Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Tobias Harris
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Last updated on November 21, 2024.
I listen to all types of music. I listen to a lot of hip hop, but I also listen to pop and house music. I really, really like smooth jazz.
You can never stop learning as a basketball player and it's my goal to keep growing every day.
We been in the streets protesting for years about police brutality.
The best players in the league: LeBron, Carmelo, KD, Westbrook, people will say that they suck. People are always going to say something, so you really can't buy into all of that. And that's why I try to sometimes deviate from social media because - not that it gets to me, but sometimes it's all just wasted energy.
I need to continue to grow as a player and as a person and continue to work as hard as I can. That's what I'm going to do; I'm not going to stop working and just continue to work hard.
To give back during a holiday where it's all about giving and being thankful - I've always been blessed to have a meal on my plate during Thanksgiving - and to spread that feeling to someone else's family, it's special. This is something that is truly important to me.
Most of the time what I am reading is leadership books, books on the mind and a lot of deep stuff about spiritual stuff and Christian stuff. So most of my free time is spent reading. I try to read 1-to-2 books a month.
As a mentor, you have to be willing to put yourself in your mentee's shoes to understand their struggles that they deal with. It's not supposed to turn into a pity party by any means, but empathy speaks volumes to a mentee in need of help rather than forced sympathy.
I love the life that I live, I love being who I am, and waking up every day and trying to better myself each and every moment I get. I'm happy for that. I'm blessed.
That's important when you're on this NBA journey, in different cities, playing, competing - to really enjoy the whole thing.
My father is a hell of an agent and hell of a businessman.
There are a lot of hard-working parents out there for whom it is hard to support their families during Thanksgiving.
You understand in this league that if you don't win, everybody's stock tumbles.
Being a 19-year-old in the NBA is a dream come true.
Some people say that I need to take a break and relax a little bit, but basketball is all that I know. This is what I've grown up doing and when I call my mother and my father, they talk to me about the game. It's just embedded in me and it's pretty much all I care about.
I know the work that I put in the offseason correlates to the season.
Any time you get guys who are super professional, we call them pros' pros.
You can be yourself, you can speak up for what you believe in, and if some people don't like it, it is what it is. Not everyone's going to agree with you.
I've been an underdog my whole career.
I would say one of my favorite books is 'Blood Brothers,' a documentary about Malcolm X.
I listen to some Justin Beiber. I'm not going to lie about that.
Honestly, I just needed some guidance my rookie year. I needed to know what to wear, and where to find stuff. It took me like three years to find jeans that fit me!
Each and every day I truly wake up, I'm thankful to have a life and be alive. I'm thankful to do what I do.
It's been amazing to me every day just putting on that Team U.S.A. gear. That's the team that I used to watch as a kid on NBA TV and now I'm a part of it! It doesn't get much cooler than that.
For police officers who commit this violence, there has been no accountability. Cops are supposed to be held to a standard of conduct, but they always get the benefit of the doubt, inherently. They act like we ain't supposed to question nothing.
I'm about dialogue, and I'm always willing to talk.
I pride myself in helping people in the community however I can.
Obviously winning's important for me, star players are important.
Obviously I've been traded around, but at the same time I know my game, I know what I bring to the table and I know what I'm looking for as a player.
A lot of people don't know, when I was a young kid, I couldn't stand when the teacher would call on me to read something, especially out loud.
I met Michael Jordan as a kid. I train with George Gervin also, so that's a big thrill as well. I've learned a lot from him.
I do not like giving my money away.
That's a good feeling when you can really just focus on basketball, focus on your role, on how you can help the team.
You can't please everybody; everybody knows that, but at the same time all you can do is control what you can control and that's going out there as a player every single night and giving my all.
Defensively, I'm comfortable playing the four.
I always root for the underdogs. That's my whole thing.
A lot of young guys, I'm just trying to show them the way, make sure they have successful careers and I'm having fun doing it.
From being my coach as a kid, and starting his own AAU team for myself and my brothers to play... my father was a father figure for a lot of people I grew up with. We've done amazing things together. It's the type of father-son bond that nothing will separate us.
I want to win and I want to win more than anybody.
Moving from one team to another is part of the game now. It's rare for one guy to be on one team his whole career.
My thing is to put all my faith in God and embrace every moment I have.
In any professional sports, in general, the community and the team go hand and hand.
I had very good vets that took me under their wing, so I just want to be sure I give the same thing back.
Trust takes a lifetime to build, but only a moment to destroy. When looking to build a genuine connection with a mentor, you can simply partake in shared hobbies or activities the mentee or mentor is into, exchange stories, or partake in trust-building workshops together.
I always try to make sure that the workspace that I'm in - the NBA, there's highs and lows - but I always make sure that I never let the highs and lows truly determine my true happiness as a person.
Britton Kelley is the best strength coach I've had in my life - he's probably the best in the country. He has really transformed my body and really made me a lot stronger. A lot of guys he has trained are in the NBA.
I believe you have to learn how to win. And that just doesn't come from going out on the basketball court and playing. That comes from hours and hours of preparation, preparation before that game, preparation for the other team you are playing, mental preparation.
When I came into the league, I was very politically correct, because I didn't want to step on anyone's toes. Now, I've gotten to the point where I know you don't have to be like that.
All of my coaches, from high school to AAU and college, helped me learn and get better.
I've been in situations with different team. I could fit any style.
I just try to bring every situation I'm in to God.
All I want to do is win.
My sisters play ball. My older brother, he's in my ear. My younger brother, he's in my ear. Critiquing me on my game. That's who I mostly pay attention to.
As athletes, as people, the way we're looked at in the community, and through kids, we're looked at as role models. The more we can use that to help build better relationships, to help people get along better, we have to acknowledge that and we have to go and do our part with that.
You only live once, so why not try to take full advantage of everything?
We really want our kids, and our youth, to understand that one, knowledge is power, and two, you don't have to be shy about being educated, and being ahead of the learning curve.
I'm able to take myself out of the celebrity bubble and the profile that I'm at, and look at what black people are going through around the country.
Every opportunity I get, I just try to take advantage of it, embrace it and take everything in.
I like looking at Carmelo Anthony and what he does on the floor. I also like Luol Deng; I think my game is similar to his.
I just play the game the best that I can and all that I can control is today and where I am.
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