I was an idiot when I was a kid.
KOBE BRYANTI was an idiot when I was a kid.
KOBE BRYANTIf you make it, great. If you miss it – what’s there to be afraid of?
KOBE BRYANTThe 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.
KOBE BRYANTYou’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.
KOBE BRYANTIf you want to make history, you have to do historic things.
KOBE BRYANTMy role is to make sure we’re moving in the right direction, getting points, rebounds, steals, assists and providing leadership.
KOBE BRYANTYou have to be able to separate business from the love of the game.
KOBE BRYANTEverybody shut up. Let us work.
KOBE BRYANTI enjoy playing at the heart of it is just a kid who really loves playing the game of basketball.
KOBE BRYANTWhat does perfection look like to me? Championship rings.
KOBE BRYANTPeople just don’t understand how obsessed I am with winning.
KOBE BRYANTI like playing for the purple and gold. This is where I want to finish up.
KOBE BRYANTEveryting negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise.
KOBE BRYANTI don’t have to hear that criticism, that idotic criticism anymore.
KOBE BRYANTI’m reflective only in the sense that I learn to move forward. I reflect with a purpose.
KOBE BRYANTI’m focused on the task that lies ahead for us.
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