Delonte West Quotes

If you’ve followed Delonte for any length of time, you have probably found that he is full of great comments and quotes.  Sometimes they’re funny — and other times they speak volumes of the approach that he takes to the game.  Check out some of the more memorable quotes below, and be sure to email me if you have any you’d like to see added here on the site!

“I guess he had some emotions he wanted to get off his chest. He was just skipping down the Yellow Brick Road in the Wizard of Oz.” (speaking on Mark Blount’s performance following 2006’s trade)

“They took my uniform out of here [my locker] today. I feel a lot better than I did two days ago, but they said no way.”

“Bugs Bunny is the smoothest dude I ever met. You know he be chillin’ like it just be a normal day and he- it be cold just like how it is in Boston and he just want to dive in the ground, pop up, he be like oh man this ain’t Albuquerque. Thats got to be the tightest life you just hop underneath the ground and go! No traffic, no Mass pike, no tolls, no taking Yankee hats off- just underneath the ground…BAM…carrots…Albuquerque. It might seem crazy to you but it’s just a different way of expressing myself. I think it’s kind of freaky.”

“My job is to play basketball. As far as bringing other guys in, that’s up to the guys upstairs. I understand that the biggest thing for everyone is to improve this team for next year.”

“It always hurts to lose, no matter how it happens. It is even worse when you have made a major comeback.”

“They kind of stole victory from us. Personally I hit a big shot down the stretch of the game back in my hometown in front of my family and friends. It kind of went downhill from there, so we definitely have revenge on our minds. We want to make a statement.”

“I got to hit this. You know what I mean? The true definition of an all star, your teammates see you over there. Over the past couple of years you’ve seen him do that numerous times. Draw and kick and draw all the defense in for a game winning shot. I think the biggest one you’ve seen him do was the Ricky Davis one last year. That’s the type of player he is. He dominates the game in so many ways and he came up with a big assist tonight and I was just the beneficiary of an easy shot”

And finally, this entire article from ESPN’s Page2 is nothing short of great…