Dwight Howard Quotes

I don't want to come into a situation like the NBA and have to develop for two or three years. When I come in, I want to be a superstar.

I've played at MSG at basically every level of my career, starting from high school.

On my best days, such as when I was a junior in high school coming off a 42-point performance and near triple-double, my dad was there to tell me I haven't arrived yet and bring me back to reality.

I have gone from a player who thought he would spend his whole career with one organization to a player who's been with three organizations in a week. It's like rotisserie baseball.

I don't know if I could have made it as an NBA player. But I knew I could make it as a coach.

I thought at first I was going to be an NFL quarterback. I played until I was a freshman in high school.

When you first come into the league you don't know what to expect. And then if you do, you're ready, but then it's different when you're playing and getting reps. It's just like anything, you start to do something, play it enough and do it enough then you can get good at it.

I never thought I'd play basketball in China.

People want to be Lakers. There's just so much pressure, and some guys handle it and some guys can't.

Playing in an NBA game in Africa will be a special moment I'll remember for the rest of my life.

The NBA is kind of where I've grown up, coming out of high school at 18.

I always wanted to be in the NBA, but I never really thought about being the No. 1 pick until high school. So once it happened, it's like a dream come true and more.

As a kid, New York was in my blood, and that was it. I got a chance to play for the Knicks, so it was cool, but it was towards the end of my career.

Having played in the league during the '80s, '90s, and the new millennium (old, I know), I had the chance to see firsthand how the best point guards of our time played the game.

I wanted to be in the NBA. I wanted to be in the NFL.

Since my sophomore year in high school, I knew I didn't want to do anything but be a professional athlete. I knew when I got to college there was no way anybody was going to stop me from being an NFL player.

Most guys in my position don't get drafted to such a high-caliber team like the Celtics, so it makes me work harder because I have to compete and earn everything.

If you were to ask me, I think my jersey will be hanging in the rafters when I retire in Sacramento.

I was still only 19 when I went to Scotland, but it was a good loan move for me to play those extra games.

I didn't start my whole rookie year.

When I was growing up, I never thought I would play in the NBA.

I'm living my dream, getting to play in the NBA, getting to play basketball.

I was playing 60, 70 matches a year in college. In the pros, unless you're winning, you're not playing that many.

My dream is to play someday in the NBA.

I mean, I've definitely found my thing, what I'm good at. Certain things that guys do keep them in the NBA a long time, but I've found what I'm good at, and I'm only going to continue to get better at that.