Les Dawson Quotes

I feel that I can make certain shots, tough shots, and that I can play better when things aren't going well.

Some people have a tendency to get knocked down in this business and sulk and whine, and they just create a rod for their back, really. You have to have broad shoulders and get through it.

I'm not the type of player to let the 3s get me down: 'Oh, I'm missing a couple of 3s. I don't want to do this no more.' No, I'm out there playing basketball, and I'm not going to let that get me down.

I like pressure, the boos didn't mean nothing to me.

If I played a bad game, there's gonna be people out there that want to try to bring me down. But I always stay up.

I'm a big boy with big shoulders and I've had some real world issues so getting some stick online doesn't bother me.

That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much in earnest about clutching my cane, straightening my derby hat and fixing my tie, even though I have just landed on my head.

I won't back down. I get a satisfaction from being tested and defeating the test.

That's my gift. I let that negativity roll off me like water off a duck's back. If it's not positive, I didn't hear it. If you can overcome that, fights are easy.

I can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get.

When things are really dismal, you can laugh, or you can cave in completely.

When you play long enough, everybody goes through spells and streaks and slumps of some nature. I think it's just one of the those things where you have to play yourself out of it.

When there's so many haters and negative things, I really don't care.

You have to develop a very thick skin.

If you keep your feathers well oiled the water of criticism will run off as from a duck's back.

It doesn't matter what people say about me, I weather the storm.

Fear has been a big battle, it runs rampant in my sport so I love to overcome that, to challenge it head on, because there is nothing that feels as accomplished as overcoming a fear, and something that has blocked you in such a big way.

I've had to learn to fight all my life - got to learn to keep smiling. If you smile things will work out.

Being hated means absolutely nothing to me…

You don't have to be a scared person. I've had so many tragedies. I've managed to withstand things that you may think you cannot tolerate. But I have the strength.

I learned that I'm really good with perseverance. I'm stronger than I thought I was inside. I also learned that I don't give up easily and that I trust and believe that things are going to be OK.

I know how to swim through backlash. I can tread water through backlash... If anything, that's all giving me power.

I don't lose sleep about what people say about me. It's football.

I love pressure situations. I won't run for cover, and I'll try to take as much of the heat as possible. Because I feel I can stand it better than most people.

I'm one that doesn't let the pressure or any of the outside kind of scrutiny, all those things, really get to me.