Jerry West

“I was never the most gifted athlete, but I was always the most competitive.”

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

“The one thing I've always told my players is that the only thing you can control is your effort.”

“Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.”

“You are the only one who can make you be great.”

“I'm not a happy person. I'm a miserable person. But I'm a driven person.”

“Life is not about what you accomplish, it's about what you overcome.”

“I've often said that the best thing about me is that I'm a survivor.”

“The greatest gift you can give yourself is to be in the moment.”

“The best players are the ones who are willing to do the things that other players are not willing to do.”

“My life has been a search for the perfect game. I've never found it, but I've had a lot of fun looking.”

“I think the thing about me is I have a very simple approach to life. I don't complicate things.”

“It's not about what you've done. It's about what you're going to do.”

“I don't believe in fear. I believe in preparation.”

“I'm a perfectionist. I'm a competitor. I'm a person who wants to win.”