Dion Waiters Quotes

Dion Waiters

Profession : Basketball Player

Birth : December 10, 1991

When you're young, you're still trying to find yourself coming into the league. I think Bron was trying to help me with that, but I was so stubborn back then.

Dion Waiters

I was so locked in. At one point I remember thinking, I'm not going to be a father, boyfriend, friend, whatever. I'm here to play.

Dion Waiters

What do they want me to do, get lipo? I'm just big boned. There's nothing I can do.

Dion Waiters

The stuff I've seen and lived and survived. Gun to my head, cops coming to your house. I had the confidence of telling myself that I'm going to make it. Everything I've been through, I could've had a mental breakdown, but I kept it together. If I didn't have that confidence I wouldn't have made it. That confidence has nothing to do with basketball.

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I think playing is the biggest thing for me. I don't think practice can help me.

Dion Waiters

You stay sharp. You go back into the gym. You work, put that work in, get that conditioning up, you lift. You pretty much know as a pro athlete what you need to do to get yourself back. But none of that, for me, means as much as playing.

Dion Waiters

I was just really excited for the city of Cleveland. I think the city, more than anybody, deserves this. They deserve to have LeBron coming back.

Dion Waiters

When I get the opportunity to get the ball, I've got to destroy my opponent.

Dion Waiters

One of the things about K-Love, he knows I pass the ball.

Dion Waiters

But I think a lot of guys need to branch off from home for a while so you can figure everything out, learn how to take care of off-the-court issues so when you do go back home if you decide to, the transition would be easier.

Dion Waiters

Work on your game. Block everything else out. Don't worry about your brand. Work on your game. So you can come into the league ready and prepared.

Dion Waiters

Every time something is going good, going great, there's always something that happens to remind you of reality.

Dion Waiters

Especially the young kids who don't have any guidance, just stuck on trying to be a tough guy or trying to be a gangster - there are different ways out there to better yourself. You just need the right guy out there to push you.

Dion Waiters