Jerry West
Jerry West
Jerry Alan Westis an American retired basketball player who played his entire professional career for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. His nicknames include "Mr. Clutch", for his ability to make a big play in a clutch situation, such as his famous buzzer-beating 60-foot shot that tied Game 3 of the 1970 NBA Finals against the New York Knicks; "The Logo", in reference to his silhouette being incorporated into the NBA logo; "Mr. Outside", in reference to...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth28 May 1938
CityCheylan, WV
CountryUnited States of America
There are many players who don't measure up to their marketability.
Coaches who have been players in the league, they get so attuned to playing how they were successful, and who their coaches were.
I'm just ultracompetitive. I will be till they put me in the grave.
As you get older, every chance to win a championship is more crucial, because you are going to have less and less of them.
The passion to win games, the incredible, focused energy and also the camaraderie of the team were all things that I really loved.
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 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.
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.
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.
I enjoy winning, but more importantly I enjoy the people I'm around.