Dion Waiters Quotes

When I step on that basketball court, I'm thinking about basketball, I'm thinking about winning - but there's so much that goes into thought about how I'm going to open this game up to others. It's so much more than just basketball.

He knew I enjoyed the relationships of college basketball. All along, he was the wise one.

One of the things about football is, it's a relationship business.

People want to see how we get teams to come together so quickly. They want to see how we get young guys to play so hard and so unselfish. I'm fine with that. I have no problem sharing that.

I was lucky enough to play with great platers Cameron Smith, Billy Slater, Darren Lockyer and that's where I learned about leadership.

As a team-mate, the one who taught me the most was undoubtedly Fabio Cannavaro.

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.

I was a young player at Real, but working with players like Zidane and Beckham every day taught me such a lot: how you win and lose as a team and how you must respect your team-mates.

People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not.

I remember when I first came to Liverpool, Pepe Reina helped with everything, and he made it easy for me. When I was Atletico Madrid captain, I tried to help everyone. These are the basics in football: you need to create an atmosphere and try to create a group of friends. It's not easy, and it doesn't always happen, but you have to try.

Basketball is one of those rare opportunities where you can make a difference, not only for yourself, but for other people as well.

Well, unless you're Wayne Gretzky or Michael Jordan, you need the full support of your team.

I think there's a lot to be learned from your teammates and older guys around you. And there are many ways to lead. You don't have to change your personality to be a leader.

I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.

I didn't understand anything about playing baseball. I started playing, and it was enjoyable. Most of my life, I played with older people on my team, in my league. I learned a lot about life. Every day in my life, I learned something new from somebody.

I've always respected Coach Frank. I kind of publicly recruited him because I really need him and want him. I'm kind of the college recruiter now because he brings a lot to the table. He's had success here and understands the good and the bad, so I'm recruiting him to join my staff.

It's very rare to find a basketball coach that gets both: that gets the Xs and Os and also gets life.

I think all you can worry is that you make the team the very best they can be.

As you develop relationships in your team you have to learn how your teammates react to being yelled at or how to put your arm around them and show them how to do things. You have to build those relationships up and understand who that person is and how they respond and choose your way to lead them to hopefully help everyone out.

What soccer and coaching gave me was sort of a stage.

I'm a competitor. I want the ball when it matters. But I came to Houston because I wanted to play with Chris Paul (a guy I've been close with since we were kids) and James Harden.

The hardest thing to do is be a point guard, learn how to be a point guard in the NBA as a young player because you gotta earn your respect first of all the old guys, all the old heads. You gotta command where to go, know the plays.

Well, I think I've had the opportunity to be around some great coaches and players. And I have been able to learn a little bit, something different from every single one that I've been around.

Playing all these different sports, you learn so much from the people you get coached by.

I've been very fortunate that I've played under a lot of very good captains.