Dwight Howard on Stan Van Gundy: ‘He pushed me to be everything I ended up becoming’

Dwight Howard: Yeah, I don’t regret my kids. I regret how I decided to go about having my children. What I mean is, I have five kids by five women. That’s not really the right example to show for my daughters or my sons. It’s not that having kids is bad, but having kids by multiple women, sharing my body and energy with multiple people, and giving these women false senses of hope for a future—that’s something I wish I could have done differently. I didn’t know what I was doing at a young age. I was misguided. Now, as an older person, I see it. I wish I had done that better, because it would’ve saved a lot of heartbreak, a lot of money—a lot of money—but really, a lot of heartbreak. Not just for the kids and the family, but for the women too. Even if some of them had agendas or whatever, I know a part of them still hurt. To have a child with someone and not be with them…that’s painful. -via YouTube / December 18, 2024