Quotes About Dedication

I used to go to open gym to play with my friends and teammates, and I'd get there 30 to 45 minutes early so I could play one-on-one against my dad. When I reached ninth grade, I was finally able to beat him.

I love the game of football, love getting better. My teammates know me, and I show them who I am in the locker room and don't change on the field.

I don't play for myself. I play for my teammates and play for the people that helped me get to where I am. I know they're watching me every week, and I want to play for them. It's just in my heart, and that's who I am.

I try to come in, try to defend, help on defense, play as hard as possible and do whatever my coach and my teammates tell me and try to listen and get better.

I'm just out there supporting my teammates, but when I'm out there, I'm going to lay it out on the line.

I've been lucky to have great coaching, great teammates, and a desire to keep getting better. That, slowly over time, helped me grow from an average high school player to the NBA.

I pursued to have my team win as much as we could, and it doesn't happen without great teammates.

I work hard each and every summer, each and every day on my game to become a better player for my teammates, for the organization. Hard work always pays off.

I have amazing teammates, amazing coaches around me, and all I have to do is go play as hard as I could and play for one another, play for those guys and not look at the scoreboard, not look at the time.

Are you playing for your teammates and coaches? That's how it should be.

I'm not a phenomenon; I'm just trying to be decisive for my teammates. There are a lot of talented young people in football.

I'm surprised by Cristiano Ronaldo every day because of the ambition he has to win. That infects all his teammates.

I love my teammates. I'm never going to try and let them down.

I love making the big play. I love being out there with my teammates. I love the camaraderie. I can't say I always love practice. But it's a means to an end.

I want to see given extra effort, pulling for your teammates: those are the kinds of things we're shooting for and we're going for because that's what we need.

When you play injured, you're still judged like you're 100 percent. You know you can't do all you want to, but you want to get back to help your teammates.

I expect to work hard, earn the respect of my teammates and hopefully I can start.

If I'm not on the court, I have to be there to cheer my teammates on and from the sideline be there mentally and keep guys locked in and focused.

I try to attack the glass, get rebounds and create possessions for my teammates because that's what I'm here to do. But if they face guard or put two or three guys on me I'm going to keep going to the glass and keep being relentless.

I'm just worried about winning and making my teammates better and getting better.

For me, Ramadan is not an easy time because it's a time when I need to work much harder, because I need to help my teammates. That's the way I see things.

A lot of credit to my teammates and my coaches for pushing me and helping me.

I want me and my teammates to go as far as we can and to be the best players that we all can be.

Just every year, every day, I just try to better myself. What can I do better to make it easier for me and my teammates?