Jeanie Buss

I think people have to realize that - and basketball fans do, Lakers fans do - that we have to operate under…

— Jeanie Buss

The team will always be bigger than any one owner, or any one player, or one coach. The team is always first.

— Jeanie Buss

I really wasn't expecting to fall so hard for Phil. As a matter of fact, when my dad said he was talking…

— Jeanie Buss

I get a lot of letters from people saying, 'I want to follow in your footsteps,' and I don't know how to…

— Jeanie Buss

I want people to know that I don't take for granted what's been given to me.

— Jeanie Buss

I can't tell you the difference between the triangle offense and the Princeton offense.

— Jeanie Buss

Even before my dad passed away, people tried to buy the Lakers. Sony tried in the 1980s. People have always wanted to…

— Jeanie Buss

I can't say that I grew up saying, 'Someday I want to be vice president of the Lakers,' because that's not how…

— Jeanie Buss

I can't tell you how many letters I get from grandmothers who say, 'It's the only thing I can talk to my…

— Jeanie Buss

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

— Jeanie Buss

A relationship isn't just about space; it's about emotion and heart and all those good things.

— Jeanie Buss

The Lakers have been part of the process of revitalizing downtown L.A. That's what my dad's passion was. He loved to win,…

— Jeanie Buss

I don't want to see Kobe Bryant ever leave. If he was 100 years old and still playing, I'd be happy.

— Jeanie Buss

It's nice to be able to go back and reflect and see how much my dad meant to people.

— Jeanie Buss

The way my dad set things up was for me to oversee the business side and for my brother to oversee the…

— Jeanie Buss

Every fan wants to win every year, that's how my dad was. It would be nice to be able to do that…

— Jeanie Buss

Did you know I once tweeted at Red Bull, 'Would you ever consider making a sugar-free, caffeine-free Red Bull?'

— Jeanie Buss

In terms of basketball decisions, I will always defer to Magic. He's brought a vision of the kind of team we're going…

— Jeanie Buss

I think it's impossible to tell your coach and tell your players, 'Try not to win.' That goes against everything an organization…

— Jeanie Buss

The Lakers have figured out how to win in every era.

— Jeanie Buss

The NBA requires that one person is the acting owner, the one person they can get on the phone and is accountable…

— Jeanie Buss

There's a whole other chapter of my life where I was, for 15 years, the significant other of coach Phil Jackson.

— Jeanie Buss

I'm at the top of the food chain.

— Jeanie Buss

I always tell Phil we're like the party poopers. If we ever get invited to a player party, between the two of…

— Jeanie Buss

In my position, I can make changes. I can make changes across the entire organization. If John Ireland doesn't do his job,…

— Jeanie Buss