Latest Dwight Howard Quotes from Interviews

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• Playing 13 years is a long time, but I feel really good. It's not like I'm [old]. I'm just thankful.

  Dwight Howard

  Years, Long, Feels

  Source: espn.go.com

• Sometimes things don't work like they should.

  Dwight Howard

  Sometimes, Should

  Source: espn.go.com

• I didn't need to meet with other teams. I didn't care about what offers were on the table. I wanted to be in Atlanta. I wanted to represent for this team.

  Dwight Howard

  Team, Atlanta, Needs

  Source: espn.go.com

• I want to be held accountable. I want my teammates and my coaches to push me to be the best that I can be.

  Dwight Howard

  Teammate, Want, Being The Best

  Source: espn.go.com

• You really can't please people. I know everybody's attention is on what I'm doing on the floor.

  Dwight Howard

  People, Attention, Please

  Source: espn.go.com

• My job is to be the best teammate I can be, push these guys to the limit every day, make sure that I'm being the right type of leader.

  Dwight Howard

  Jobs, Guy, Leader

  Source: espn.go.com

• When I'm smiling, I'm supposedly not taking the game seriously. When I'm not smiling, then it's like, "He don't care. He's just out there."

  Dwight Howard

  Games, Care, Don't Care

  Source: espn.go.com

• I know you can't please everybody; you can't make everybody happy, but just getting that perception that I don't care about basketball and what it brings is a lie.

  Dwight Howard

  Basketball, Lying, Perception

  Source: espn.go.com

• I hated that perception that I didn't work hard, that I really don't love basketball.

  Dwight Howard

  Basketball, Hard Work, Perception

  Source: espn.go.com

• Basketball has brought me a lot of joy, brought me a lot of good things. Just that side of it has really affected me.

  Dwight Howard

  Basketball, Joy, Sides

  Source: espn.go.com

• I'll joke all day, but once I get in the gym, I'm going to work hard.

  Dwight Howard

  Hard Work, Going To Work, Gym

  Source: espn.go.com

• That's one thing I pride myself on is working hard in the weight room, working hard in practice, trying to become a better player.

  Dwight Howard

  Pride, Player, Practice

  Source: espn.go.com

• I'm a fun person to be around, laid back, love to have fun.

  Dwight Howard

  Fun, Back Love, Laid Back

  Source: espn.go.com

• The only way to shut people up is just by winning and just playing basketball.

  Dwight Howard

  Basketball, Winning, People

  Source: espn.go.com

• I know who I am and what kind of teammate I've always been.

  Dwight Howard

  Who I Am, Teammate, Kind

  Source: espn.go.com

• I changed up everything around me. I hold myself more accountable in certain situations. I try to be a better man, a better father, a better teammate.

  Dwight Howard

  Father, Men, Trying

  Source: espn.go.com

• I just want to show Atalanta who I really am and show my teammates what kind of teammate I am.

  Dwight Howard

  Teammate, Want, Kind

  Source: espn.go.com

• Everybody needs to realize that it doesn't matter how old you are or how young you are, you still can be a Christian and live for God. It's not easy but that's why we have God's word and He forgives us when we do something we shouldn't be doing. You know, God sent His son to die for us and He paid that sacrifice so you can go to Heaven.

  Dwight Howard

  Christian, Sacrifice, Son

  "NBA All-Star Dwight Howard talks about family, faith and destiny". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

• The biggest thing is always being around people that are going to lift you up and not bring you down. That's why I prayed for God to send me some good friends. He's done that. I don't really have a lot of friends, but the friends I do have are great.

  Dwight Howard

  Good Friend, People, Lots Of Friends

  "NBA All-Star Dwight Howard talks about family, faith and destiny". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

• Growing up, I played about every sport imaginable except soccer and hockey. I've always had a passion for basketball. I remember actually playing basketball when I was two or three years old. The time I knew that I could really take my game to the next level.

  Dwight Howard

  Basketball, Soccer, Sports

  "NBA All-Star Dwight Howard talks about family, faith and destiny". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

• My purpose in life, my goal for the NBA is to preach God's word - not just try to beat everybody over the head with a Bible but just being a good example and always conducting myself in a Christian-like manner.

  Dwight Howard

  Christian, Nba, Goal

  "NBA All-Star Dwight Howard talks about family, faith and destiny". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

• I'm really thankful to be alive. If you get to know me, I'm a person that's always smiling and always joyful and I've been that way since I was born because of the struggles I went through. I was supposed to be number eight that died so I'm always thankful.

  Dwight Howard

  Struggle, Numbers, Eight

  "NBA All-Star Dwight Howard talks about family, faith and destiny". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

• The toughest part for me is the city - the people. They've got burgers named after me in Orlando, they've got a Web site saying, "Please stay." I love the people in the city. I've literally sat on the bench with a towel on my head crying, because I feel the passion in the stands.

  Dwight Howard

  Passion, Cities, People

  Source: www.esquire.com

• I was supposed to be in the NBA. I was supposed to travel the world and make the world a better place.

  Dwight Howard

  Nba, World, Better Place

  Source: www.esquire.com

• 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.

  Dwight Howard

  Basketball, Jobs, Play

  Source: www.esquire.com