As long as my team wins games, who cares what people say?
— Kyle Lowry
I think my family is one of the most important things in my life because they are the people I provide for and the people that believe in me the most.
It's like 'Pay It Forward.' Everyone has seen that movie. If someone teaches you something that helps you in your life, why not pass it along and help the next person?
I know what I wanna be and what I don't wanna be, which is an absent parent. I wanna be hands-on.
If you start worrying about your shooting percentages, you start not taking the shots you know you can make. You start worry about taking shots because you don't want to mess up your percentage.
Nah, never relaxing, I'm always working.
My job is to get my shots up, to come to work, to watch film and get out of there. I don't get into the management and coaching side, that's their job - that's what they get paid for.
If you from Philly, you ain't a Villanova guy. Villanova is the suburbs. That's all you know about Villanova.
Free agency is free agency. I love when NBA players get paid.
I have never been a recruiter. It won't ever happen.
I had to grow up, but I think I've grown up a lot. I think I'm handling myself well.
Gregg Popovich is one of the best coaches in the history of the NBA.
Our brotherhood in the NBA is really tiny, and we really all appreciate and support and want each other happy.
We just play, man. We go out there and we fight no matter the situation.
Our fan base in Toronto is crazy. Every single night we sell out. The fans come there and support us and they do a great job of coming out cheering loud and showing their passion and electrifying the building.
The game of basketball has been amazing to me, to my family.
When I give back to the community I don't do it for anything except because I want to give back to the community.
My kids know who I am on the basketball court, but at the end of the day, it doesn't matter about the basketball. I am their dad, and that is all that matters.
I want a ring. That's all that drives me. I want to just get better, I want to have fun, I want to win a ring.
You grow up rough, you think differently. You think you've got to protect yourself at all times. I didn't want any help. I thought I could do everything by myself, which you can't.
I'm a wuss. I'm a pushover and a wuss. But it's worth it. And that's the joy of being an NBA player. Because I can go out on the court and be an animal, be a beast. I ain't a pushover. But when I go home when I'm with my family, my friends and my wife and my child, I'm just Dad and a husband.
In the playoffs, all eyes are on you.
My rookie year, we used to play all the time, literally play 'Call of Duty' all the time, because it was like all of the younger guys on the team would get into the communication with the headsets and talking trash.
That's a big thing for me, being a guy that upholds himself to a high standard.
I probably gave up on my dad when I was born.
You have to make yourself happy.
My mother and brother made me strive to get good grades and get through school.
I believe I had an unfair reputation. If people think I was a bad kid, I was a bad kid to them. But people close to me know I'm not.
To be able to know kids one day will want to be like me, I hold myself to a super high standard.
I'm going to represent my country the best I can.
We understand it's a 48 -minute game and for us it's always win or go home and that's what we do.
You're not just playing for one city in Toronto, you're playing for Vancouver, Montreal, Edmonton.
I've always been a guy that's worked hard, and I think the coaches see that.
I understand that every day I have to be a leader on and off the court.
My family, my wife, my kids - they love me no matter what is going on.
I want to make sure my family is happy.
Going through rough times will only make me and my team stronger.
For me, I'm still going to shoot the halfcourt shot if I can. I don't worry about my percentages too much. It's about winning games.
It was probably 'Contra' - 'Contra' was the game that really got me into video games.
I love my teammates and I'll go out there and play for them, and that's who I play for every night.
From Rick Adelman to Kevin McHale, it was a big difference. Things are a lot stricter with McHale, and with Rick, things are a lot different, offensively, defensively. You go from being successful as hell with one coach and being comfortable with the coach to, yes, I was really successful with Kevin McHale, but I just didn't do it the right way.
I've always been second fiddle, man, to everything. Everything. But I never believed that I was lesser than this person, that person, anybody. I always thought I was on the same level.
You have to be able to wake up every day and be happy with what your decision in life is, and that's why I never recruit.
I grew up in a horrible neighborhood.
Being able to provide for me and my brother and my family, that's pressure.
We'll do anything it takes to win a basketball game.
I expect a lot. And, I hold my teammates accountable and they've got to hold me accountable.
Canadians are all over the world. When they get a chance to support their team and show up, they've been doing it.
The advantage of playing in Toronto is not playing for one city, you're playing for a country.
I want to support the communities that support me.
