliest protégés was Nadia Comăneci, the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score. Living under the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu, Károlyi frequently clashed with Romanian officials. He and his wife defected to the United States in 1981.
Since their arrival in the United States, Béla and his wife Márta Károlyi have been credited with transforming the coaching of gymnastics in the US and bringing major international success. They have both been head coach of the United States women's national gymnastics team, as well as national team coordinator for United States gymnastics at the Olympic Games.
In total, Károlyi has coached nine Olympic champions, fifteen world champions, sixteen European medalists, and six U.S. national champions. Béla Károlyi was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1997. Béla and Márta Károlyi as a coaching team were inducted into the US Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2000.
Do you have a link?
Huge respect to Jasikevicius.
Perfect response.
Mad respect to this coach. Wish for more of his kind. He knows and tells evwrybody what is the most important thing in life ❤
I'm really glad the reporter asked this question because people tend to forget the important things in life. I saw this video in late 2017 for the first time but didn't understand it well. But I must tell you, yesterday my first baby girl was born and its exactly the way the coach explains it, you forget for a while about everything else as its the most beautiful moment in your life. The only thing you can do from then onward is to live up to it because sacrifice your wife is doing is something you can never pay up.
"sacrifice your wife is doing is something you can never pay up."
Is she dying or giving a limb for the kid? No. Women don't live on pedestals.
@@DerekReznik you have no idea what you're talking about, right? :)
@@matthiasm.403 Please enlighten me to what women are sacrificing? Because you clearly have no idea what the word "sacrifice" means.
@@DerekReznik there is one person in this conversation that clearly has no idea - but it's not me, sorry youngster. I don't even want to talk about time, amount of pension, career opportunities and the like - just the physical integrity, which is never the same again after a child, is a huge sacrifice. Or do you think it's just "nine months" and that's it? Let's either talk again when you have kids or have ever talked to a woman. I have to bring my son to kindergarten again tomorrow, I don't need kindergarten in RUclips-comments. :)
@@DerekReznik bruh you’re just an incel lmaoo
Respect from Brazil.
All Lithuanians should be proud of this man and his accomplishments, both as a coach, player, and a human-being. As a Terp, I will always appreciate him.
Yeah, we are. Hell, i don't even like basketball, but what he sed hit hard.
I love how gentle he is in his response. He don't tear the man appart, just explaining him. Coaching him.
Makes me excited for the day I will become a dad. Goosebumps every time I watch this
Respect from Greece
Great player and great man .
dusko jankovic And great coach :)
I watch this for like five years and cannot get enough. ❤
This coach looks like a really tough and strict guy, but he says some really heartwarming things.
Respect from Poland!
@@hihihi1q23 good one i use that for my Polish girlfriend 👍🤣
Wow, this is a real man.
Respect from Poland too :)
And this is a true leader here.
What a beautiful and real response.
Respect from Mars.
can i come?
Is there weed legal?
Are you Janice from Accounting?
Janice, get down from there
Standing here with tears in my eyes... This. Was. Amazing. The birth of one's children is... undescribable. One has to experience it to fully understand. He hit the biggest nail on the head. Respect!!!
Respect from Germany!
The way he looks astonished by such question is priceless :')
Best answer ever
Saras, you are the man! Your players must be proud to have a coach (who was also a great player) like you! Huge respect from Hungary!
Great coach.
GR8Coach
Respect from Brazil!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Respect from South Korea.
Respect from Serbia, from another basketball nation🇷🇸🇱🇹
Good to know the human soul is alive and well in Lithuania!!! Thanks Coach!!!
Respect from Slovenia. He played with Union Olimpija, dream team and role models for life.
What a great man!That's why everyone loves him..
Respect from Argentina!
This man knows what's important in life. RESPECT to you, Mr Jasikevicius.
Respect from india.. Awesome
Wow powerful!
What an answer.
Dam I remember this dude. He went to University of Maryland. This dude was a great player.
joe momma He was one of the best in europe, he played for Barcelona and in NBA for pacers
@@bsjsbsbsjk9059 he also had a great career in Panathinaikos
And now he is labelled as the top coach in Europe
and Lietuvos Rytas
he played for PACERS...... but at the endf he playeed FOR ZALGIRIS
I don't even know this man but I love him. Instant fan.
Joshua X
He played for the terps in the 90's but only played a couple seasons in the NBA at the end of his career because of a good showing for his country in the olympics
It's Šarūnas 'Šaras' Jasikevičius, currently the head coach of BC Žalgiris, a Lithuanian and Euroleague basketball club. As a player, played in the NBA, 4-time Euroleague champion, 1-time Eurobasket gold medalist and 1-time Olympic bronze medalist with Lithuania, among other things. One of the best European point guards ever to play the game. And an extremely emotional, caring man, with a huge heart. He has made huge amounts of fans everywhere he played: Athens, Tel Aviv, Barcelona, his native Lithuania. Now he's started doing the same as a head coach and, apparently, as a human being too. :D
+joe blow *in the 2000s
zybergis
I actually had to look it up, he went to Maryland from 94-98, played with Joe smith and Keith booth.
zybergis
I loved his game, so calm and collected, just like his answer here. There are some maryland highlights on here, but more international highlights
I love this coach!!
Respect
Agree 100%. Titles and promotions are important, but nothing is more important than your family. The older I get, it becomes more clearer!
I respect the man for not going off on the journalist and explaining it.
A true leader.
happy that the reporter asked this question...so you could really hear that from the coach and the way the way he said it!!! Respect from India
co za mądry człowiek...przykro, że coraz mniej takich ludzi. szacunek
This chokes me up every time. Well said, Coach.
What a legend
respect 💛💙 from istanbul Fenerbahce
Wow. Powerful words.
I am crying when I see this video. Love from Turkey!
Bravo re magka Sara!!!
Fantastic Sarunas Jasikevicius. Great talk about what it is really important
Full RESPECT FROM ESTONIA, i hope one day we have guys like Saras to admire!!!!!!
I would like to shake his hand, that was awesome!
The look he gives the reporter is gold, you can literally see his brain asking "is this guy seriously asking if it is normal for someone to drop everything in their life for the birth of their child?!?"
Respect from Fenerbahçe...
utmost respect for this man here, having his player's back without hesitation
That's my man! Respect!
My son was born 2 weeks ago, so much respect for this statement.
Chris Hall congrats bro welcome to fatherhood
Šaras is not only the best basketball professor on court but also - a HUMAN
Coach, TRUE RESPECT. Nothing more beautiful then the sight of you kids being bron, healthy, and your familly being happy. Nothing in the world more important than that. Fuck all the death glorification that surrounds the world. Alle the best and God bless you.
This kind of answers restores my faith in humanity. Respect (from México).
that's all the motivation a team needs right there. good man.
this is so uplifting. I would hope all management would be so understanding and grateful, knowing how important family is
A Jasikevicijuse, legendo! Objasni kvazinovinarima kako se postuje porodica!
He said it perfectly. The height of human experience. Nothing more majestic than the birth of a child.
What a great person!
WOW.... i Suddenly wanna learn the language to hear what he says as majestic as what he says.
What a legend.
respect from indonesia
Who can not like this video..
Respect
Respect to Sarunas. Basketball is passion and job but child is love. If everybody would understand this it would be great.
Respect from armenia
Respect for this guy, RESPECT!
you will always be in the heart of fenerbahce fans saras... we love you... great sportsman and great gentleman!
Coach of Fenerbahçe its a honour to got him Herr now
Just wow. What a perfect response.
Reporter: Coach, what do you think about Augusto Lima going away in the midst of a series to attend the birth of his child?
Coach: What do I think about it? I allowed him to go.
Reporter: But is it normal for a player to leave the team during the semifinals?
Coach: Do you have kids? When you have kids, youngster, you'll understand. Because that's the height of human experience. Wow, that's a good question really. Do you think basketball is the most important thing in life?
Reporter: No, but a semifinal is important...
Coach: semifinal? To whom is it important?
Reporter: The team...
Coach: Which one?
Reporter: Zalgiris
Coach: Did you see the number of fans at the game? Important? When you see your first child, you will understand what the most important thing in life is. Come and have a chat with me then. Because nothing can be more majestic in the world than the birth of a child. Believe me, not titles, not anything else. Augusto Lima is now in heaven emotionally. I'm really happy for him.
for the english speakers
thank you!
thanks idiot we have captions
@@Qornv captions are added after this comment idiot 😉
Badass man, thanks!
@@Qornv Shut up fucko
Respect from Morocco!
I don't even like basketball but this guy is awesome.
What a boss
Good man. Bonus points for explaining the situation like a gentleman, instead of simply chewing the journalist out.
Respect ❤️ Really Appreciate Jasikevicius
This is human❤️💛💚💙💜
Little things lead to huge differences
It affects the relationship between family members
Hope everyone treasure your family💕
Thats why we in israel loved him so much!.
He was always a gentelman and treated everyone with respect (except the gossip journalists haha). when he was living here
Damn this guy is smart
This made my day! This gentleman understands life. I have so much respect for him.
100% Sarunas, true athlete, but family first.
Good for the coach and congrats to Lima.
Im a young dad (2m boy) and when someone wants to “educate” me about similar topics or something, i show this video whats REALLY important in life.
Never saw this before... MAJOR Kudos and respect to this coach who gets it!
Hats off to him!
Absolute Respect!