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  • When I was 17, I was a Lakers Girl; I was the youngest girl on the squad. -- Moon Bloodgood
  • I have worked out with the Thunder, Lakers, Knicks, Grizzlies, Spurs, and a few others before the draft. I have worked out primarily against shorter and supposedly faster players in these workouts. -- Jeremy Lin
  • Yeah, I play a lot of their games. Going way back to Bulls vs. Lakers to the later Live stuff, I go at it quite a bit. More than anything tough, I play Madden. -- Jason Kidd
  • I'd like to think that the nature of the two teams - Boston being a championship team over the years and the Lakers, same thing - was a lot bigger than Larry Bird or Magic Johnson. -- Oscar Robertson
  • I think Kwame will be an asset to the Lakers. -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  • I have season tickets to the Lakers and the Clippers. -- Penny Marshall
  • The Raptors have to aspire to be the Heat and the Lakers. -- Tim Leiweke
  • One of the biggest reasons I bought the Lakers was to beat the Celtics. -- Jerry Buss
  • I grew up in L.A., so I'm a huge Lakers fan and Kobe fan. -- Malcolm David Kelley
  • Michael Jackson, the 49ers and the Lakers - that's what I know about the '80s. -- Dule Hill
  • Losing Michael Jackson is a handicap. It's the Lakers trying to win a championship without Kobe Bryant. -- Tito Jackson
  • Anybody who doesn't think I want the Lakers to win is a fool. But I'm no homer. -- Chick Hearn
  • I like technology. I mean, I have surround at home so I can listen to the Lakers. -- Kevin Weisman
  • I have nothing but respect for the Lakers. So many of their legends shaped who I am as a person and player. -- Bill Walton
  • An NBA game in L.A., the Lakers - I'm a Clipper fan - it's to be seen as much as seeing the game. -- Larry King
  • Lakers are my boys! I'm 100 percent the biggest Kobe fan on the planet. I text him after every game to tell him what's up. -- Ryan Sheckler
  • My mission is to kill; whether it's the Heat, whether it's the Lakers. Hopefully both. That's my mission, and that's what I'm here to do. -- Jason Terry
  • For years now, the Lakers have expressed interest in having me play for them, but we could never get the stars to align. I'm finally a Laker. -- Metta World Peace
  • I've been a Lakers fan since growing up in Oklahoma. My hometown's finally got the Thunder, which is really exciting, but I've still got to stick with the Lakers. -- Matt Kemp
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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
  • If you look around world, the great brands are Real Madrid, Manchester United. The Yankees, the Cowboys and the Lakers are there. We should aspire with the Maple Leafs to be there. -- Tim Leiweke
  • I met wonderful people playing in the NBA. Whether it is the officials, the scorekeepers, all the people who work for the NBA, not just for the Lakers, but I'm talking about just for the league itself. -- Magic Johnson
  • Basketball's eras are defined by teams - Celtics, Lakers, Bulls - and baseball's epochs are defined by players - Ruth, Robinson, Mantle - but with football, it's the sideline strategists, the nutty professors and top coated Lears. -- J. R. Moehringer
  • Well, I might take a plane, I might take a train. How do you people live here? You must be insane. I'm leaving Sacramento. Sacramento, I won't stay. But I'll be sure to come back when the Lakers beat the Kings in May. -- Dwayne Johnson
  • It was really an easy decision for me to be a part of the Lakers. It's priceless. It is one of the few places where I truly get lost in the joy of the moment of that game. All of the stresses and all the responsibilities are gone. -- Patrick Soon-Shiong
  • I mean, the Lakers are pretty damn Hollywood. -- Jerry Buss
  • Actually, Magic and the Lakers beat Philadelphia for Magic's first NBA Championship. -- Oscar Robertson
  • All I could think to say was, "The Lakers are my home team! -- Rick Riordan
  • If a jayvee team puts on Lakers uniforms, that doesn't make them Kobe Bryant. -- Barack Obama
  • The Lakers fans have been great, even folks in the supermarket are welcoming me back! -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  • You've got to be a Lakers fan growing up in L.A. with all these championships. -- Akeem Ayers
  • The LA Lakers are so good they could run a fast break with a medicine ball. -- Rich Donnelly
  • Lakers just been taking care of business for a long time now. It's easy to love them. -- Akeem Ayers
  • The rivalry between the Lakers and Celtics endured for about eight years, and the interest grew each year. -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  • I'm a Lakers fan. Kevin Garnett is my favorite player of all time because of his passion for the game. -- Rahim Moore
  • Turning down the Lakers was tough, but it is always good to renew your vows to the loves of your life. -- Mike Krzyzewski
  • Agh-uhh!" the baboon grunted. He turned and waddled up the stairs. Unfortunately, the Lakers jersey didn't completely cover his multicolored rear. -- Rick Riordan
  • Truth is, I'm a bit old school. For me, it would be hard to put on a Lakers jersey. That's just the way it is. -- Steve Nash
  • The Lakers were able to maintain a certain level of talent and success, and so were the Celtics. It became part of people's sports lore. -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  • Congratulations to the NBA champion Boston Celtics - they beat the Los Angeles Lakers by 39 points. Or as Hillary Clinton would say, "Too close to call. -- Craig Ferguson
  • The best players are always in the thick of the action. (Michael) Jordan did it with the Bulls, (Kobe) Bryant does it with the Lakers and Leo does it here. We want him to stay with us because he's the best and we wouldn't swap him for anyone. -- Ronaldinho
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  • I will never forget my humble beginnings as a Laker Girl. It was probably one of the most fun jobs I ever had. -- Paula Abdul
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  • I always loved the Clippers. You root for the underdog. Obviously, everybody in L.A. is a Laker fan, but deep down inside, you root for the Clippers. If you're a true Los Angelean, that's how it happens. You always want the Clippers to do well. -- Baron Davis
  • I was busy with my family, my budding career as a TV writer, my antipathy for the Los Angeles Lakers, and my general reluctance to engage in anything that might force me to leave my comfort zone. But sometimes ideas won't let you go. For me, educating girls was like that. -- Richard E. Robbins
  • There's a tipping point that happens with soccer in which you just kinda get it. I was drawn to it because the best soccer teams play similarly to my favorite basketball teams - like the eighties Lakers or eighties Celtics - teams that emphasized teamwork over individualism and relied on passing as their biggest ongoing edge. -- Bill Simmons
  • Christmas Day was special because everybody is watching at home. That's what I loved about Christmas Day because it shined the spotlight on the Lakers, on our team, and we knew that all of the other leagues were at home and millions of people were watching. So it made it a special day to play on Christmas. -- Magic Johnson
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