A biography for Dwight Howardhasn’t been written yet.
“I work extremely hard in the weight room, and also on the court to get better and make sure I keep my body in shape.”
“I didn't try to cry my way out of Orlando. That was never my intention, or not what I did at all. And I understand everybody thought it was that way because of what was being put out there.”
“In Orlando, I handled a lot of stuff the wrong way.”
“I'm not a crybaby.”
“I've always played 'NBA Live' since I was a kid, so to be on the cover is a blessing.”
“The hardest thing to do is to trust people.”
“I would never, ever desert my child. A lot of my friends didn't have fathers growing up, and they were very upset that their fathers weren't around. I was lucky to have mine around.”
“You go from high school, to the NBA, and you're thrown in the fire.”
“I've been on the side where you have nothing, and now I'm on the side where anything I want is there for me. When I didn't have the means to do whatever I wanted to do, I still had peace.”
“But at the end of the day, every star, every person that been iconic, has gone through a time in their lives where it was just bad. Everybody. It just made them better.”
“People say you don't need a father to be successful. I take offense to that.”
“Today is a new day. Even if you were wrong yesterday, you can get it right today.”