I don't think people fully appreciate the trauma associated with losing. It takes a lot out of you, year after year. — Jerry West Copy Share Image
As a player all you can do is play within yourself, even in the context of a team sport. — Jerry West Copy Share Image
The only thing I care about is winning. That's all. If you don't want to win, you don't want to be around… — Jerry West Copy Share Image
Confidence is a lot of this game or any game. If you don't think you can, you won't. — 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
I think, at the end of the day, when you hear the same voice all the time, it goes in one ear… — 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 know anything else but the Lakers. This has certainly been more than a job for me as a player. It… — 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
You have to win games by scoring points, of course, so that's important. But when you're having nights against a good defensive… — Jerry West Copy Share Image
To have harmony on a team, you need a coach who can get inside the head of every player and get them… — 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
I'd go fishing and always pretend I would catch the biggest fish. I'd stay out there for hours after everybody else left… — 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
At one time, we were asked to play your own man; you're responsible for your own man. And, if you were good… — Jerry West Copy Share Image
I hate to say it's not a Laker but Michael Jordan. He's been the greatest player I've ever seen. And I'm probably… — Jerry West Copy Share Image
I remember, years ago, if I had had an opportunity to leave the Lakers, I would have left for one reason: because… — Jerry West Copy Share Image
The 3-point line has changed the game so much. The day of the big man, unless you're extraordinary good, is not numbered,… — Jerry West Copy Share Image
You get so addicted to winning that you don't want that feeling to stop. — Jerry West Copy Share Image
Everyone always says you have to be on the best team, the team that wins. Oh, no, no, no. I disagree with… — 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
Coaches who have been players in the league, they get so attuned to playing how they were successful and who their coaches… — Jerry West Copy Share Image
Some guys lay their fannies out there every night - they play the game at such a high level, and they give… — Jerry West Copy Share Image
That's a strong sign of a good coach, to let an assistant participate. It shows his confidence in the coach's ability not… — Jerry West Copy Share Image
You can't imagine how much good luck is involved in winning, but all of a sudden, you get in a situation where… — 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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