Lakers Quotes - Page 2

• Anybody who doesn't think I want the Lakers to win is a fool. But I'm no homer.

  Chick Hearn

  Winning, Thinking, Want

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• Well, I might take a plane, I might take a train. How do you people live here? You must be insane. I'm leaving Sacramento. Sacramento, I won't stay. But I'll be sure to come back when the Lakers beat the Kings in May.

  Dwayne Johnson

  Kings, Wwe, People

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• 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

  Khufu, Hands, Names

  Rick Riordan (2010). “The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid”, Hyperion

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• If a jayvee team puts on Lakers uniforms, that doesn't make them Kobe Bryant.

  Barack Obama

  Team, Uniforms, Obnoxious

  "Going the Distance" by David Remnick, www.newyorker.com. January 27, 2014.

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• 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

  Heat, Missions, Hopefully

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• I met wonderful people playing in the NBA. Whether it is the officials, the scorekeepers, all the people who work for the NBA, not just for the Lakers, but I'm talking about just for the league itself.

  Magic Johnson

  Talking, Nba, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Congratulations, Boston, Nba

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• Agh-uhh!” the baboon grunted. He turned and waddled up the stairs. Unfortunately, the Lakers jersey didn’t completely cover his multicolored rear.

  Rick Riordan

  Jersey, Baboons, Stairs

  Rick Riordan (2010). “The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid”, Hyperion

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• 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

  Basketball, Eight, Play

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• I don't know. I don't have a fax machine, so I didn't get that message.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Fax Machines, Messages

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• 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

  Basketball, Team, Media

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• 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

  Basketball, Recovery, Able

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• 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

  Basketball, Hero, Sandwiches

  Shaquille O'Neal (2014). “Shaq Talks Back”, p.116, St. Martin's Press

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• There is nothing for me to be sour about. What you got to understand is that I'm a military man. We usually do my shift for four or five years and then you got to move on.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Military, Moving

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• All I could think to say was, "The Lakers are my home team!

  Rick Riordan

  Team, Home, Thinking

  Rick Riordan (2010). “The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid”, Hyperion

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• 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

  Basketball, Men, Say Anything

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• 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

  Basketball, Trying, Shaq

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• Turning down the Lakers was tough, but it is always good to renew your vows to the loves of your life.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Tough, Love Your Life, Vow

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• The truth is I'm a bit old school. For me, it would be hard to put on a Lakers jersey. That's just the way it is.

  Steve Nash

  School, Would Be, Way

  "Steve Nash 'open to everything'" by Mike Mazzeo, www.espn.com. June 26, 2012.

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• Actually, Magic and the Lakers beat Philadelphia for Magic's first NBA Championship.

  Oscar Robertson

  Basketball, Nba Championships, Philadelphia

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• The rivalry between the Lakers and Celtics endured for about eight years, and the interest grew each year.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Eight, Years

  "TalkAsia" with Stan Grant, www.cnn.com. July 8, 2005.

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• Lakers were able to maintain a certain level of talent and success and so were the Celtics. So after awhile it became part of people's sports lore...

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Sports, People

  Interview with Stan Grant, www.cnn.com. July 8, 2005.

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• The Lakers fans have been great, even folks in the supermarket are welcoming me back.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Fans, Welcome

  "Chat Transcript: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar". www.nba.com.

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• I think Kwame will be an asset to the Lakers.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Thinking, Assets

  "Chat Transcript: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar". www.nba.com.

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• 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

  Basketball, Brother, Kids

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