165 Quotes by Dwight Howard

Always look at what your goal is. Understand that there are going to be days when you feel like crap. There are going to be days where you feel like “I don’t want to do this” but you’ve got to understand what you’re doing it for.

I’m trying to earn everything given to me. I play hard and I want guys to remember that when they play the Magic they have to face Dwight Howard. And when you face him you have to get after it.

I’ve decided to become a member of the Houston Rockets. I feel it’s the best place for me and I am excited about joining the Rockets and I’m looking forward to a great season. I want to thank the fans in Los Angeles and wish them the best.

I would never, ever desert my child. A lot of my friends didn’t have fathers growing up, and they were very upset that their fathers weren’t around. I was lucky to have mine around.

I’m not a nest-egg person.

I do a lot of exercises where I’m so tired that I’m not supposed to do the last rep. What that does is it teaches me that no matter how far I am, how hard I’ve fallen, I’m never out of the fight. I just take that with me every time I’m in the weight room.

The hardest thing to do is to trust people. Even if you know them from way back when, it’s hard to trust people. There’s a lot we have to deal with, and it’s the price of fame.

I didn’t try to cry my way out of Orlando. That was never my intention, or not what I did at all. And I understand everybody thought it was that way because of what was being put out there.

That’s my job, to motivate people. I can do more, show people more things. That’s really why I play basketball. That’s my whole purpose of playing basketball.