Lamar Odom
Lamar Odom
Lamar Joseph Odom is an American retired professional basketball player. As a member of the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association, he won NBA championships in 2009 and 2010 and was named the NBA Sixth Man of the Year in 2011...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth6 November 1979
CityNew York City, NY
played
We played poorly. That's just what you expect.
bad beat good lose
When you play good defense, you give yourself opportunities to beat teams. When you play bad defense, you give yourself opportunities to lose to any team.
happen
We're over it. Everybody's over it in this organization. (Nuggets fans) should have been over it. (It) didn't happen to them. I don't know why they take it so personally.
When we were down at halftime, (Bryant) was ticked. He said nothing and that was scary.
defensive game point worst
We've got to make every game a defensive game. ... When you play the worst defensive game of the year, you get beat. Point blank.
cocky want losing
You want to remain hungry and stay in a good place as a competitor; at the same time, you want to be confident but not cocky. You have to realize that you can lose. We have to stay hungry, because losing is the worst thing that can happen now. That's a road we don't want to go down.
role-models negativity overcoming
I'm a role model. I have overcome the negativity, and I'm playing.
mind want ifs
If I put my mind to something and really want it, I'll go after it and get it.
microscopes wells havens
I'm always going to be under a microscope, and I haven't always handled it well.
fun kids stories
Me. I like to have fun. I'm like a kid in a candy story out there.
nba games league
The thing I love about the NBA game is that it's a playmaker's league.
personality crowds different
Sometimes I still don't know if I'm prepared to go through the entire season, dealing with the different personalities, the crowds, the politics.
grandmother thinking upbeat
My grandmother was always upbeat, a naturally happy person. I think I got that from her.
grandma forever lasts
My grandma always said bad things don't last forever.