Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Kyle Lowry
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Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Golf is a whole different sport, a whole different challenge, everything.
I don't mind being a second fiddle. I don't mind that. I don't care whatever happens, whatever helps my team get a championship is what I want to do. Whatever helps my team win is what I want to do.
I didn't play in indoor gyms until I was 12... Hitting the floor on concrete - it ain't easy bouncing up from that. It makes you tougher.
My freshman year, I was such an immature kid and I didn't know what to expect, I didn't know what I wanted or what I could do or what my abilities were off the court.
I love being an All-Star and continue to want to be an All-Star because that just shows you my talent and who I am. But I've always been a team player.
People say I'm a natural leader, but I just go out there and do my job and do whatever it takes to win; that's what comes with being a leader, those are the sort of things I've done as I've tried to grow into a leader and I'm just going to continue to do them.
You've got to be able to go out there and do the small things. I went to Villanova, and I didn't start my freshman year until the last two games of the season. And I think that continuously not being 'The Man' helped me as an individual be able to say, 'Listen, what else do you need me to do?'
I want to support the communities that support me.
I think the one thing about Kawhi is he literally stays level-headed all the time, he never gives up, he never gets down.
I personally want to be in Toronto.
We gotta play hard and leave it all out there. Dive for lose balls, take charges, just do whatever it takes to win the game.
In the playoffs, all eyes are on you.
Whatever I need to do, I'm doing it for my team.
There is a sense of frustration because we are losing games that we know we are capable of winning.
It's always special to be an All-Star.
My rookie year, we used to play all the time, literally play 'Call of Duty' all the time, because it was like all of the younger guys on the team would get into the communication with the headsets and talking trash.
I think every player hits a little bit of doubt. But if you are strong, you are supposed to be strong mentally because that's our job and you know what you can do. So you are like, 'A'ight cool, I'ma be all right. I'm going to figure this out.'
My job is, as a player, to go out here and do my job.
I understand that every day I have to be a leader on and off the court.
Free agency is free agency. I love when NBA players get paid.
Personally, I take it really seriously and it bothers me when I don't play well.
The game of basketball has been amazing to me, to my family.
Thank you to the wonderful Raptors fans across the NBA, especially in Canada! I am amazed by your passion for our team and the support you have given me.
Gregg Popovich is one of the best coaches in the history of the NBA.
It's about being a better player today than you were yesterday.
If you from Philly, you ain't a Villanova guy. Villanova is the suburbs. That's all you know about Villanova.
I want to be that consistent all year. I want to play the same way all 82 games. I want to be consistent every night.
Everything I do is criticized, scrutinized, sometimes praised. Everything is always looked at like hey what's next. It's made me grow a much thicker skin.
To be able to know kids one day will want to be like me, I hold myself to a super high standard.
When I give back to the community I don't do it for anything except because I want to give back to the community.
I would be a very demanding coach. I wouldn't yell and scream, but I want players that want what I want. And that's why I couldn't coach, 'cause I know how hard it is and I know how hard I want you to play. But everyone's not going to do what I want.
I don't want to be a guy that's just out there to be out there; I want to play and contribute.
I get paid to do a job that I love to do, so I'm going to go out there and give it my all every night.
I don't count no one else's money. I want everyone to be taken care of and be able to take care of their families and be successful.
It's cool to make the playoffs. It's not cool to lose in the first round anymore. The goal is to make the Finals.
I think everyone is just expanding, with the centers shooting 3s. I think that just opens the floor up a lot more. A lot more shots are going up, a lot more freedom of movement. It makes it more of an exciting game.
Game 7 is what you play for. It's what you work for.
When I see a play one time, I've got it. When I see it twice, I master it. When I see it three times, I know where the loopholes are.
Me being a veteran presence, I want to see all my guys be successful.
I do play with a chip on my shoulder. That's who I am. That's how Philadelphia basketball players are raised.
I know I can shoot when I want. I know I'm going to have the ball. It's about seeing what the team needs at that time.
I've always been a guy that's worked hard, and I think the coaches see that.
I believe that every single game in the Playoffs, round 1 to Eastern Conference Finals, every single game is a different game.
Go out there and play hard, understand your teammates, understand the other team's gameplan, understand your coaches' philosophies and what they want you to do. There's nothing better than showing, though; more than talking, you have to make your actions speak louder than words.
I'll never be satisfied with where my game is. I always think I can get better.
I was always in good shape.
In this world, and all the things we have going on, we're all human beings.
Sometimes when your coach draws something up, you just kind of go with it.
Bringing a championship to the city of Toronto and the country of Canada has been one the best things I've done so far in my career, and I'll push for that goal every single year I play this game.
We have to stay focused on every possession.
The regular season doesn't matter.
Growing up, there were not many people I trusted. There are stories for days about how my attitude was. A lot of it's true. A lot of it's not true.
If you drive right, and your big is standing to the right, dish and keep going to their big - you grab an arm, maybe pull - so that they can't contest. You only get called for it once in a while.
To have a high basketball IQ, I think you have to be unselfish, but also selfish at the same time. To be able to say, okay, I know this is going to work, so let's do it.
If you go to a team that's fighting for a playoff spot, you just want to fit in. That's all you want to do. Go in with an open mind and let yourself take it in.
At the end of the day, if I become an All-Star, it's because of my teammates.
I don't have a crew. I have a small family. I never let anybody from the outside in, because I didn't want anybody to say they did anything for me down the line.
We have to let our defense dictate our offense.
I understood even in college, when you win as a team, everyone gets their own accolades, individual accolades.
I just go out there and try to help my team win no matter what.
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