75 Quotes by 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.

I lost three cousins and a best friend, and they all came at the wrong time. Everyone told me to be strong and that they were in a better place. But I didn't want to hear that. They were gone and I will never see them again.

I'm used to having the ball, man. So, not really having the ball in my hands... it's just me trying to find different ways to impact the game.

It killed me being on the bench and watching my teammates play. I wanted to be out there helping them win. But that gave me more motivation.

When I do get in the game, just getting me going. How do you get me going? If that's running plays or things where I can impact and get going. But once I'm in the flow, I'm in the flow. It's hard to get me out of that.

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.

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.

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

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