Top 66 DAngelo Russell Quotes

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.

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.

I take pride in creating genuine relationships with people that genuinely care about you.

If I’ve lost anyone’s trust, I’m going to work my tail off to get it back.

I’m not going out of my way to eat something that’s not prepared for me.

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 control how much work I put in for me to be consistent.

I’m the weirdest alien on this planet. I don’t do anything by routine.

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.

My family is my biggest critic.

I wasn’t really a fashionable guy in high school.

You look good. You play good. That’s a true statement.

If I miss 20 in a row and coach tells me to keep shooting, that’s what I’m going to do.

People want to be Lakers. There’s just so much pressure, and some guys handle it and some guys can’t.

Me being young, I’m going to definitely mess up a lot more than I’m going to make the right play, but I want my teammates to be able to trust me and look at me as a veteran guard trying to run the team.

I consider myself a trendsetter.

I always had the confidence. The platform, guys getting injured and giving me multiple opportunities, that has allowed me to showcase it.

I think I created my own narrative, being a guy who kind of got chewed up and put through the grinder and coming out on top.

I am comfortable with being uncomfortable.

No one is going to give me opportunities. I’ve gotta take them.

I’m a dog lover – I’ve had them since I was younger.

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.

I’ve always been a guy that, I don’t know, just attacks pressure.

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?

It’s always good to be a trendsetter.

I got the chance to experience the full effect of New York and win in New York. There’s nothing better.

I always prided myself in being different.

L.A. has so much to offer. So I want to take advantage of it.

No matter what you’ve been through or what’s going on ahead, a fresh start’s always good.

Like, if you get close enough to me you’ll see how I really am.

That’s my ultimate goal, just being a part of something special.

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.

There is a lot of extra energy with being in a Lakers uniform.

I knew I wasn’t going back to Brooklyn… I never knew exactly. I just kinda – you work with these guys every day. You see the same players, you see the same coaching staff, you see the same trainers every day. So when they start to act a little different, you recognize it… I could feel it.

I just know what I’m capable of. When I don’t do it, you can always throw the excuse – you’re young, it’s a process, this and that – but I know what I can do. Just staying patient and just keep putting in hard work and keep God first and the sky is the limit.

I know how easy it is to get assists. But you can’t be a pass-first guy and get assists. You have to attack.

I’ve been through losing so much in this league, so to finally get a taste of winning and what the playoffs are going to feel like, I’m excited.

I’m playing against my peers, and if my peers respect me, that’s all I can ask for.

I can’t imagine being in an All-Star Game, knowing that you’re among some of the best of the best.

I understand every piece of business in this league.

Some players thrive in the open-style, AAU games – the all-star games. But when it comes to playing in an actual system and having to ‘think’ the game, you see where some guys separated themselves.

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.

I did my first winter in New York and that was tough. So to get the opportunity to go somewhere where it’s warm again, I think that played a major part in my plan.

There’s a lot of spoiled Lakers fans.

After any game you’re going to get the love, the hate: That’s just what comes with being a professional athlete.

The Lakers fanbase is enormous. Getting the fans on our side is a huge advantage for us.

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.

I appreciate the city of New York just embracing me, and Brooklyn in general.

I am tired of talking about what I do or what I am going to do.

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.

It’s hard to come off the bench and be ready all the time.

I know my work ethic and know what I’ve put in to get where I’m at.

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 feel like wherever I go, I will make it home.

It’s hard to be the point guard, especially playing with a young team.

I didn’t know what it meant or what it took to be healthy and be prepared for 82-plus games… Injuries come with sports. I know that. But you can be prepared, get your body as prepared as it can be through practice and weights.

When you’re not the Steph Currys or the Kyrie Irvings of the league, long-term promises are irrelevant.

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 wing my style. I think it’s definitely something on how you feel, the weather, that plays a part.

I wasn’t upset to leave Los Angeles.

No player in this league – they might be really, really good and they look like they’re playing nonchalant, but they’re not.

My dad is one of the smartest guys I know.

I’m happy that I got an All-Star under my belt.

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.

You always can count on New York fans to be there.

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.