Dion Waiters

“Sometimes, it's hard holding back the truth, how you really feel, and sometimes the best way is let it out and move forward.”

“Just having the right people in your corner make things a lot easier.”

“When you're young, you're still trying to find yourself coming into the league. I think Bron was trying to help me with that, but I was so stubborn back then.”

“I'm armed and ready when my number is called.”

“My kids, my family, my support system is so strong. I've got a lot of good people in my life.”

“You stay sharp. You go back into the gym. You work, put that work in, get that conditioning up, you lift. You pretty much know as a pro athlete what you need to do to get yourself back. But none of that, for me, means as much as playing.”

“One thing about Syracuse, whatever you're going through, the love is unconditional.”

“I can only control what I can control at the end of the day, so some things you just can't allow to take your head the other way, some things happen for a reason.”

“I love my country. I love the United States of America. I'd rather be here than any place else.”

“Let Dion Waiters be him. Correct me when I'm wrong but let me make mistakes.”

“It's great, just to even get mentioned in the category with the type of person like Dwyane Wade, one of the best NBA players in the league today. It's great, and that makes me work even that much harder to be better than him.”

“But I think a lot of guys need to branch off from home for a while so you can figure everything out, learn how to take care of off-the-court issues so when you do go back home if you decide to, the transition would be easier.”

“You can't judge a book by its cover until you open up and read it. There are going be a million stories out there, true or not true. I say get to know me first before you judge me.”

“I was that guy who you point the finger at, but I was fine with it. I could take it.”

“I've made mistakes in my life before, but I'm not that person. At the end of the day, it's not just me trying to prove I'm a perfect kid. I've made mistakes like everybody else, but I can show a different side of my personality you may not thought I had.”

“You can call me whatever. Philly Cheese. Bubble Cheese. Whatever.”

“I'm a competitor. Any time you work hard and you envision something a certain way and it's not going as you planned and you see it, you know, you go back to the drawing board and you figure it out.”

“I'm a fun person to be around.”

“You know me, I play basketball. I just try to take care of that part, make sure I'm ready coming into the workouts. Make sure I'm ready, sharp, things like that.”

“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.”