Quotes from Dwight Howard

People say you don't need a father to be successful. I take offense to that.

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.

God says, Turn the other cheek. So there's no way I could play in a man's game.

I've been on the side where you have nothing, and now I'm on the side where anything I want is there for me. When I didn't have the means to do whatever I wanted to do, I still had peace.

Today is a new day. Even if you were wrong yesterday, you can get it right today.

I'm just going to keep working. Spend more days in the gym, as possible. Just trying to get my game up, and just keep playing. And if it's in God's will for me to win, then I'll get it.

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

I've always played 'NBA Live' since I was a kid, so to be on the cover is a blessing.

My team in Orlando was a team full of people who nobody wanted, and I was the leader and I led that team with a smile on my face.

The hardest thing to do is to trust people.

But at the end of the day, every star, every person that been iconic, has gone through a time in their lives where it was just bad. Everybody. It just made them better.

You go from high school, to the NBA, and you're thrown in the fire.

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

I love wearing suits. I love being suited and booted. When I'm chilling, I also like to look nice.

In Orlando, I handled a lot of stuff the wrong way.

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

The hardest thing to do is to trust people.

When I'm anywhere, I'm going to show God that I'm thankful just for life. I'm living out my dream. This is what I want to do.

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 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.

Rolexes never lose value, so I started getting a couple of them. I like them. Not only do they look good but they work very well.

Sometimes things don't work like they should.

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

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