Quotes from Dion Waiters

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

She told me, 'I didn't raise no quitter.' That coming from your mom, that's powerful words. That's all I needed to hear. That just drove me. I just took it in and ran with it.

It's a miss and make league. As long as you have that confidence to take that last shot, knowing - I'm pretty sure you can't go home and sleep at night knowing you had the opportunity to take that shot and you shied away from it.

My kids, my family, my support system is so strong. I've got a lot of good people in my life.

I'm a father now. I've got a beautiful kid. I'm a little more wiser.

I can only control what I can control at the end of the day, so some things you just can't allow to take your head the other way, some things happen for a reason.

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.

I'm a grown man. I don't point fingers.

I believe the Thunder believed in me. Of course.

Just having the right people in your corner make things a lot easier.

I sacrificed my body for the Heat, and I'd do it again.

You know me, I play basketball. I just try to take care of that part, make sure I'm ready coming into the workouts. Make sure I'm ready, sharp, things like that.

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

I just know when I get in the game, I've got to be instant impact off the bench.

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.

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.

I'm the type of guy, I get mad if I see you keep dribbling in front of me. I'm going to try to get it eventually. I just got a knack for the ball, I guess.

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.

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

Sometimes, it's hard holding back the truth, how you really feel, and sometimes the best way is let it out and move forward.

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

One thing about Syracuse, whatever you're going through, the love is unconditional.

I need to go play the right way, listen to LeBron and be a sponge and try to soak up what he's going to tell me.

I love my country. I love the United States of America. I'd rather be here than any place else.