My dad always played sports. He played football. I always wanted to play football because my dad played football, but my mom never wanted me to play football because she said she couldn't take me getting hit. — DeMar DeRozan Copy Share Image
Day 1, when I was drafted to the Toronto Raptors, they had this stigma on them: Every guy leaves. Nobody wants to be here.… — DeMar DeRozan Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, the only person to have a better Kobe sneaker game than me is Kobe himself. — DeMar DeRozan Copy Share Image
We're all human at the end of the day. That's why I look at every person I encounter the same way. — DeMar DeRozan Copy Share Image
People ask me what I would have done if it wasn't for basketball. I can never give a good story because I honestly don't… — DeMar DeRozan Copy Share Image
I told myself that if I went to Compton High, and I made something out of the school, it would mean something to me… — DeMar DeRozan Copy Share Image
I'm sure there's a long list of one-time all-stars, and I don't want to be on it. — DeMar DeRozan Copy Share Image
My mom always told me: Never make fun of anybody, because you never know what that person is going through. Ever since I was… — DeMar DeRozan Copy Share Image
My mom's one of the toughest ladies I know. I've seen her lose both her brothers, both her parents. She's been through a lot,… — DeMar DeRozan Copy Share Image
I don't care who you are. You can be the smallest person off the street, or you could be the biggest person in the… — DeMar DeRozan Copy Share Image
I am Toronto. Outside of where I'm from, I represent this city harder than anybody. — DeMar DeRozan Copy Share Image
A lot of people in the NBA don't even take the game serious or take the same approach that I do. — DeMar DeRozan Copy Share Image
