Quotes & Sayings About Lakers

I mean, the Lakers are pretty damn Hollywood. — Jerry Buss

I'm a cop, and cops talk. They called me the day he did it, but did you ever hear me say anything about it? I played ball, because that's how I am. I'm true. — Shaquille O'Neal

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 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

I have nothing but respect for the Lakers. So many of their legends shaped who I am as a person and player. — Bill Walton

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

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

I think Kwame will be an asset to the Lakers. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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

Lakers just been taking care of business for a long time now. It's easy to love them. — Akeem Ayers

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

He's a jokester, and that's funny, very funny. Ha-ha. Very funny. — Shaquille O'Neal

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

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

How can Benedict Arnold be reliable in what he says? — Shaquille O'Neal

I like technology. I mean, I have surround at home so I can listen to the Lakers. — Kevin Weisman

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 have season tickets to the Lakers and the Clippers. — Penny Marshall

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

The Lakers were able to maintain a certain level of talent and success, and so were the Celtics. It became part of people's sports lore. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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

Actually, Magic and the Lakers beat Philadelphia for Magic's first NBA Championship. — Oscar Robertson

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

As for middle school, I had a really horrible era of style. I'd only play basketball with the boys during lunch, so I went through a phase of only wearing Lakers uniforms to school - that was cute! And then I kind of went through the Puma phase that everyone went through with the sweatsuits, which turned into Juicy Couture sweatsuits. — Gigi Hadid

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

The Lakers fans have been great, even folks in the supermarket are welcoming me back! — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

There is nothing to say because I know everything about him. I raised him. I know what's a charade, and I know what's not a charade. I'll leave it at that. — 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

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

All I could think to say was, The Lakers are my home team! — Rick Riordan

when the Lakers scored at the buzzer to take the lead, Charlotte leapt to her feet and cheered. — Debbie Macomber

I'm a Lakers fan. Kevin Garnett is my favorite player of all time because of his passion for the game. — Rahim Moore

I'm not the one buying love. He's the one buying love. — Shaquille O'Neal

It was really an easy decision for me to be a part of the Lakers. It's priceless. It is one of the few places where I truly get lost in the joy of the moment of that game. All of the stresses and all the responsibilities are gone. — Patrick Soon-Shiong

If you look around world, the great brands are Real Madrid, Manchester United. The Yankees, the Cowboys and the Lakers are there. We should aspire with the Maple Leafs to be there. — Tim Leiweke

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

When I was 17, I was a Lakers Girl; I was the youngest girl on the squad. — Moon Bloodgood

The Lakers are family. My kids don't have to switch schools. Little things like that are important. People don't think about things like that. I feel like something special is going to happen in this town. — Lamar Odom

I've been a Lakers fan since growing up in Oklahoma. My hometown's finally got the Thunder, which is really exciting, but I've still got to stick with the Lakers. — Matt Kemp

I'm probably going to have to go with Kobester. He's an assassin with LeBron coming right after. — Shaquille O'Neal

You've got to be a Lakers fan growing up in L.A. with all these championships. — Akeem Ayers

Famed basketball coach Phil Jackson, a meditator himself, arranged to have his players - first the Chicago Bulls, and then the L.A. Lakers - learn meditation as a way to improve their focus and teamwork. Jackson finds that mindfulness assists players in paying attention to what's happening on the court moment by moment. Such precise training in attention has paid off during tense playoffs; Jackson has led more teams to championships than any coach in NBA history. Meditation — Sharon Salzberg

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

Losing Michael Jackson is a handicap. It's the Lakers trying to win a championship without Kobe Bryant. — Tito Jackson

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

My personal opinion is, how, if you never hung out with somebody, do you know them so well? I never hung out with that dude because the dude is a weirdo. — Shaquille O'Neal

One of the biggest reasons I bought the Lakers was to beat the Celtics. — Jerry Buss

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

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

Michael Jackson, the 49ers and the Lakers - that's what I know about the '80s. — Dule Hill

I don't know anything else but the Lakers. This has certainly been more than a job for me as a player. It has certainly meant more to me than just an occupation. — Jerry West

Most ferocious was Kobe. Fiercest, most competitive, it was Kobe. D Wade is second after that. — Shaquille O'Neal

The Raptors have to aspire to be the Heat and the Lakers. — Tim Leiweke

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

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

An NBA game in L.A., the Lakers - I'm a Clipper fan - it's to be seen as much as seeing the game. — Larry King

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

I grew up in L.A., so I'm a huge Lakers fan and Kobe fan. — Malcolm David Kelley

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

You know how I be. Last week Kobe couldn't do without me. — Shaquille O'Neal

Basketball's eras are defined by teams - Celtics, Lakers, Bulls - and baseball's epochs are defined by players - Ruth, Robinson, Mantle - but with football, it's the sideline strategists, the nutty professors and top coated Lears. — J.R. Moehringer

The rivalry between the Lakers and Celtics endured for about eight years, and the interest grew each year. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

The LA Lakers are so good they could run a fast break with a medicine ball. — Rich Donnelly

The Lakers have been nothing but great to me, and I want to keep the relationship great. — Lamar Odom