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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 Bryant

Dear Basketball, From the moment I started rolling my dad’s tube socks and shooting imaginary game-winning shots. I fell in love with you.
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Basketball Dad Fall In Love Game Imagination Moments
I never tried to prove anything to someone else. I wanted to prove something to myself.
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Attitude Inspirational Myself Prove Self Love Try
Thank god, I’m not from this world.
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Alone God Thankful World
I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success.
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Blame Lack Lazy Motivational People Success
You can’t be held captive by the fear of failure or the fear of what people may say.
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Failure Fear Motivational People Prison
If I panic, everyone else panics.
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Athelete Basketball One Liner Panic Sports Team Work
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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Always Basketball Edge Game Practice Sports
I’ve known for a long time that they’re a bunch of idiots.
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Bunch Human Nature Idiot Insult Time
I know how to play my guard spot, he can worry about the low post.
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Attitude Basketball Guard Play Spot Worry
The topic of leadership is a touchy one. A lot of leaders fail because they don’t have the bravery to touch that nerve or strike that chord. Throughout my years, I haven’t had that fear.
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Basketball Brave Courage Failure Leadership Touch
I don’t think a coach becomes the right coach until he wins a championship.
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Basketball Champion Coach Motivational Sports Success
Everyone looks at your watch and it represents who you are, your values and your personal style.
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Attitude Character Fashion Style Time Watch
What does perfection look like to me? Championship rings.
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Basketball Champion Perfection Sports
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.
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Basketball Comfortable Floor Play Time Try
You have to be able to separate business from the love of the game.
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Basketball Business Game Love Separate
I don’t have to hear that criticism, that idotic criticism anymore.
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Basketball Criticism Hear Idiot
We’re grown ass men, you don’t need to be falling all over the place.
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Ass Fall Grow Men Need Place
The most important thing, the thing that unites all of us, is that we can inspire and challenge one another, to be better.
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Basketball Better Challenge Important Inspirational United
Each moment of my life I was dreaming of how great I could be, and continued working hard. Each time I closed my eyes I could see me shining bright like a sun.
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Dreams Life Moments Shine Sun Work Hard
You can’t go and anticipate what it is that you want to see. You just have to be present. Be where you are.
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Anticipate Inspirational Present Want
Everyting negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise.
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Challenge Motivational Negative Opportunity Pressure Rise
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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Basketball Hate People
I was an idiot when I was a kid.
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Funny Idiot Kids
Friends come and go but banners hang forever.
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Banner Basketball Forever Friendship One Liner
I 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.
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Basketball Flag Sports Win
You’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.
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Apology Backbone Heart Regret Sorry
I don’t talk trash often, but when I do, I go for the jugular.
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Attitude Talk Trash

Basketball is my refuge, my sanctuary. I go back to being a kid on the playground. When I get here, it’s all good.

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