Andre Drummond Quotes

We're going to play better, and we're going to play harder.

The important thing in life is not to triumph but to compete.

You just go out and compete and try to earn whatever you can. I'm looking to get better every single day I set foot on this field.

If somebody says no to you, or if you get cut, Michael Jordan was cut his first year, but he came back and he was the best ever. That is what you have to have. The attitude that I'm going to show everybody, I'm going to work hard to get better and better.

I'd always much rather be second choice on anything because it makes you work harder.

No man fails who does his best.

I wasn't the brightest kid in school. I was a backbencher troubling the frontbencher, and eventually I failed in my 10th grade. But then in higher secondary, there were only three people who got first division in arts, and I was one of them. So this tells you, where you put your mind and heart into, that's where you go.

There's always someone out there training for your spot. For my scholarship at the University of Florida, for my job with the Denver Broncos, for my position with the New York Jets. And that's the reason to get up earlier or stay up later.

Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

You can't please everyone, but I've always felt you cannot ultimately lose if you give everything you try 110%. You'll always learn something useful, even from a failure, that can be applied to the next challenge or project.

The key to my perseverance was absolutely loving the craft of acting. I just figured that if I kept doing it, at the very least I would get better at acting. Even if I didn't become a tremendous success, as long as I knew I was improving and getting better, to me, that was success.

I strongly believe that through dedication and perseverance, one can overcome adversity to achieve success. It is a privilege to accept membership in the Horatio Alger Association, an organization which promotes this principle.

You can't win every game, so I've just got to get back to work and get better next week.

On some occasions, it is every footballer's dream to play for the national team, but if you don't reach it, you always need to work harder to reach a higher level, a level you wouldn't reach if you didn't have this as a goal.

Ultimately, it was always my dream to be here in the NBA. I just took it serious. I knew if I put in the work I could eventually get here.

Natural ability is important, but you can go far without it if you have the focus, drive, desire and positive attitude.

I don't care if I'm starting or sweeping the floors. You hear me? I want to win.

I come from a sports background and the spirit was always alive to strive for more, and better.

That's football. It's like in any walk of life: you get some people who are going to try more than others.

If I don't start, I'd like to try to win Sixth Man of the Year. And whenever I'm on the court, I'm just going to give it my all.

I'm going to try to go out and do my best, and I'm going to try and compete every play.

Football is so intense you don't have time to sit back and look at what you have achieved.

In NBA anything is possible.

Throughout COVID, I just consistently grinded at my craft. I didn't let COVID get in the way of my goal and the goal is to be the best me that I can be for the team.

I always wanted to be an NBA player, and despite what anybody said, I was going to get to that point.