Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
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You work towards a goal.
Its not a failure; its steps to success.
Theres always steps to it.
Michael Jordan played 15 years, won six championships; the other nine years were a failure?
Thats what youre telling me?
Theres no failure in sports.
You know, theres good days, bad days.
Some days you are able to be successful; some days youre not.
Some days its your turn, some days its not your turn.
And thats what sports is about.
You dont always win; some other teams gonna win.
And this year, somebody else is gonna win.
But hes still a kid three years into the league, amped up by two titles in three years.
He wont stay there.
First off, there have to be changes to the roster itself.
Taking James Worthy with the No.
1 pick in the draft in 1982?
Regardless, the team is his greatest love, and it leaves him in a lonely place.
His locker-room speech about the excellence they owe to the fans and themselves is abouteffort, not winning.
Thats what Giannis was talking about.
Sometimes you win, and sometimes you lose.
But you owe it to yourself to make the best of it.
Jerry Buss, wrong about sandwiches.
Adrien Brody is doing the strongest work of anyone on the show currently.
Birds cold-blooded desire to face the Lakers seems true to his personality.
Heres hoping his reputation as a notoriously vicious trash-talker gets a full airing.
He wants to do the poor mans Lakers, get the SoCal riff-raff coming in.
Jerry West speaking the truth on Donald Sterlings Clippers.
You get to the top of the mountain, you ease up.
You dont even know youre doing it.
In an 82-game season, teams cannot sweat every loss, but sometimes they dont sweat enough.
