When I’m finished playing, I want people to say, ‘He handled this well, he kept his cool.’
KOBE BRYANTWhen I’m finished playing, I want people to say, ‘He handled this well, he kept his cool.’
KOBE BRYANTI was just letting the shots fly. You know, I don’t leave any bullets in the chamber.
KOBE BRYANTIf you don’t believe in yourself nobody else will.
KOBE BRYANTI 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.
KOBE BRYANTEverybody has a different journey.
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 BRYANTOne thing you gotta know about me is I have absolutely no filter. I have no problem saying what the hell I think of someone.
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 BRYANTWhen you start training camp, you’re building the tools necessary to win a championship. You have to have the patience.
KOBE BRYANTWhat people see on court is another side of me; it’s not me.
KOBE BRYANTI don’t have to hear that criticism, that idotic criticism anymore.
KOBE BRYANTBeing a leader, it’s the art of trying to find the balance, the right times with each individual and what they need at that moment. It requires looking outward as opposed to looking inside.
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 BRYANTIf you make it, great. If you miss it – what’s there to be afraid of?
KOBE BRYANTI don’t think a coach becomes the right coach until he wins a championship.
KOBE BRYANTThank god, I’m not from this world.
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