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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: 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: I would never, ever intentionally hurt a player contractually.

I would never, ever intentionally hurt a player contractually.

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'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: It's discouraging for me to come out there and watch the lack of fan support for a good team.

It's discouraging for me to come out there and watch the lack of fan support for a good team.

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: 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: 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: 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 understand all too well that you can make legislation but you can't legislate how people feel toward one another.

I understand all too well that you can make legislation but you can't legislate how people feel toward one another.

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: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: 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: 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: Anything can happen with hard work and dedication

Anything can happen with hard work and dedication

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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.