A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

“What i like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.”

― Karl Lagerfeld

“Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second.”

― Marc Riboud

“A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away.”

― Eudora Welty

“There are no bad pictures; that's just how your face looks sometimes.”

― Abraham Lincoln

“When I look at my old pictures, all I can see is what I used to be but am no longer. I think: What I can see is what I am not.”

― Aleksandar Hemon, The Lazarus Project

People hang pictures on their walls of their families, jobs, awards, or simple scenic beauties to remind them of what is important to and while looking into these pictures, you are literally looking into your past and that offers you time to reflect and accept what once was, but offers an even more powerful opportunity to look at what you have become and to what you may become even still. This generation is currently blessed with the ability to log onto the internet and hold a vast power of virtually unlimited knowledge and information at their fingertips. They are one click away from unlimited athletic, sports pictures and each picture bares a powerful message and experience to its viewers. A young teenager can look at the telling pictures that follows and see what these athletes are going through and relate to them. He can look back at pictures of his own past, compare them to pictures of others and realize the great potential he may have either as an athlete, employee, friend, or father.

A picture says a thousand words. What does your pictures say about you?

The following pictures are a combination of pictures taken from ESPN or from Google Images. If you have any other images you want to add to the list here, just let me know.

In pictures: The Lakers' turbulent season

          By The Agony of Defeat | Special to ESPN.com

Andrew D. Bernstein/Getty ImagesNov. 2: Clippers 105, Lakers 95 -- In-town rival drops Lakers to 0-3.

AP Photo/Rick BowmerNov. 7: Jazz 95, Lakers 86 -- L.A. now 1-4. Coach Mike Brown fired days later.

Rocky Widner/NBAE/Getty ImagesNov. 21: Kings 113, Lakers 97 -- 6-5 Lakers fall to .500, haven't topped that mark since.

Noah Graham/Getty ImagesNov. 27: Pacers 79, Lakers 77 -- Kobe Bryant scores 40, Lakers fall to 1-5 when he scores 30-plus.

Harry How/Getty ImagesDec. 2: Magic 113, Lakers 103 -- Dwight Howard can't conquer old team -- even at home.

Getty ImagesDec. 9: Jazz 117, Lakers 110 -- Steve Nash misses yet another game; he'll sit out 24 in a row.

David Dermer/Getty ImagesDec. 11: Cavs 100, Lakers 94 -- New coach (Mike D'Antoni), similar up-and-down (often ugly) results.

AP Photo/Pat SullivanJan. 8: Rockets 125, Lakers 112 -- Fourth of six straight losses (including five West playoff teams).

Noah Graham/NBAE/Getty ImagesJan. 17: Heat 99, Lakers 90 -- Jack Nicholson's team can't top champs; first of four straight L's.

Evan Gole/NBAE/Getty ImagesJan. 30: Suns 92, Lakers 86 -- Shock loss after three straight wins (outscored 29-13 in fourth).

Jared Wickerham/Getty ImagesFeb. 7: Celtics 116, Lakers 95 -- Six wins in seven interrupted by thumping loss; Lakers at 23-27.