I feel like I just returned a 100-yard kickoff in the last two minutes of the Super Bowl to win it all, only to have my run called back by a flag on the play.
KOBE BRYANTOnce you know what it is in life that you want to do, then the world basically becomes your library. Everything you view, you can view from that perspective, which makes everything a learning asset for you.
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Sports are such a great teacher. I think of everything they’ve taught me: camaraderie, humility, how to resolve differences.
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Winning takes precedence over all. There’s no gray area. No almosts.
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The people who truly know me know what I’m like. There have been people who try to say things that aren’t fair, and I check them. And then they don’t like me because I checked them.
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You’re my backbone. You’re a blessing. You’re a piece of my heart. You’re the air I breathe. And you’re the strongest person I know, and I’m so sorry for having to put you through this and having to put our family through this.
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If you make it, great. If you miss it – what’s there to be afraid of?
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You can’t be held captive by the fear of failure or the fear of what people may say.
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The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.
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You want a CEO that understands they need to build a team around them that’s sharper and smarter than they are.
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I don’t just try to score. The challenge is elevating my teammates to be able to win a championship.
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You have to go with things that you understand. Businesses that you know.
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Everybody shut up. Let us work.
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There’s been a lot of talk of me being a one-man show but that’s simply not the case. We win games when I score 40 points and we’ve won when I score 10.
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Sometimes I do wonder what college would have been like. But I made my decision.
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My parents are my backbone. Still are. They’re the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.
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We all can be masters at our craft, but you have to make sacrifices that come along with making that decision.
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I was an idiot when I was a kid.
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Basketball is my refuge, my sanctuary. I go back to being a kid on the playground. When I get here, it’s all good.
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I never tried to prove anything to someone else. I wanted to prove something to myself.
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It’s not about the number of hours you practice, it’s about the number of hours your mind is present during the practice.
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I had some shots that I felt like I should’ve made; I just didn’t make them. I’m not going to shoot the ball great every night.
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Once you know what it is in life that you want to do, then the world basically becomes your library. Everything you view, you can view from that perspective, which makes everything a learning asset for you.
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What people see on court is another side of me; it’s not me.
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If there were camera phones back in the day, the biggest athletes in the world would have had a lot of explaining to do.
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I’m playing against great players, playing against the best in the world. The competition-that’s what I’ve always wanted.
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Everyting negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise.
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It’s not a question of if we make the playoffs; we will. And when we get there, I have no fear of anyone.
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