Andre Drummond Quotes

In football, you can't always play well, and sometimes there will be criticism. Sometimes when I get a lot, it helps me. It makes me work even harder to improve and make the critics a little more positive.

I think I gotta just keep working on knocking down shots and getting stronger.

I think the periods of being unsuccessful have made me a better actor.

I see a lot of people judging me and my rookie season, but I'm not really worried about struggling. I know I'm only going to get better.

My journey in Bollywood has been quite filmy, as it includes sleeping on railway platforms to teaching dance for a living. The journey has taught me a lot, and I am very grateful that all that happened with me. It helped me in becoming a more stronger man.

You're not a robot, you're not going to be nine out of 10 every game. But when things aren't going well, you work even harder and look for a reaction.

I fell off the tour when I was younger and had to go back home and practise harder and get better.

I just feel like there's a lid on the basket. Three games and no shots went in, but I just have to keep working.

It's funny that I love golf so much because I'm not usually drawn to things I'm not so good at. It's all about practice and working and not getting discouraged.

You're always going to face criticism, you're always going to face challenges, but those things are there to make you stronger and more committed.

Man has become great through struggle

I vowed I wouldn't ever let anyone destroy me again. I was going to work at it every day, so hard that I would be the toughest guy in the world. By the end of practice, I wanted to be physically tired, to know that I'd been through a workout. If I wasn't tired, I must have cheated somehow, so I stayed a little longer.

You try to be the best you can and sometimes it ain't damn good enough.

Any time you're banged up, your body hurts, you don't really feel like going to the gym. That's when I feel like you really have to push through it. That's when you really make the leaps and bounds in your game. So, pushing through those days is never easy, but that's what gets you good.

You have to keep trying to get better.

Sometimes they are big hurdles, but good players can overcome them. I am trying to do my best.

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.

When I couldn't play at West Ham, I kept my mentality, and I went to train every day to be a better player.

If there's the opportunity to turn things around, that's what great players do. They don't complain or become complacent with losing. They just go back to work every day and try to turn things around and make wherever they are a great place to be.

The first time I was in the ring, I wasn't good at it, and I honestly thought, 'Maybe this isn't for me.' Then I went back the next day and the next day and the next day... because I loved it more than anything.

I want a kid to look at me and say, 'You know what, this man had no chance in life, but he stayed in there, and he worked hard. He dedicated himself, and he did it'.

I am stronger than yesterday and working harder than yesterday but don't know what will happen tomorrow.

You've got to push things and get bumps and bruises along the way.

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.

I've been in situations in my career where I've had slumps and struggles. I always stick with it and just keep working.