Dion Waiters Quotes

Dion Waiters

Profession : Basketball Player

Birth : December 10, 1991

Summertime where guys played pickup, we got a thing in Philly called Summertime Rec. In that summertime you can't duck no smoke. You can't duck nobody in that basketball vibes.

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I can one-on-one, mano-a-mano, BBQ chicken, I don't care.

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Everybody from my childhood growing up had to have that confidence, that self-will. Go out there and do something, be something, prove that you're gonna be more than this.

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My mom got shot. My dad got shot. Some of the craziest stuff. All that happened to me.

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People are gonna like who they like, there's nothing you can do about it. Just go out there, do what you do best, play your game and try to become a better person on and off the court.

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My mom lives with me. She lives with me, yeah. I'm a mommy's boy, you know.

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You've got to wake up and perfect your craft, every day, and at the end of the day, you know, you get the star power, magazines, photos shoots, but you've got to say humble, you've got to stay grounded.

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That's just my motto I live by, humble and hungry.

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What's crazy is, my whole life I been a leader. I'm not a follower.

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I just want to be respected.

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I'm working on everything, especially staying balanced when I shoot the ball. That's the biggest thing, as well as taking good shots within the offense.

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I don't play for social media.

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The Internet is a lose-lose situation.

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Yeah, I blew up. But people don't see the other side of it. They don't talk about how I played on a broken foot. They don't know about the everyday grind.

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At the end of the day you have got to do what's best for you and what's best for your family.

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You know, I wake up every day with a T-shirt and shorts on.

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I learned how to be a pro, I learned how to win, I learned about building relationships with your teammates; it goes beyond basketball. I pretty much learned everything I know from OKC.

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I believe the Thunder believed in me. Of course.

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Every night is not going to be your night, I understand that. But I learned how to impact the game other ways and I think my defense, my playmaking ability is surprising a lot of people.

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I've had an amazing experience at Syracuse University.

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