Top 75 Quotes & Sayings by Dion Waiters - Page 2

I was just really excited for the city of Cleveland. I think the city, more than anybody, deserves this. They deserve to have LeBron coming back.

You stay sharp. You go back into the gym. You work, put that work in, get that conditioning up, you lift. You pretty much know as a pro athlete what you need to do to get yourself back. But none of that, for me, means as much as playing.

I'm very confident in myself.

One of the things about K-Love, he knows I pass the ball.

When you're young, you're still trying to find yourself coming into the league. I think Bron was trying to help me with that, but I was so stubborn back then.

Every time something is going good, going great, there's always something that happens to remind you of reality.

The stuff I've seen and lived and survived. Gun to my head, cops coming to your house. I had the confidence of telling myself that I'm going to make it. Everything I've been through, I could've had a mental breakdown, but I kept it together. If I didn't have that confidence I wouldn't have made it. That confidence has nothing to do with basketball.

But I think a lot of guys need to branch off from home for a while so you can figure everything out, learn how to take care of off-the-court issues so when you do go back home if you decide to, the transition would be easier.

Work on your game. Block everything else out. Don't worry about your brand. Work on your game. So you can come into the league ready and prepared.

I'm used to having the ball, man. So, not really having the ball in my hands... it's just me trying to find different ways to impact the game.

What do they want me to do, get lipo? I'm just big boned. There's nothing I can do.

It killed me being on the bench and watching my teammates play. I wanted to be out there helping them win. But that gave me more motivation.

I was so locked in. At one point I remember thinking, I'm not going to be a father, boyfriend, friend, whatever. I'm here to play.

When I get the opportunity to get the ball, I've got to destroy my opponent.

When I do get in the game, just getting me going. How do you get me going? If that's running plays or things where I can impact and get going. But once I'm in the flow, I'm in the flow. It's hard to get me out of that.