A Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
The rivalry between the Lakers and Celtics endured for about eight years, and the interest grew each year.
Related Quotes
There was a time period where I was obsessed with the rivalry between the Lakers and the Celtics in the 1980s.
When I grew up it was Michael Jordan and Chicago Bulls, the Lakers, the Boston Celtics, those were the teams you loved or hated and me being from San Diego, you loved the Lakers.
I can't root for the Lakers. I grew up in northern California, so I spent many of my young adult years rooting against the Lakers.
The seed of a bamboo tree is planted, fertilized and watered. Nothing happens for the first year.
There´s no sign of growth.
Not even a hint.
The same thing happens - or doesn´t happen - the second year.
And then the third year.
The tree is carefully watered and fertilized each year,
but nothing shows. No growth. No anything.
For eight years it can continue. Eight years!
Then - after the eight years of fertilizing and watering have passed, with nothing to show for it - the bamboo tree suddenly sprouts and grows thirty feet in three months!
Each of my books has taken me a different length of time to write - eight months for Seesaw Girl, eight months for Shard, three years for When My Name Was Keoko! The publisher takes another year and a half to work on the book, so altogether each book can take up to three or four years to publish.
Each of my books has taken me a different length of time to write - eight months for 'Seesaw Girl,' eight months for 'Shard,' three years for 'When My Name Was Keoko!' The publisher takes another year and a half to work on the book, so altogether each book can take up to three or four years to publish.
Every kid who just played basketball knew about the Boston Celtics. They're one of the few teams who were always on national TV along with the Lakers.
One of the biggest reasons I bought the Lakers was to beat the Celtics.
I can't say that I grew up saying, 'Someday I want to be vice president of the Lakers,' because that's not how it happened. I work for our family business, and that happens to be the Lakers.
We were in a relationship for eight years, and we maybe saw each other, total, for a year.
As a kid, you always wanna play for either the Lakers or Boston just for the rivalry alone.
I talk all the time about the eight-year-old me and all the eight-year-olds who are living in their camps.
Congratulations to the NBA champion Boston Celtics - they beat the Los Angeles Lakers by 39 points. Or as Hillary Clinton would say, "Too close to call.
I don't think there is rivalry between the teams in Brazil. We each do our jobs, and we each have our part in MMA.
Lakers were able to maintain a certain level of talent and success and so were the Celtics. So after awhile it became part of people's sports lore...
In 1948, I began coaching basketball at UCLA. Each hour of practice we worked very hard. Each day we worked very hard. Each week we worked very hard. Each season we worked very hard. Four fourteen years we worked very hard and didn't win a national championship. However, a national championship was won in the fifteenth year. Another in the sixteenth. And eight more in the following ten years.
Related Authors
Babe Ruth Quotes
American
Baseball Player
Bo Jackson Quotes
American
Baseball Player
Buster Posey Quotes
American
Baseball Player
Casey Stengel Quotes
American
Baseball Player
Charles Barkley Quotes
American
Baseball Player
Derek Jeter Quotes
American
Baseball Player
Eddy Alvarez Quotes
Cuban
Baseball Player
Gabe Kapler Quotes
American
Baseball Player
Hank Aaron Quotes
American
Baseball Player
Joey Votto Quotes
Canadian
Baseball Player
Mickey Mantle Quotes
American
Baseball Player
Pete Rose Quotes
American
Baseball Player
Tim Tebow Quotes
American
Baseball Player
Yogi Berra Quotes
American
Baseball Player
Zaza Pachulia Quotes
Georgian
Baseball Player