Quotes About Basketball

It is 1979, a basketball game in the Brandeis gym. The team is doing well, and the student section begins a chant, "We're number one! We're number one!" Morrie is sitting nearby. He is puzzled by the cheer. At one point, in the midst of "We're number one!" he rises and yells, "What's wrong with being number two?" The students look at him. They stop chanting. He sits down, smiling and triumphant.

The Lakers are really the biggest team in the world. Everybody knows the Lakers.

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

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

Jerry West really helped a lot, and so did players like Magic Johnson. That's why, at the end of my career, I wanted to finish my career with the Lakers.

My very first NBA game was against the Los Angeles Lakers; it was a pre-season game against Magic Johnson.

I grew up watching the Lakers.

I love the fact that I get to play against the Los Angeles Lakers in a Game 7 on the road.

I grew up a Lakers and a Clippers fan.

In a way, it's like I want to come here, I want to play for the home team and put a Lakers jersey on. That's always going to be something that I want to fulfill.

I was excited about going to the Lakers because they are probably the biggest brand in basketball.

I loved basketball and grew up with the Lakers and Magic Johnson. That was a big part of me.

I believe, myself, just being a part of the Lakers is one of the best experiences I've had.

We get three of the Ball boys on the Lakers together, and we gonna go championship, championship, championship, championship, championship.

I think the Lakers are a legacy franchise. Players know when they come here, this is the ultimate platform.

In terms of basketball decisions, I will always defer to Magic. He's brought a vision of the kind of team we're going to build and a vision of what Lakers basketball is going to be.

I always was a fan of the Lakers.

I know the Lakers are gonna make decisions for the Lakers.

I grew up in L.A. in the '80s, and the Lakers were the biggest thing to ever hit the world at that time.

I think if all three of my boys get on the Lakers somehow, they would change the NBA.

How can you not like the Lakers?

I can't tell you how many letters I get from grandmothers who say, 'It's the only thing I can talk to my 15-year-old grandson about.' The Lakers are more than just a basketball team to this city. They're part of this community.

Who wouldn't want to own the Lakers?

You never know who you're going to see there during a Lakers game.