75 Lakers Quotes
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Famous Lakers Quotes
One of the biggest reasons I bought the Lakers was to beat the Celtics. — Jerry Buss
My mission is to kill; whether it's the Heat, whether it's the Lakers. Hopefully both. That's my mission, and that's what I'm here to do. — Jason Terry
The Spurs are a great WNBA team. — Shaquille O'Neal
I'm a huge sports fan. — Marc Anthony
I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot. — Kobe Bryant
I have worked out with the Thunder, Lakers, Knicks, Grizzlies, Spurs, and a few others before the draft. I have worked out primarily against shorter and supposedly faster players in these workouts. — Jeremy Lin
I'm with Houston now. I just have to come in here and play hard and win games. — James Harden
Basketball is a pretty simple game. What wins is consistency and competitiveness. — Gregg Popovich
The NBA has the best point guards in the world, so it is important that I come ready to play every night. — Steve Nash
This ain't the Girl Scouts. This ain't the Boy Scouts. This is the NBA. — Kevin Garnett
Go my favorite sports team go! Score a goal. Unit. Basket. Go squadron! Defeat the opponents soundly in this...skirmish. — Brian Regan
I'm in Cleveland. I enjoy myself. I enjoy going out and competing at highest level for the Cleveland Cavaliers. — Kyrie Irving
I want to say thank you to the great state of Indiana and all the fans.... Pacers Nation, Blue and Gold, thank you guys so much. — Reggie Miller
Basketball is a beautiful game when the five players on the court play with one heartbeat. — Dean Smith
I'm taking my talents to South Beach. — LeBron James
Short Lakers Quotes
- I'm not going to try to go out there and outdo him. I don't have to try to outdo him, I'm Shaq. — Shaquille O'Neal
- If you don't stick to simplicity, you'll die a horrible death. — Shaquille O'Neal
- He's a jokester, and that's funny, very funny. Ha-ha. Very funny. — Shaquille O'Neal
- When I was 17, I was a Lakers Girl; I was the youngest girl on the squad. — Moon Bloodgood
- Actually, Magic and the Lakers beat Philadelphia for Magic's first NBA Championship. — Oscar Robertson
- I think Kwame will be an asset to the Lakers. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Anybody who doesn't think I want the Lakers to win is a fool. But I'm no homer. — Chick Hearn
- How important has Phil Jackson been to the success of the Lakers? He's very important. — Larry Dixon
- The Lakers and the Clippers teams play against each other; friends shouldn't. — Yolanda Hadid
- Lakers just been taking care of business for a long time now. It's easy to love them. — Akeem Ayers
Lakers Fan Quotes
I always loved the Clippers. You root for the underdog. Obviously, everybody in L.A. is a Laker fan, but deep down inside, you root for the Clippers. If you're a true Los Angelean, that's how it happens. You always want the Clippers to do well. — Baron Davis
I'm a Lakers fan. Kevin Garnett is my favorite player of all time because of his passion for the game. — Rahim Moore
You've got to be a Lakers fan growing up in L.A. with all these championships. — Akeem Ayers
Lakers are my boys! I'm 100 percent the biggest Kobe fan on the planet. I text him after every game to tell him what's up. — Ryan Sheckler
The Lakers fans have been great, even folks in the supermarket are welcoming me back. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
People Writing About Lakers
| Name | Quotes | Likes |
|---|---|---|
 Shaquille O'Neal |
367 | 1686 |
 Jason Terry |
15 | 44 |
 Marc Anthony |
22 | 143 |
 Kobe Bryant |
177 | 1408 |
 Jeremy Lin |
55 | 556 |
 James Harden |
10 | 221 |
More Lakers Quotes
We survive our way through basketball hoping the # Lakers will survive and we hope for the # Kings and for the # Ducks and we want them all to succeed but if you are a true fan and especially if you are a # Dodgers fan deep down inside you are saying please get out of the way, get off the stage, here come the DODGERS! — Vin Scully
I had orders from the great Bill Russell. Me and him were talking in Seattle the other day, and he was telling me how rivalries should be. I asked him if he ever disliked anybody he played against, and he told me, 'No, never,' and he told me that I should shake Kobe Bryant's hand and let bygones be bygones and bury the hatchet. — Shaquille O'Neal
If you've got a Corvette that runs into a brick wall, you know what's going to happen. He's a Corvette. I'm a brick wall. — Shaquille O'Neal
This summer is going to be a different summer for a lot of people. Everyone is going to take care of their own business and everyone is going to do what's best for them, including me. — Shaquille O'Neal
The best players are always in the thick of the action. (Michael) Jordan did it with the Bulls, (Kobe) Bryant does it with the Lakers and Leo does it here. We want him to stay with us because he's the best and we wouldn't swap him for anyone. — Ronaldinho
Kobe always tried to be a hero. But you know, as the saying goes, a hero ain't nothing but a sandwich. — Shaquille O'Neal
I'd like to think that the nature of the two teams - Boston being a championship team over the years and the Lakers, same thing - was a lot bigger than Larry Bird or Magic Johnson. — Oscar Robertson
Amos clapped his hands. “Khufu!” I thought he’d sneezed, because Khufu is a weird name, but then a little dude about three feet tall with gold fur and a purple shirt came clambering down the stairs. It took me a second to realize it was a baboon wearing an L.A. Lakers jersey. — Rick Riordan
Yeah, I play a lot of their games. Going way back to Bulls vs. Lakers to the later Live stuff, I go at it quite a bit. More than anything tough, I play Madden. — Jason Kidd
There's a tipping point that happens with soccer in which you just kinda get it. I was drawn to it because the best soccer teams play similarly to my favorite basketball teams - like the eighties Lakers or eighties Celtics - teams that emphasized teamwork over individualism and relied on passing as their biggest ongoing edge. — Bill Simmons
I have nothing but respect for the Lakers. So many of their legends shaped who I am as a person and player. — Bill Walton
Talk to the guys that ain't doing nothing, don't talk to me. I just want eight guys out there with me who want to play. — Shaquille O'Neal
You're never going to be a Yankee for a day, or you're never going to be a Laker, but with Pro-Ams, they allow you to feel like you're a professional golfer and play under their conditions. — George Lopez
Congratulations to the NBA champion Boston Celtics - they beat the Los Angeles Lakers by 39 points. Or as Hillary Clinton would say, "Too close to call. — Craig Ferguson
Christmas Day was special because everybody is watching at home. That's what I loved about Christmas Day because it shined the spotlight on the Lakers, on our team, and we knew that all of the other leagues were at home and millions of people were watching. So it made it a special day to play on Christmas. — Magic Johnson
For years now, the Lakers have expressed interest in having me play for them, but we could never get the stars to align. I'm finally a Laker... — Metta World Peace
I was busy with my family, my budding career as a TV writer, my antipathy for the Los Angeles Lakers, and my general reluctance to engage in anything that might force me to leave my comfort zone. But sometimes ideas won't let you go. For me, educating girls was like that. — Richard E. Robbins
The two top teams with nice weather and nice people were Dallas and Miami. Of course, the Lakers wouldn't want to trade me in the same conference, so Miami was perfect. — Shaquille O'Neal
You know how I be. Last week Kobe couldn't do without me. — Shaquille O'Neal
Most ferocious was Kobe. Fiercest, most competitive, it was Kobe. D Wade is second after that. — Shaquille O'Neal
I'm probably going to have to go with Kobester. He's an assassin with LeBron coming right after. — Shaquille O'Neal
We had more great times than bad times together, but they've moved on, I've moved on. I have a new team now and I have a new focus. — Shaquille O'Neal
How can Benedict Arnold be reliable in what he says? — Shaquille O'Neal
Since I suffered the injury on company time, why shouldn't I also be able to get surgery and do recovery on company time? — Shaquille O'Neal
He's just intelligent-sort of a nerd, actually. He's the only brother I know who made a 1420 on the SAT. I don't think Chris Dudley did that, and Mr. Smarty Pants went to Yale. Kobe doesn't hang out. He doesn't go to the clubs. He doesn't ride around. He doesn't put rims on his car. He's just him. He's a sophisticated kid. Damn mature for his age. — Shaquille O'Neal
I didn't say anything. Got nothing to say. I'm a married man; I don't need a relationship with another man. — Shaquille O'Neal
I don't have to make a point. I'm George Bush. I'm the president. I built that arena, so I don't have to make a point. — Shaquille O'Neal
He doesn't need advice on how to play his position, but he needs advice on how to play team ball... If it's going to be my team, I'll voice my opinion. If he don't like it, he can opt out. — Shaquille O'Neal
We want stuff done right. As long as it's my team, I'll voice my opinion. Yep, it's my team. You media guys might give it to him, like you've given him everything else his whole lifetime, but this is the Diesel's ship. And if we're not right, I'm going to go out there and try to get it right... Just ask Karl and Garywhy they wanted to come here. It was because of one person, not two. One. — Shaquille O'Neal
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