Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by D'Angelo Russell
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Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Everyone in the league has a journey or a legacy, whether you're in the league for five years or you're in the league for one year.
I always had the confidence. The platform, guys getting injured and giving me multiple opportunities, that has allowed me to showcase it.
Not a lot of teams take you into consideration, like a lot of teams can easily decide to if you're hurt or anything, make you go play.
It's hard to come off the bench and be ready all the time.
Yeah, I consider myself an unpredictable player. A player that's flashy here and there and then is maybe conservative here and there and I think when it comes to dressing, it's me figuring out that balance of when to be flashy or when to be super simple with maybe flashy shoes.
When you find your niche, you just gotta continue to be confident and thrive in it.
I want to learn how to stick around this league. I don't think there's a cheat code to it. But the sooner you find it out, the better you'll be.
The Lakers fanbase is enormous. Getting the fans on our side is a huge advantage for us.
I'm the weirdest alien on this planet. I don't do anything by routine.
I liked Cleveland, they got so much heart in that arena.
I consider myself a trendsetter.
When it comes to basketball you always want to put the ball in the hole. You want to get as consistent and get that muscle memory right and be consistent.
When I was in L.A., the structure wasn't up to par as I wanted it to be.
I take pride in creating genuine relationships with people that genuinely care about you.
I'd be a race car driver. I love fast cars.
I wing my style. I think it's definitely something on how you feel, the weather, that plays a part.
I can control how much work I put in for me to be consistent.
You always can count on New York fans to be there.
Guys that get that second year under their belt, get the first year under your belt, you come back with a different swag and a different confidence, a different pace to your game. You can showcase what you've been working throughout the summer.
It's hard to be so mentally competitive and when you're not competing you try to turn it off but it doesn't work like that. I don't think you can just turn it off, I think you still find ways to be competitive - if it's playing a video game, if it's playing cards.
L.A. has so much to offer. So I want to take advantage of it.
I'm the best player in the draft. I truly feel that way. But I feel like you can ask anybody in the draft and they would have said the same thing. I just feel like I showcased it on many levels and I was put through so many different scenarios where I had to make the best out of it. And I had a lot of success with it.
When a coach tells you to shoot the ball, it's like a green light for you. You can't want that more than anything. But the catch is you got to be good enough to know that when you're not open, you gotta pass.
I can't be funny, goofy, happy go lucky all the time.
I hired a full-time chef, so I wasn't taking that time to order pizzas or eat Wild Wings or stuff like that. I travel somewhere, I'm gone for a long period, I have a chef. I think that elevated my game.
No matter what the circumstances, you always enjoy being around guys that you bond with, win, lose, whatever it may be.
If I miss 20 in a row and coach tells me to keep shooting, that's what I'm going to do.
I'm part-time vegan. I try to be vegan when I can. But I dip and dive in everywhere.
It can be easy to just be a professional half the time, and you may see half the results, but when you're consistent, you can see your full results and you can pan out to be who you want to be year by year.
Every year you want to keep elevating you. And that's what I want to do.
If you have your own taste, you know what looks right and what looks good on you versus someone kind of telling you what looks good on you.
I know my work ethic and know what I've put in to get where I'm at.
The league has changed in so many ways. There are no point guards anymore, there are no centers anymore; it's all positionless basketball.
I wasn't really a fashionable guy in high school.
It's hard to keep a positive attitude coming to work every day, feeling like you're getting better when the same result is losing.
If I've lost anyone's trust, I'm going to work my tail off to get it back.
Like, if you get close enough to me you'll see how I really am.
There is a lot of extra energy with being in a Lakers uniform.
I hate talking to media. I hate it, man. You have to. But it's crazy. I thought there were only two things in this world that you had to do, and that was die and pay taxes. Now I know that you've got to talk to media. And I hate it.
It's easy to be just a basketball player, get paid and come here to do that. But to be professional about it is different.
I understand every piece of business in this league.
I just really try to model my game after Steph Curry.
I'm playing against my peers, and if my peers respect me, that's all I can ask for.
No one is going to give me opportunities. I've gotta take them.
As far as coming out on top with the right mentality and it molding you into the best human being you can be, I think that's what Brooklyn did for me. I became an All-Star, I got to touch the playoffs. To get a piece of that, I'm forever thankful.
You look good. You play good. That's a true statement.
I'll let my game speak for itself.
If I have the ball in my hands, I'll make a play. If don't, I'll try to get in position to make a play. I think that's what it comes down to.
I am comfortable with being uncomfortable.
I'm a dog lover - I've had them since I was younger.
A lot of teams - they want a point guard and I am bouncing around, why not put me in those talks and try to get me?
When you're not the Steph Currys or the Kyrie Irvings of the league, long-term promises are irrelevant.
There's a lot of spoiled Lakers fans.
It's always good to be a trendsetter.
That's my ultimate goal, just being a part of something special.
I got ice in my veins!
The older you get, the more you start to understand your body, so I try to just focus on my body every summer.
Yeah, once you get a taste of the playoffs - I couldn't imagine not making it back to the playoffs. Give credit to LeBron and those guys who do it so many consecutive years.
I want to be me - and people know it's me. I don't want: 'He's trying to act like Kobe' or 'His answers are like something Kobe would've said.' Nah. If it's me, I'm going to say it.
If you save your money right, you can have what you want.
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