Dominique Wilkins Quotes

When other teams fear you, that's a big difference.

I'm not a high jumper, but you don't see guys intimidating me or posting me up.

I have a lot of respect for every opponent. I don't know if there's just one who I say, 'that guy intimidates me.' When I was young and first came into the league, Ray Lewis was that guy. I was young.

I love NBA. I enjoy it, and I also really love the dominance that LeBron James brings to the court.

No matter which defenders are in front of me, they better be scared because of me.

I think everybody respects Real Madrid; nobody wants to play against us.

I respect Demetrious Johnson. I respect him as a human being. He always acts like a professional, he's a nice guy, but that still doesn't mean that I can't say that he's scared to fight me.

I think you have to be physical no matter who you're playing against, so that's just something that I have to do.

I've played against LaMarcus Aldridge, and he kills me every time.

When I walked down the ramp and stood in the ring, I made other big guys look small.

I know people fear me when they see me in their mirrors. It's a good position to be in because they know they need to defend to the limit.

I get upset when people score on us, especially when it's an easy basket. Everybody's super talented in this league, but you want to make it tough for guys.

A fighter walks in the room and people are like 'oooo' because everyone is trying to be a tough guy.

I loved playing against the Pacers and Reggie Miller. Reggie was a great competitor, and I enjoyed playing against competitors.

I'm too fast, too sexy, and too talented to be blown away by a large, slow robot from the Ukraine.

If you're just dunking by yourself, it's really nothing special. You have to dunk on someone - then you feel like you're demoralizing them.

I wouldn't want to get Shaq's mom mad, I'll tell you that much. If she told me to do something, I would do it in a heartbeat. I wouldn't want her mad at me. That woman is serious.

If my opponent wants to think of me as a dunker, it's just gonna shock them more when I show them another part of my game.

When you get onto the ball, people think three or four times before deciding whether to try and tackle you. Your opponents respect you, and your markers give you a couple of metres of space.

You can't play with fear in football. There is a lot of respect - you have respect for everybody, the ones on top and the bottom - but never fear.

The real reason Tyron Woodley doesn't want to fight me is because the last time we were in the gym together, I broke him.

I knew better, even as a child, than to even attempt to compete with Donald.

I'd say I'm a front foot defender; I never hesitate to go in for a challenge. You have to get one over your opponent and dominate them.

A guy that I was supposed to face - and I think that he was just plain downright scared to get in the ring with me because he was one of those guys that was on top and saw a huge threat in Brock Lesnar at the time - that's 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin.

Xavier McDaniel made me respect him. I thought I could do anything I wanted to. He grabbed me one time and almost choked me out. He said, 'You're going to do this. You're going to go get coffee. You're going to go get doughnuts.' It's a game of respect.