You need to possess more than a little nastiness to play basketball at the highest level. — Jerry West Copy Share Image
[The NBA] used to be a small band of basketball groupies. Now there are a lot more corporate-type people working in the… — Jerry West Copy Share Image
When time is running out and the score is close, most players are thinking, I don't want to be the one to… — Jerry West Copy Share Image
Don't let talent get in way of team performance. Great players do what's outstanding for team, not what makes them stand out — Jerry West Copy Share Image
I don't really want to go into my problems with the team at the time except to say that no one's ever… — Jerry West Copy Share Image
Basketball came to me and for some reason it gave me an opportunity to live a life that I didn't dream possible.… — Jerry West Copy Share Image
We talk about players of yesteryear, guys who could play or couldn't play, and I think it's ridiculous to try to even… — Jerry West Copy Share Image
The league is changing, and we don't have many back-to-the-basket players. We now have a game that requires skill and versatility. A… — Jerry West Copy Share Image
Anything you can do to help someone, I just think it's so important because there's a lot of kids that look up… — Jerry West Copy Share Image
As you get older, every chance to win a championship is more crucial, because you are going to have less and less of them. — Jerry West Copy Share
Many people, men in particular, just can't not be active. I guess our minds demand that we seek other challenges. — Jerry West Copy Share
I've always been really nationalistic, and I had a brother killed in Korea. And I think the 'Star Spangled Banner,' even today - and… — Jerry West Copy Share
I don't live in the past. And besides, there are too many times in my career to remember specific events, because I played so… — Jerry West Copy Share
You can't ever totally know what's inside of someone else, or see the kind of will someone like Magic has. You have to rely… — Jerry West Copy Share
The support this city and our fans have shown the Grizzlies made my decision to stay in Memphis an easy one. Memphis deserves a… — Jerry West Copy Share
I always wanted the ball in my hands with a game on the line, as I think any real competitor does. — Jerry West Copy Share
Some guys lay their fannies out there every night - they play the game at such a high level, and they give so much… — Jerry West Copy Share
You need to possess more than a little nastiness to play basketball at the highest level. — Jerry West Copy Share
Personalities seem in many cases to dominate the lucrative endorsement market. But that doesn't upset me. What upsets me is when not enough attention… — Jerry West Copy Share
We talk about players of yesteryear, guys who could play or couldn't play, and I think it's ridiculous to try to even compare people...… — Jerry West Copy Share
As a player all you can do is play within yourself, even in the context of a team sport. — Jerry West Copy Share
There's been so many unbelievable players in Los Angeles, maybe the best of the best. — Jerry West Copy Share
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