Laker Quotes & Sayings

The aim of English cricket is, in fact, mainly to beat Australia. — Jim Laker

Clarissa, I was calling to ask if you wanted to go to the Laker game tonight."
Now, Clarissa was hurt. "This is really last minute."
"I know, I'm sorry. I just got the tickets."
"As I see it," Clarissa said, recovering, "you have two problems: One, I have plans, and two, I hate baseball."
"Basketball," Aaron said. — Gigi Levangie Grazer

Americans are cool; if you show just a chink of vulnerability, they respond so much. They'll pat you on the arm and say, 'Hey kid, you're all right.' Brits will respond but they are much more cynical. — Bear Grylls

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

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

Only a fool does not look to explain his mistakes. — William J. Clinton

conventions hosted by the Miami Morrison. The question was, what convention was Laker Girl attending? Walt had arrived at the hotel earlier in the day to find massive banners and the entire second floor of the conference hall filling up with pictures of half-naked men and women embracing. At first, he thought the competing conference had something to do with adult film. When he asked, he was told a writers convention was dominating the hotel for the weekend. By comparison, the number of people at the conference he was attending was a drop of water in the ocean. Soon the hotel would be filled with writers, readers, publishers, and agents. The genre of choice . . . romance. Books written with nothing but happily-ever-after in mind. — Catherine Bybee

Women were not and never had been the weaker sex, she reflected. They could make sacrifices from which men would ever shy away. — Rosalind Laker

Gary was a righteous man, frank about his lusts, and they were the lusts of the righteous: for sugar and fat and the succour of a wife. — Rafael Yglesias

Nothing is lifeless
when the moon writes its screed
on the silvern sand silence
-From the poem:The Universe In Blossom — Munia Khan

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 Laker fan, always have been. And the New York Yankees, for sure. — Antonio Sabato Jr.

One should always have ambitions which are just a bit out of reach. — Sharon E. Laker

I am highly offended by the total lack of acknowledgement of my contribution to Laker success. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I will never forget my humble beginnings as a Laker Girl. It was probably one of the most fun jobs I ever had. — Paula Abdul

I am and will always be a Laker for life. — Magic Johnson

Earnestness is the best gift of mental power, and deficiency of heart is the cause of many men never becoming great. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

In third grade, I played basketball with the boys every day at lunch. I had braces that were yellow and purple, and I wore full Laker uniforms to school. — Gigi Hadid

I was going to fight for what I wanted first, and that was being in L.A. and being a Laker. L.A. was the first place that came to my mind. That's where my heart was at. — Lamar Odom