Heroes come and go, but legends are forever.
KOBE BRYANTHeroes come and go, but legends are forever.
KOBE BRYANTThese young guys are playing checkers. I’m out there playing chess.
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 BRYANTI never tried to prove anything to someone else. I wanted to prove something to myself.
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 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 BRYANTI don’t want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.
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 BRYANTThere’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.
KOBE BRYANTI’ll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it’s sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.
KOBE BRYANTMy brain cannot process failure. It will not process failure
KOBE BRYANTWhen I’m finished playing, I want people to say, ‘He handled this well, he kept his cool.’
KOBE BRYANTI don’t think a coach becomes the right coach until he wins a championship.
KOBE BRYANTWhat I’m doing right now, I’m chasing perfection and if I don’t get it, I’m going to get this close.
KOBE BRYANTIt doesn’t matter to me what place I get traded to. If I was traded someplace – I’d play anywhere.
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