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Zoran Moka Slavnić (1949) Odbojka sa životom / Volleyball with the life

4 Jul , 2021  

Možda se mnogi ne sećaju Mokine i Kićine odbojkesa Rusima u finalu evropskog prvenstva 1977, ali ja sam tada sa petnaest godina dobio svog šampiona i to se do danas nije promenilo. Osvojio je sve što se moglo osvojiti i sigurno jedan od naših najvećih košarkaša. Među mnogim velikanima je kući slavnih, ali nalazi se i među 50 najboljih igrača ikad, izbranih od strane FIBA . U svakom slučaju on je i u „mojoj kući slavnih“, ne samo zbog igranja već zbog načina života. Za razliku od mnogih košarkaša koji su završili karijeru koji su  se suočili sa raznim zdravstvenim problemima Moka je nastavio sa redovnim fizičkim aktivnostima i pravilnom ishranom. Verovatno je to glavni razlog zašto izgled kao mladić iako je u osmoj deceniji. Dogodilo se da nam se taj deo života preklapa. U isto vreme ujutru vežbamo na „25 maju“, a nakon toga često kupujemo voće kod istog prodavca. Napravio sam njegov portret ispred Bajlonijeve pijace,  i koristim ga na mojim predavanjima iz sportske medicine. Činjenica  da većina poznatih ljudi danas priča, a ne radi ono što priča ih čini prolaznim uzorima. Moka je, eto, u svojoj osmoj deceniji i dalje uzor nekom u šestoj, samo ovoga puta igra odbojku sa životom.

Many people may not remember Moka’s and Kica’s volleyball with the Russians in the final of the European Basketball Championship in 1977. However, I got my champion at the age of fifteen, which has not changed to this day. He won everything that he could win and certainly one of our most outstanding basketball players. He is among the greats of the Hall of Fame, but he is also among the 50 best players ever, selected by FIBA. He is also in “my house of fame,” not only as a great player but also because of his way of life. Unlike many basketball players who ended their careers who faced various health problems, Moka continued with regular physical activities and proper nutrition. Those are reasons why he looks like a young man even though he is in his eighth decade. It happened that that part of our life overlapped. At the same time, we practice in the morning on the “May 25” sports complex, and after that, we often buy fruit from the same seller. I made his portrait in front of Bajloni’s market and regularly used it at my lectures on sports medicine. The fact that most famous people today talk, and do not do what they speak, makes them passing role models. Moka, in his eighth decade, is still a role model for someone in his sixth,  because he is still playing “volleyball” now with the life.


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