Al Horford Quotes

No man knows till he has suffered from the night how sweet and dear to his heart and eye the morning can be.

I never understood the importance of fans until we struggled and went through tough times.

After few hours of work, you feel like running back to your family.

Right now I'm just delighted to be alive and to have had a nice long bath.

Maria is the best reason to come home.

I was worried when I returned that I might be booed or barracked. Nobody has waved fivers at me. I am touched by the reception since I have come back.

Most of all, our troops from Alabama said they appreciate the care packages from folks back home.

If I see my fans crying, I just want to give them a hug... and tell them I love them.

The feeling of support I got was pretty overwhelming. That energy and optimism was something I had been missing and didn't even know it.

When you've grown sick of reading and bug-eyed from watching TV, when your friends are all visited out, no words can adequately praise the link to the outside world provided by your parents and family.

I've seen a fair bit of the States and the rest of the world, and I'm convinced that there's nowhere I'd be happier, there's nowhere I'm missing out on because I'm in N.Y.

Sleep after toil, port after stormy seas, Ease after war, death after life does greatly please.

I'm thankful to be here in Cleveland, and I believe this is where I belong.

It's nice to know to I have friends that truly support and believe in me, and to go back home and see those that knew me before all this happened.

Everywhere I go, particularly when there's people who know me or recognize me, I get the warmest hugs and happiest sighs full of hope and full of relief.

Thank you for bringing me home.

Maybe that's the best part of going away for a vacation-coming home again.

As they marched, the crowds lining the route broke into applause, a sweet and deeply felt spontaneous pattering that was a sort of communal embrace. Welcome home.

On even the worst days, when nothing was working at the lab, I knew that at home I would find warmth, peace, companionship, and encouragement. As a consequence, the next day would surely be better.

Occasionally it's been a long and bumpy road - one I'm still travelling - but I've always felt like my home town has been solidly behind me and I'm both grateful and proud.

Once in a while you start having second thoughts, then you read a letter from someone that lifts your spirits so much - it really makes a huge difference. I love reading them.

The best thing ever is when some guy in his 50s taps me on the shoulder and says, 'I just want to let you know I hate my job, I hate my wife, and I come home and I watch reruns of your show and it's the only half hour of the day when I laugh and I forget how miserable life is.'

I know it is all right. I wish I could make you feel so, I wish I could describe my feelings.

Since I'm always working, my best holiday memories are definitely when I can just go home and spend time with my family.

When trouble ends even troubles please.