Anybody who doesn't think I want the Lakers to win is a fool. But I'm no homer.

- Chick Hearn

You can't please everybody all the time, but you can please a majority.

- Chick Hearn

I always like to pretend two things: one, I'm sitting in the seat beside you watching the game together. I'll say, 'Wasn't that a great shot? Boy, it…

- Chick Hearn

Portland can put the champagne away and get out the bottled water, 'cause that's all they're gonna drink on their way home!

- Chick Hearn

Players are spoiled by charter airplanes, the finest hotels, a big per diem every day.

- Chick Hearn

The dollar that's being paid the players has hurt the game. The players take advantage of coaches. The players' attitude is, "I make more than you, s…

- Chick Hearn

The game's in the refrigerator, the door's closed, the light's out, the eggs are cooling, the butter's getting hard and the Jell-O's jiggling.

- Chick Hearn