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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
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I'd go fishing and always pretend I would catch the biggest fish. I'd stay out there for hours after everybody else left until I caught something. When I shot baskets, I was always the coach and star player and always made the winning shot.
- Jerry West
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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 lot of that is about being able to think. It makes all the difference in the world to have a player in there with a high basketball IQ who can make the right decision.
- Jerry West
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The 3-point line has changed the game so much. The day of the big man, unless you're extraordinary good, is not numbered, but certainly you gotta be a lot more versatile to play the game today. You gotta be able to really run up and down the court.
- Jerry West
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The advent of so much dribbling has created a different kind of player, and it starts at a very early age. We have so many gifted ball handlers. Everything is pick-and-roll. Unless he's a catch-and-shoot guy, a player is going to put it on the floor and attack. Kevin Durant is a wonderful ball handler.
- Jerry West
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I've always been a very harsh judge of talent because if you don't play the game on both ends of the court, and if you don't play hard every night, I'm probably not going to be in love with you as a player. I'm going to respect you because you're good, but these players are unique.
- Jerry West
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I'm still very much a West Virginia boy. I haven't forgotten my roots, because that's really who I am.
- Jerry West
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Confidence is a lot of this game or any game. If you don't think you can, you won't.
- Jerry West
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Kevin Garnett was a great player, but he wasn't Kobe Bryant.
- Jerry West
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I've always been someone who has been very driven. I think my circumstances, how I grew up, hard work and work ethic are absolutely vital to any success that people might have, regardless of what they might be doing.
- Jerry West
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I enjoy winning, but more importantly, I enjoy the people I'm around.
- Jerry West
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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 a harsh judge of talent in the sense that I admire players that are really good defensive players and really good offensive players.
- Jerry West
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I'm a Gemini. Know what that means? There are two very different sides to me.
- Jerry West
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You need lofty goals. Then cement it with a great work ethic.
- Jerry West
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I've seen a lot in my life. I've seen a lot of winning. I've seen a lot of testing times. I think when you're tested, you really find out what you're made of, OK?
- Jerry West
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When it's time for me to walk away from something, I walk away from it. My mind, my body, my conscience tell me that enough is enough.
- Jerry West
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You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.
- Jerry West
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The Lakers had been home to me, unlike the home I had grown up and felt apart from.
- Jerry West
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Fear of failure, it's the greatest motivational tool. It drives me and drives me and drives me.
- Jerry West
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