​From Drazen Petrovic, to Alexander Gomelsky, the unbeatable Michael Jordan, the giant Arvind Sabonis and Wojciech Krajowski, the verdict was the following: they called him the devil, Jordan stressed how he didn't expect such a player to exist in Europe and even called him a 21st century player.

Drazen Petrovic: "If I am the son of the devil, then Galis is the devil himself."


Alexander Petrovic (coach): 'Drazen is my brother, but I voted Galis as the best athlete of 1987'.


Alexander Gomelsky (coach): "Galis is the player of the 21st century. I take my hat off for him".


Antonio Diaz Miguel (coach of the Spanish national team in 1990 before the match between the two teams): "Come on, cut the crap. You've brought Galis with you, but you're hiding him from me."


Arvydas Sabonis : "If Galis wants to score a basket, he will score it no matter who the opponent is"


Michael Jordan: "I didn't think there would be such a good forward in Europe and especially in Greece"


Bob Makantou: "I saw Galis do things that weren't even happening with the Lakers and Celtics"


Wojciech Krajewski (coach of Lech Poznan): " I told my players that we were going to mark the four Aris players and we made our plans. For Galis we made our prayers".


Ruud Harrewijn (Netherlands coach): "I know one way to stop Galis: lock him up in the hotel!"