Lakers Quotes - Page 2

• 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 don't know their names. Their names have been erased from my memory banks. If I tried to bring 'em back, I'd get shocked.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Memories, Names

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• How can Benedict Arnold be reliable in what he says?

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Benedict Arnold

  "Jackson's comments may have reignited feud". www.espn.com. December 26, 2006.

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• He's a jokester, and that's funny, very funny. Ha-ha. Very funny.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball

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• 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

  Basketball, Team, Focus

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• Most ferocious was Kobe. Fiercest, most competitive, it was Kobe. D Wade is second after that.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Wade, D Wade

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• You know how I be. Last week Kobe couldn't do without me.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Lasts, Week

  "Shaquille Attacks Kobe with Raunchy Rap". "News & Notes" with Farai Chideya, www.npr.org. June 26, 2008.

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• 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

  Basketball, Nice, Team

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• 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

  Yankees, Play, Like You

  "Seriously Funny". Interview with Brett Wilbur, www.carmelmagazine.com. February 1, 2007.

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• 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

  Girl, Careers, Ideas

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Stars, Years, Play

  "Artest poised to join Kobe, sign with Lakers" by Chris Duncan, www.foxnews.com. July 3, 2009.

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• I'm probably going to have to go with Kobester. He's an assassin with LeBron coming right after.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Assassins

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• 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

  Roots, Underdog, Fans

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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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