Dwight Howard Team Quotations

He knows when it's crunch time, he's going to get the ball and do what he needs for his team to win. He's the MVP.

Really, it's an honor and I thank God that the team looks at me that way. I just want to try and be the kind of player that they think I can be.

Playing a top team like the Heat, with all their veterans, really lets us know where we stand. You could see we need a couple more days to regroup.

You know hard work will eventually show up for our team and I think that's what the case is now.

I didn't need to meet with other teams. I didn't care about what offers were on the table. I wanted to be in Atlanta. I wanted to represent for this team.

My team in Orlando was a team full of people who nobody wanted, and I was the leader and I led that team with a smile on my face.

You don't have to be best friends as basketball players but I do believe in chemistry. I think it makes everything different if a team is really together and they're all on that same page. They might not like each other, per se, but if you're on the same page and the chemistry is there, you can play great basketball. You can go back to teams like Detroit, the Bad Boys. Those guys had great chemistry, that's why they won.

I'm very surprised that Iverson didn't make it. I think he was one of the best leaders the team had in the Olympics, but I think what they're trying to do for the Olympic team is get a group of guys that's willing to play team ball. I'm not saying that Iverson isn't like that, but I think they're doing a youth movement for the Olympics. I think the older legs are getting brittle, so they might need some young fresh legs out there.

I just want to get out there and help my team win. I can play one, two, three, four, five or sixth man if I have to. ... We're a playoff team, but talent will only take you so far. As a team, we need to get a little more hungry.

It's hard for me to block basketball out, but I'll try to stay away from it for a good month and a half. I expect us to be a little more serious, a little more business-minded next year. No team is going to give us anything.

This team is trying to go in a dramatically different direction. We're starting over young.

I can't wait. Everybody on this team is a hard worker, and I'm sure they're going to work to get better as individuals.