You just try to take it one day at a time, You step on the basketball floor and just play. It’s fun. I’m comfortable with it.
KOBE BRYANTYou just try to take it one day at a time, You step on the basketball floor and just play. It’s fun. I’m comfortable with it.
KOBE BRYANTThese young guys are playing checkers. I’m out there playing chess.
KOBE BRYANTWe all know what flopping is when we see it. The stuff that you see is where guys aren’t really getting hit at all and are just flailing around like a fish out of water.
KOBE BRYANTWe all can be masters at our craft, but you have to make sacrifices that come along with making that decision.
KOBE BRYANTSports are such a great teacher. I think of everything they’ve taught me: camaraderie, humility, how to resolve differences.
KOBE BRYANTThe most important thing, the thing that unites all of us, is that we can inspire and challenge one another, to be better.
KOBE BRYANTBasketball is my refuge, my sanctuary. I go back to being a kid on the playground. When I get here, it’s all good.
KOBE BRYANTAs far as carrying the torch for the years to come, I don’t know. I just want to be the best basketball player I can be.
KOBE BRYANTI 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 BRYANTThe motivation for me is just the game itself, just playing the game the right way and trying to win, compete every time I step out there on the floor. That’s motivation enough for me to go out there and play well.
KOBE BRYANTPeople just don’t understand how obsessed I am with winning.
KOBE BRYANTIf there were camera phones back in the day, the biggest athletes in the world would have had a lot of explaining to do.
KOBE BRYANTYou can’t go and anticipate what it is that you want to see. You just have to be present. Be where you are.
KOBE BRYANTYou can’t be held captive by the fear of failure or the fear of what people may say.
KOBE BRYANTThere’s a through line that connects all of us.
KOBE BRYANTIt doesn’t bother me at all. Do I hold any hard feelings? Not at all, Life is too short to sit around and hold grudges.
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