Dion Waiters Quotes

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

You can’t judge a book by its cover until you open up and read it. There are going be a million stories out there, true or not true. I say get to know me first before you judge me.

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I’m a fun person to be around.
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I can one-on-one, mano-a-mano, BBQ chicken, I don’t care.
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I was never a bad guy, never got in trouble. It’s just that I played with anger and I was aggressive or I really never smiled.
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That’s just my motto I live by, humble and hungry.
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I sacrificed my body for the Heat, and I’d do it again.
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Just having the right people in your corner make things a lot easier.
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During this quarantine I’ve been dieting, getting my weight down, getting in shape.
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Everybody from my childhood growing up had to have that confidence, that self-will. Go out there and do something, be something, prove that you’re gonna be more than this.
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People are gonna like who they like, there’s nothing you can do about it. Just go out there, do what you do best, play your game and try to become a better person on and off the court.
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I just want to be respected.
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You learn from your mistakes at the end of the day. We don’t got to keep drilling on the past, things like that. You live and you learn.
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I’ve made mistakes in my life before, but I’m not that person. At the end of the day, it’s not just me trying to prove I’m a perfect kid. I’ve made mistakes like everybody else, but I can show a different side of my personality you may not thought I had.
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My mom lives with me. She lives with me, yeah. I’m a mommy’s boy, you know.
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It’s great, just to even get mentioned in the category with the type of person like Dwyane Wade, one of the best NBA players in the league today. It’s great, and that makes me work even that much harder to be better than him.
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Summertime where guys played pickup, we got a thing in Philly called Summertime Rec. In that summertime you can’t duck no smoke. You can’t duck nobody in that basketball vibes.
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My mom got shot. My dad got shot. Some of the craziest stuff. All that happened to me.
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You’ve got to wake up and perfect your craft, every day, and at the end of the day, you know, you get the star power, magazines, photos shoots, but you’ve got to say humble, you’ve got to stay grounded.
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What’s crazy is, my whole life I been a leader. I’m not a follower.
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I don’t play for social media.
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Let Dion Waiters be him. Correct me when I’m wrong but let me make mistakes.
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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.
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I sacrificed my body for the Heat, and I’d do it again.
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The Internet is a lose-lose situation.
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Every day I need that confidence to get by. It ain’t got nothin’ to do with ball. It’s who I am. It was instilled in me.
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One thing about Syracuse, whatever you’re going through, the love is unconditional.
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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.
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I’ve had an amazing experience at Syracuse University.
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I just know when I get in the game, I’ve got to be instant impact off the bench.
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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.
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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.
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You can call me whatever. Philly Cheese. Bubble Cheese. Whatever.
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You know, I wake up every day with a T-shirt and shorts on.
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I learned how to be a pro, I learned how to win, I learned about building relationships with your teammates; it goes beyond basketball. I pretty much learned everything I know from OKC.
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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.
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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.
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I’m a grown man. I don’t point fingers.
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I’m working on everything, especially staying balanced when I shoot the ball. That’s the biggest thing, as well as taking good shots within the offense.
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At the end of the day you have got to do what’s best for you and what’s best for your family.
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As a human being, as a person, you can’t make a decision based on what other people are going to think.
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I believe the Thunder believed in me. Of course.
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Coming out of high school I was really given everything, never really had to work for anything.
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Every night is not going to be your night, I understand that. But I learned how to impact the game other ways and I think my defense, my playmaking ability is surprising a lot of people.
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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.
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I’m planning to go watch tape to see what D-Wade did when he played with LeBron. I need to learn how to be effective out there with him.
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I love my country. I love the United States of America. I’d rather be here than any place else.
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I’m a father now. I’ve got a beautiful kid. I’m a little more wiser.
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I was that guy who you point the finger at, but I was fine with it. I could take it.
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I can’t predict the future. All I can do is continue to try to stay in shape and work on my game and have a clear mind and not try to think about negative stuff.
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I’m armed and ready when my number is called.
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Like I’ve said, you’ve got to bet on yourself sometimes… I bet on myself and it worked.

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I’m very confident in myself.
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Some guys like myself, we like to play off the crowd.
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Sometimes, it’s hard holding back the truth, how you really feel, and sometimes the best way is let it out and move forward.
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When I do get in the game, just getting me going. How do you get me going? If that’s running plays or things where I can impact and get going. But once I’m in the flow, I’m in the flow. It’s hard to get me out of that.
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My kids, my family, my support system is so strong. I’ve got a lot of good people in my life.
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I’ve hit big shots in real games. I love the moment. I cherish the moment.
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I’m a competitor. Any time you work hard and you envision something a certain way and it’s not going as you planned and you see it, you know, you go back to the drawing board and you figure it out.
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I’m used to having the ball, man. So, not really having the ball in my hands… it’s just me trying to find different ways to impact the game.
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I just try to work out and work on my game.
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Any guy would like to play being out for so long. You miss that adrenaline and everything that comes with it.
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