Quotes from Kyle Lowry

We gotta play hard and leave it all out there. Dive for lose balls, take charges, just do whatever it takes to win the game.

I've always been second fiddle, man, to everything. Everything. But I never believed that I was lesser than this person, that person, anybody. I always thought I was on the same level.

It's like 'Pay It Forward.' Everyone has seen that movie. If someone teaches you something that helps you in your life, why not pass it along and help the next person?

Free agency is free agency. I love when NBA players get paid.

There is a sense of frustration because we are losing games that we know we are capable of winning.

Thank you to the wonderful Raptors fans across the NBA, especially in Canada! I am amazed by your passion for our team and the support you have given me.

I think the one thing about Kawhi is he literally stays level-headed all the time, he never gives up, he never gets down.

We understand it's a 48 -minute game and for us it's always win or go home and that's what we do.

I was always in good shape.

As long as my team wins games, who cares what people say?

Everything I do is criticized, scrutinized, sometimes praised. Everything is always looked at like hey what's next. It's made me grow a much thicker skin.

You have to be able to wake up every day and be happy with what your decision in life is, and that's why I never recruit.

I had to grow up, but I think I've grown up a lot. I think I'm handling myself well.

I want a ring. That's all that drives me. I want to just get better, I want to have fun, I want to win a ring.

Our brotherhood in the NBA is really tiny, and we really all appreciate and support and want each other happy.

Nah, never relaxing, I'm always working.

If you start worrying about your shooting percentages, you start not taking the shots you know you can make. You start worry about taking shots because you don't want to mess up your percentage.

I'm a wuss. I'm a pushover and a wuss. But it's worth it. And that's the joy of being an NBA player. Because I can go out on the court and be an animal, be a beast. I ain't a pushover. But when I go home when I'm with my family, my friends and my wife and my child, I'm just Dad and a husband.

I personally want to be in Toronto.

The advantage of playing in Toronto is not playing for one city, you're playing for a country.

Our fan base in Toronto is crazy. Every single night we sell out. The fans come there and support us and they do a great job of coming out cheering loud and showing their passion and electrifying the building.

Bringing a championship to the city of Toronto and the country of Canada has been one the best things I've done so far in my career, and I'll push for that goal every single year I play this game.

My freshman year, I was such an immature kid and I didn't know what to expect, I didn't know what I wanted or what I could do or what my abilities were off the court.

I would be a very demanding coach. I wouldn't yell and scream, but I want players that want what I want. And that's why I couldn't coach, 'cause I know how hard it is and I know how hard I want you to play. But everyone's not going to do what I want.