Nick Young

Athlete

98 Quotes

Me and Kobe are always going to talk trash and get into it. But when he talks trash to everybody else, some people tend to shy away.

I love L.A.

I looked up to my brother Terrell.

I'm just all around cool guy that played basketball.

I know everybody in the NBA watches each other's styles. They might not admit it, but they do.

I'm just a cool guy. It's just in my DNA.

I'm just an outgoing cool cat.

Players see shots not falling - that plays a role. That plays a major role in your confidence out there, too.

I believe, myself, just being a part of the Lakers is one of the best experiences I've had.

Growing up in L.A., Kobe was my idol, really.

When they talk about you in trades or being let go, there's just so much negativity around, that's bad. But when you're doing good, and teams want you, they want to trade for you, that's good.

It's hard to guard somebody like myself. It's tough.

Swaggy P is heaven-sent. I'm like a prophet of swag, so the name was heaven-sent.

I'm used to playing that 6th man role and come in and score in bunches.

My first love was being a dancer.

I don't hold any grudges.

I had been on a lot of losing teams. Always rebuilding.

Sometimes I'm in the mood to wear crazy stuff, like a shirtless look with a Saint Laurent suit.

I think Swaggy P's in a lane of his own. I'm one of them type of guys.

As a player, you model yourself after other players. Kobe takes the same approach as Michael Jordan. But I follow someone like Magic Johnson; he showed emotion, he smiled and jumped around, he was happy for his teammates. There needs to be more players like that.

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