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Jerry     West Quotes: "You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good."

You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.



Jerry     West Quotes: "Don't let talent get in way of team performance. Great players do what's outstanding for team, not what makes them stand out"

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 Quotes: "Confidence is a lot of this game or any game. If you don't think you can, you won't."

Confidence is a lot of this game or any game. If you don't think you can, you won't.



Jerry     West Quotes: "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."

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.




Jerry     West Quotes: "To have harmony on a team, you need a coach who can get inside the head of every player and get them all pulling in one direction."

To have harmony on a team, you need a coach who can get inside the head of every player and get them all pulling in one direction.



Jerry     West Quotes: "Anything can happen with hard work and dedication"

Anything can happen with hard work and dedication



Jerry     West Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "When time is running out and the score is close, most players are thinking, I don't want to be the one to lose the game, but I'm thinking, What do I have to do to win?"

When time is running out and the score is close, most players are thinking, I don't want to be the one to lose the game, but I'm thinking, What do I have to do to win?



Jerry     West Quotes: "I'm just ultracompetitive. I will be till they put me in the grave."

I'm just ultracompetitive. I will be till they put me in the grave.



Jerry     West Quotes: "[The NBA] used to be a small band of basketball groupies. Now there are a lot more corporate-type people working in the league."

[The NBA] used to be a small band of basketball groupies. Now there are a lot more corporate-type people working in the league.



Jerry     West Quotes: "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 me."

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 me.



Jerry     West Quotes: "I don't think people fully appreciate the trauma associated with losing. It takes a lot out of you, year after year."

I don't think people fully appreciate the trauma associated with losing. It takes a lot out of you, year after year.




Jerry     West Quotes: "As a player all you can do is play within yourself, even in the context of a team sport."

As a player all you can do is play within yourself, even in the context of a team sport.



Jerry     West Quotes: "I’ve never seen a better coach than Gregg Popovich."

I’ve never seen a better coach than Gregg Popovich.



Jerry     West Quotes: "I don't really want to go into my problems with the team at the time except to say that no one's ever had to pay me to play basketball."

I don't really want to go into my problems with the team at the time except to say that no one's ever had to pay me to play basketball.



Jerry     West Quotes: "There are many players who don't measure up to their marketability."

There are many players who don't measure up to their marketability.



Jerry     West Quotes: "Basketball came to me and for some reason it gave me an opportunity to live a life that I didn't dream possible. But it did let me live my dreams."

Basketball came to me and for some reason it gave me an opportunity to live a life that I didn't dream possible. But it did let me live my dreams.



Jerry     West Quotes: "If you can't see someone's got a game with great personality, you shouldn't be out there looking."

If you can't see someone's got a game with great personality, you shouldn't be out there looking.



Jerry     West Quotes: "The passion to win games, the incredible, focused energy and also the camaraderie of the team were all things that I really loved."

The passion to win games, the incredible, focused energy and also the camaraderie of the team were all things that I really loved.



Jerry     West Quotes: "I would hope that racism is something that just does not work in this day and age, but I know otherwise."

I would hope that racism is something that just does not work in this day and age, but I know otherwise.



Jerry     West Quotes: "I always wanted the ball in my hands with a game on the line, as I think any real competitor does."

I always wanted the ball in my hands with a game on the line, as I think any real competitor does.



Jerry     West Quotes: "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 on your instincts to find people who hate losing and know how to win."

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 on your instincts to find people who hate losing and know how to win.



Jerry     West Quotes: "As you get older, every chance to win a championship is more crucial, because you are going to have less and less of them."

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 Quotes: "The marketing of players has created untold wealth for many sports stars. You can't blame them or the company that covets the relationship with them, but that doesn't mean the player is good."

The marketing of players has created untold wealth for many sports stars. You can't blame them or the company that covets the relationship with them, but that doesn't mean the player is good.



Jerry     West Quotes: "I enjoy winning, but more importantly I enjoy the people I'm around."

I enjoy winning, but more importantly I enjoy the people I'm around.



Jerry     West Quotes: "I was not a great ballhandler. I just worked very hard at it, and I got to be a good ballhandler-a competent ballhandler-but never a great ballhandler."

I was not a great ballhandler. I just worked very hard at it, and I got to be a good ballhandler-a competent ballhandler-but never a great ballhandler.



Jerry     West Quotes: "Coaches who have been players in the league, they get so attuned to playing how they were successful, and who their coaches were."

Coaches who have been players in the league, they get so attuned to playing how they were successful, and who their coaches were.



Jerry     West Quotes: "It was clear to me that I was never going to be the same kind of player I had been. It was time to quit."

It was clear to me that I was never going to be the same kind of player I had been. It was time to quit.



Jerry     West Quotes: "I was disappointed if I didn't have a chance to win a game, and if I had the chance and didn't do it."

I was disappointed if I didn't have a chance to win a game, and if I had the chance and didn't do it.



Jerry     West Quotes: "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 many games."

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 many games.



Jerry     West Quotes: "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 is paid to the product-the game."

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 is paid to the product-the game.



Jerry     West Quotes: "I would never, ever intentionally hurt a player contractually."

I would never, ever intentionally hurt a player contractually.



Jerry     West Quotes: "Fear of failure, it's the greatest motivational tool. It drives me and drives me and drives me."

Fear of failure, it's the greatest motivational tool. It drives me and drives me and drives me.



Jerry     West Quotes: "You can’t get much done in life if you only work on days when you feel good."

You can’t get much done in life if you only work on days when you feel good.