Jeanie Buss Quotes

Jeanie Buss

Profession : Businesswoman

Birth : September 26, 1961

The Lakers have figured out how to win in every era.

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Did you know I once tweeted at Red Bull, 'Would you ever consider making a sugar-free, caffeine-free Red Bull?'

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We could not be more proud to have LeBron James as part of our Lakers family. He is an incredibly thoughtful and intelligent leader and clearly appreciates the power sports has to unite communities and inspire the world to be a better place.

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I think it's impossible to tell your coach and tell your players, 'Try not to win.' That goes against everything an organization is about.

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I have a great relationship with all my brothers. I've got three other ones. There's four boys and two girls. It's a family business.

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The way my dad set things up was for me to oversee the business side and for my brother to oversee the basketball side. I know my dad felt that was a good system, and that's the system we're trying to make work.

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I had a tough year, losing my dad. And I really needed to have some quiet time, and not be engaged the way I normally would be with the Lakers.

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A relationship isn't just about space; it's about emotion and heart and all those good things.

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I have a lot of role models.

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I wanted to get married. That's who I am.

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Phil is of a generation that probably would have been happier never getting married. He just doesn't want to get married again; it's not that he doesn't want to marry me. It took me a while to understand that, and I'm fine with it now. We've been together for over 10 years. This relationship has been my longest and most successful.

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From the time I was in elementary school, I wanted to work in the family business.

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I just like working with my family; I like building something together.

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The NBA requires that one person is the acting owner, the one person they can get on the phone and is accountable for anything that happens. That's why my dad started taking me to NBA board of governors meetings in 1995; you have to be approved as the owner.

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I took a stand-up comedy class because I'd always wanted to.

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I really wasn't expecting to fall so hard for Phil. As a matter of fact, when my dad said he was talking to Phil Jackson about him coming to L.A. to coach the Lakers, I tried to argue against it.

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Being able to make people laugh is a powerful tool.

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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.

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I am here to say that there is no drawback to being a woman in business. But if you think it's a drawback, then it probably does work against you. It's like playing poker. People will look for your weak spot, and your weak spot is only what you allow it to be.

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What I love about our league is that players have an opportunity in their career to be a free agent and decide where they want to invest their time and their talent, in whatever team and whatever system. They deserve that right. They've earned that right.

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