119 Quotes by Jerry West

There's been so many unbelievable players in Los Angeles, maybe the best of the best.

The season is a beast within itself. It's not the quickest race; it's a marathon. In the playoffs - if you're fortunate enough to make the playoffs - that's more like a dash. You have to concentrate on one opponent. When they're done, you have to concentrate on another one.

I've been so low sometimes and when everyone else would be so high because I didn't like myself.

I'm surprised when the ball doesn't go into the hoop. I think I should make every shot.

I'm not one who likes to be honored, to be honest with you. That's never been who I am.

I often do things that surprise me, not to mention others.

If I'm not nervous, if I don't have at least a little bit of the same self-doubt and anxious feelings I had when I started playing, then it will be time for me to go on. I must have that tension.

I would never stay under circumstances where I felt I was a figurehead and might look good in your team media guide. I don't want to be that. I do want to contribute, and if I don't contribute, I'll walk away from it. If I don't feel welcomed, I'll walk away from it.

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... The things that you can do in basketball today that you couldn't even do then... you can carry the ball; you walk all over the place.