Zion Williamson Quotes

Magic Johnson was my favorite player growing up.

I watched a lot of Scottie Pippen, Magic Johnson, Kevin Durant, and a lot of Paul Pierce. I used to watch Tracy McGrady as well along with Kevin Garnett.

I've always been a big-time Scottie Pippen fan. That was my guy growing up!

The greatest set shooter ever? Larry Joe Bird. Period. The best coming off screen? Reginald Miller. And the best off the dribble? Steph Curry.

I always watched Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson, and I said I could be playing on the court with them.

My favorite player growing up was Scottie Pippen.

Kobe Bryant has always been my favorite player, and he was drafted No. 13, too, in 1996.

It's been one heck of a ride. I came into the league playing with Kobe and Shaq and for Phil Jackson. Playing with Jordan. And so, it just has been a blessing. I can't describe it any other way.

I was a big Michael Jordan fan growing up. I don't feel my game resembles his though.

I've got to give Larry Bird his due; he was a great player. He knew the game and he was smart.

Kobe Bryant is a terrific offensive rebounder.

I always say, to this day, that the Air Jordan guy was great and God bless him. But I'll always just remember Michael, the guy.

LeBron will not likely win six rings.

My role models were all men. I grew up - I was a big 1980s Laker fan: you know, the years of Worthy, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, and, you know, eight-foot-tall men that I could never emulate, and then these big 300-pound football players.

My favorite piece of clothing as a boy was a purple Magic Johnson jersey from the Los Angeles Lakers.

Magic Johnson didn't play the style that Larry Bird did, and Michael Jordan sure didn't play the style that Magic or Bird played.

I like to watch a lot of Kevin Durant, Brandon Ingram and Giannis Antetokounmpo - those tall lanky wings that can handle the ball and shoot it.

Magic was always my favorite. I think Jordan was the best player ever, but Magic was my personal favorite.

Jerry West really helped a lot, and so did players like Magic Johnson. That's why, at the end of my career, I wanted to finish my career with the Lakers.

During your life, you always have different players that you like. When I was a child, because my dad liked the 'Dream Team', I liked Michael Laudrup.

'E.T.' and 'Star Wars' were cult movies then and opened up a brand new world of adventure and mystery. But as much as I would have loved to be friends with E.T., I realized that following in the footsteps of Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan was more realistic.

I always found it a great challenge playing against Michael Jordan, to play against Magic Johnson, to play against Larry Bird, to play against all those good players because it's something that you can take away from it.

I want to be the next Paul Pierce.

I know everything about Michael Jordan.

Inferior guards play on the sidelines and great guards play in the middle. Isiah, Magic, Chris Paul, all get to the middle