Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Kyle Lowry - Page 2

You have to make yourself happy.

We'll do anything it takes to win a basketball game.

I think my family is one of the most important things in my life because they are the people I provide for and the people that believe in me the most.

I have never been a recruiter. It won't ever happen.

Being able to provide for me and my brother and my family, that's pressure.

I've always been second fiddle, man, to everything. Everything. But I never believed that I was lesser than this person, that person, anybody. I always thought I was on the same level.

My kids know who I am on the basketball court, but at the end of the day, it doesn't matter about the basketball. I am their dad, and that is all that matters.

I'm going to represent my country the best I can.

I want to make sure my family is happy.

It's like 'Pay It Forward.' Everyone has seen that movie. If someone teaches you something that helps you in your life, why not pass it along and help the next person?

You have to be able to wake up every day and be happy with what your decision in life is, and that's why I never recruit.

My family, my wife, my kids - they love me no matter what is going on.

Our brotherhood in the NBA is really tiny, and we really all appreciate and support and want each other happy.

Our fan base in Toronto is crazy. Every single night we sell out. The fans come there and support us and they do a great job of coming out cheering loud and showing their passion and electrifying the building.

I had to grow up, but I think I've grown up a lot. I think I'm handling myself well.

My mother and brother made me strive to get good grades and get through school.

I know what I wanna be and what I don't wanna be, which is an absent parent. I wanna be hands-on.

It was probably 'Contra' - 'Contra' was the game that really got me into video games.

You're not just playing for one city in Toronto, you're playing for Vancouver, Montreal, Edmonton.

We understand it's a 48 -minute game and for us it's always win or go home and that's what we do.

If you start worrying about your shooting percentages, you start not taking the shots you know you can make. You start worry about taking shots because you don't want to mess up your percentage.

I expect a lot. And, I hold my teammates accountable and they've got to hold me accountable.

Nah, never relaxing, I'm always working.

I grew up in a horrible neighborhood.

I believe I had an unfair reputation. If people think I was a bad kid, I was a bad kid to them. But people close to me know I'm not.

We just play, man. We go out there and we fight no matter the situation.

As long as my team wins games, who cares what people say?

For me, I'm still going to shoot the halfcourt shot if I can. I don't worry about my percentages too much. It's about winning games.

From Rick Adelman to Kevin McHale, it was a big difference. Things are a lot stricter with McHale, and with Rick, things are a lot different, offensively, defensively. You go from being successful as hell with one coach and being comfortable with the coach to, yes, I was really successful with Kevin McHale, but I just didn't do it the right way.

I probably gave up on my dad when I was born.

I love my teammates and I'll go out there and play for them, and that's who I play for every night.

That's a big thing for me, being a guy that upholds himself to a high standard.

I want a ring. That's all that drives me. I want to just get better, I want to have fun, I want to win a ring.

My job is to get my shots up, to come to work, to watch film and get out of there. I don't get into the management and coaching side, that's their job - that's what they get paid for.

The advantage of playing in Toronto is not playing for one city, you're playing for a country.

Canadians are all over the world. When they get a chance to support their team and show up, they've been doing it.

You grow up rough, you think differently. You think you've got to protect yourself at all times. I didn't want any help. I thought I could do everything by myself, which you can't.

Going through rough times will only make me and my team stronger.

I'm a wuss. I'm a pushover and a wuss. But it's worth it. And that's the joy of being an NBA player. Because I can go out on the court and be an animal, be a beast. I ain't a pushover. But when I go home when I'm with my family, my friends and my wife and my child, I'm just Dad and a husband.