"One was scratching himself, the other was rubbing his nose, another was whispering something into the ear of his co-athlete, a fourth pushed his hands into his pockets … Not one of our Olympic competitors was singing the national anthem; no one held a right hand over his heart," he writes. "This picture reveals much about us, Serbs, about our lowest point of our national consciousness.
„Unul se scărpina, altul îşi freca nasul, altul îi şoptea ceva la ureche colegului său, un al patrulea şi-a băgat mâinile în buzunar… Niciunul dintre concurenţii noştri la Olimpiadă nu a intonat imnul naţional; niciunul nu şi-a ţinut mâna pe inimă”, scrie acesta. „Această imagine spune mute despre noi, sârbii, despre cât de puţin înseamnă conştiinţa naţională.