Basketball 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.
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I know how to play my guard spot, he can worry about the low post.
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I like playing for the purple and gold. This is where I want to finish up.
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The party’s just getting started. This is where the fun starts.
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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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My role is to make sure we’re moving in the right direction, getting points, rebounds, steals, assists and providing leadership.
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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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There’s a through line that connects all of us.
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I was just letting the shots fly. You know, I don’t leave any bullets in the chamber.
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I wouldn’t say I’m a ball hog. I’m a shooter. I don’t necessarily hog the ball, but I put them up though. I definitely much rather shoot it than pass it. That’s just how I am.
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I’ve pretty much done all I can here and, you know, God will carry me the rest of the way, so I’m pretty comfortable with that.
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When I’m finished playing, I want people to say, ‘He handled this well, he kept his cool.’
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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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It’s hard for me to grasp the concept of somebody being nervous when I’m talking to them.
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You always have to be on edge. You always have to take every practice, every game, like it is your last.
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You have to be able to separate business from the love of the game.
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