Quote

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.

Dwight Howard

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Dwight Howard
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: December 8
Actor
Basketball Player
Atlanta
Georgia
Dwight David Howard Jr.
Superman
D12
The Daily Double
Friends
Upset
Father
Weren
Didn
Desert
Around
Mines
Ever
Mine
Children
Lucky
Never
Growing
Would
Child
Fathers

More quotes by Dwight Howard

Image
You always have to keep up with the trends. The biggest thing is making your own trend and making your own stamp in the fashion industry. Whatever is going to be your style, make that your style and go from there.
Dwight Howard
Image
When I'm smiling, I'm supposedly not taking the game seriously. When I'm not smiling, then it's like, He don't care. He's just out there.
Dwight Howard
Image
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.
Dwight Howard
Image
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.
Dwight Howard
Image
Coming out of high school, I think it was good for me instead of going to college because college and the NBA are two different things. You can dominate on the college level, but the NBA is a whole different story. The dudes that do the best are the ones who work hard.
Dwight Howard
Image
Growing up, I played about every sport imaginable except soccer and hockey. I've always had a passion for basketball. I remember actually playing basketball when I was two or three years old. The time I knew that I could really take my game to the next level.
Dwight Howard
Image
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.
Dwight Howard
Image
You really can't please people. I know everybody's attention is on what I'm doing on the floor.
Dwight Howard
Image
I work extremely hard in the weight room, and also on the court to get better and make sure I keep my body in shape.
Dwight Howard
Image
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.
Dwight Howard
Image
I'm not a nest-egg person.
Dwight Howard
Image
God says, Turn the other cheek. So there's no way I could play in a man's game.
Dwight Howard
Image
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.
Dwight Howard
Image
I want to be held accountable. I want my teammates and my coaches to push me to be the best that I can be.
Dwight Howard
Image
I do a lot of exercises where I'm so tired that I'm not supposed to do the last rep. What that does is it teaches me that no matter how far I am, how hard I've fallen, I'm never out of the fight. I just take that with me every time I'm in the weight room.
Dwight Howard
Image
That's one thing I pride myself on is working hard in the weight room, working hard in practice, trying to become a better player.
Dwight Howard
Image
I was supposed to be in the NBA. I was supposed to travel the world and make the world a better place.
Dwight Howard
Image
My purpose in life, my goal for the NBA is to preach God's word - not just try to beat everybody over the head with a Bible but just being a good example and always conducting myself in a Christian-like manner.
Dwight Howard
Image
That's my job, to motivate people. I can do more, show people more things. That's really why I play basketball. That's my whole purpose of playing basketball.
Dwight Howard
Image
I just want to show Atalanta who I really am and show my teammates what kind of teammate I am.
Dwight Howard