Top 391 Quotes & Sayings by Cameroonian Authors - Page 6

I stick at things, will always push myself hard, and little by little, I'll get to where I want to be.

It wasn't like I came in and was like, 'I'm going to be a starter.' That was never in my head. It was always about, like, 'I can make sure I come and I'm better and I can handle the ball and I can shoot and I can defend. And, if I can do those things, I will play.'

The Process is never going to end. It's an ongoing thing. I don't think it's ever going to stop. As I have explained before, it's a process for making it to the playoffs, it's another one to make the conference finals, another one to actually go to The Finals and win the championship.

There is nothing more valuable than to be healthy and to have the hope of living a better day tomorrow.

I think that I've always represented self-empowerment, you being your best cheerleader, you always affirming yourself. I've always been about empowering people. It sounds very cliche in a way, but it's not.

I had always wanted to do a show of girls of color, a show that showcased diversity.

Chelsea is a fantastic club.

I've always had fun in Miami.

I'm able to guard multiple positions, switch and pick and rolls, guard from two to four and be able to help my defence out and rebound the basketball, block shots.

I think all of us want to work and get paid what we are worth.

I've never thought about leaving Anzhi since I came here. Not for a single second.

I don't really care about the friendships on the court. I got my friends. I got my family, which I'm close to. I got a couple of friends that I'm always around.

I am building a foundation in Cameroon, and it's not just about the sport. The goal of the foundation is not to make a UFC fighter. It's to help kids believe in their dream, to have a dream, to have a purpose in life.

At Barca, we always have an obligation to win and to do it in style for our fans in the stadiums and around the world.

I feel like racism isn't over.

I always thought that the U.S. was just amazing, and it was just a dream. I thought it was Heaven. Coming here a couple years ago, you know, the U.S. is still nice, but it's not like what I thought it was going to be.

I started liking basketball when I was 13, but I couldn't play because my dad thought it was too physical.

I'm from Cameroon, Central Africa.

I feel like when you call us drag queens, it stereotypes us. It puts us as labels and I feel like we are performers.

I feel like I am just an entertainer. It does not matter what form I take to perform and entertain. I think I deserve being called a performer because you don't call Tyler Perry a drag queen. You don't call Will Smith a drag queen and all the other mainstream artists who use the aesthetic of drag to entertain.

It would be great to win the Ballon d'Or, but first, I'm thinking about the team's interest and not my personal ones.

At the end of the day, I come from a culture and an upbringing where you create your own path. There is no seat at the table for you? You create your own opportunity.

Watching Ibaka and all those people. They were from Africa. They spoke French. They were kind of like me. That's when I began thinking basketball is something I can do.

When I look at myself, I'm not a big man - I'm a guard. I can do everything on the basketball court. You can name it - pass, post up, shoot the ball, bring the ball up, being a playmaker - so I'm excited to break that stereotype.

I have been to the States many times. What I enjoy most is the feeling of being undercover, that no one recognizes me. When I go to the airport almost anywhere in Europe or Africa, I am recognized.

You can go from starting to not playing at all. That's the league.

One night, I went out with my teammates. I don't drink alcohol, so I wasn't drinking. This girl walked up to me; she was talking to me. She was like, 'Why aren't you drinking?' I was like, 'I just don't drink. Alcohol is nasty.' She said, 'I might have something for you.' She went and got a Shirley Temple. Then I was like, 'Ohhh, OK.'

On stage, we embrace every ounce of ourselves, we celebrate who we are, we are honest and live our truth - and we inspire people to do the same.

It's about continuing to develop as a player and continuing to get better and that's something that I'm hoping to do every single year.

To be honest, I see more championships, I see MVP, I see so much more that I can accomplish. There's no reason to be satisfied.

When you're used to having nothing, the first time you have something, you get really focused. You know if you lose it, it may not be easy to get it back.

In college from my freshman year to my sophomore year, I always got better, and that's just my mindset.

You can have all the problems in the world, but you have to see out your mission.

I found social media was a way for me to open up and show the world who I was and also keep my name out there.

By God's grace and strength of my work, I've managed to build a respectable image that I use to serve both my continent and my country.

Having fun with family, playing video games, and listening to music calms me down and gets me away from the NBA world.

I don't let the fans rule my world and rule what I do, or how I do it, because as artists we give what we give and you receive how you want to receive.

Whenever you play football, you will always have something to prove.

I have the belief that all the qualified teams can create surprises at the World Cup and not just the traditional top favourites.

I do like to be shirtless.

I love being physical.

Having more freedom to bring the ball up and have the ball in my hands, just trusting me with the ball, that was one of the big things. My rookie year, I didn't have that. Just having that trust in me, just working and them seeing that I'm getting better at it, that I'm capable, that was kind of like a changing point for me.

In Europe, I always say that Barcelona and Real Madrid are the ones to look out for.

I was in the choir before. I don't know if a lot of people know that.

Nobody wins or loses a match; it's the team that wins or loses. You have to be looking to contribute towards the team goal.

I'm really not an injury-prone player. I just had that one injury that took, like, two years.

I think that people are taking our artistry a little more serious compared to when we started. They are of course fascinated and entertained by who we are as performers and what we do in terms of our artistry, but a lot of viewers identify with us as human beings. I think that that has helped change how people view drag.

I feel like I am the best defensive player in the league.

If one of my own makes a mistake, they judge us all. Tomorrow, if a white man in Africa makes a mistake, we should judge all white people? No!

I've been a role model in terms of discipline, and I have always been rigorous and professional.

When I was visiting schools, I wanted to go and see what they got. After my visit, I knew that Kansas was good.

Slowly but surely, we are acquiring that famous culture of democracy, which is our objective.

I feel like I have a lot of potential, a lot of stuff to show.

I think I'm a good offensive player, good defensive player. I do it on both ends of the floor.

Once you work hard, you're confident. You know what it takes. And you know the hours that you put in to have the results that you have.

My dad is a part of who I am, and he was a very hard working person and someone who worked to achieve his goals and make sure his family is straight and I always admired that. My mom worked so hard. I had two hard-working parents around me.

Everybody deserves to showcase their different talents and there's always somebody new you can tap into.

Sometimes, I feel like I'm lost. But I've always said that I believe in God.

I'm starting to figure it out - figure out my spots, where I should be on the court, where I'm most effective, and how I handle double teams - and it's paying off.

The worst frame of mind to be in is what the fans like or what the fans want, because then you lose the authenticity of who you are as an artist and who you are as a person.