100+ Kobe Bryant Quotes | Minimalist Quotes

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 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
Sports are such a great teacher. I think of everything they’ve taught me: camaraderie, humility, how to resolve differences.
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Basketball Difference Solve Sports Teacher Teaching
I enjoy playing at the heart of it is just a kid who really loves playing the game of basketball.
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Basketball Enjoyment Heart Kids Love Play
Winning takes precedence over all. There’s no gray area. No almosts.
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Athelete Basketball Game Sports Win
Heroes come and go, but legends are forever.
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Celebrity Come Forever Hero Legend One Liner
We 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.
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Basketball Fish Flop Stuff Water
Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.
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Excuse Greatness Hard Work Motivational Perseverance
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
As 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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Basketball Carry Player Torch
I don’t have to hear that criticism, that idotic criticism anymore.
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Basketball Criticism Hear Idiot
Being 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.
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Art Balance Individual Leadership Look Moments
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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Athlete Camera Explanation Phone Sports 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
These young guys are playing checkers. I’m out there playing chess.
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Chess Funny Motivational Play
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 don’t set out to make a really hot shoe, I set out to make a product that is true to where I am.
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Fashion Hot Product Shoes True
The motivation for me is just the game itself, just playing the game the right way and trying to win, compete every time I step out there on the floor. That’s motivation enough for me to go out there and play well.
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Basketball Game Motivational Time Try Win
It’s not a question of if we make the playoffs; we will. And when we get there, I have no fear of anyone.
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Basketball Confidence Fear Playoff
People just don’t understand how obsessed I am with winning.
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Basketball Obsessed Passion People Understand Win
When you love something, you’ll always come back to it. You’ll always keep asking questions, and finding answers.
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Always Come Back Curiosity Learning Love
My brain cannot process failure. It will not process failure
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Basketball Brain Entrepreneur Failure Hustle Process
I can’t relate to lazy people. We don’t speak the same language. I don’t understand you. I don’t want to understand you.
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Language Lazy People Relate Speak Understand
I’ve been watching Messi for some time now, and his ability to decide games and keep possession of the ball is amazing.
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Ability Amazing Decide Football Game Sports
Everybody shut up. Let us work.
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Dedication Hustle Shut Up Work
It doesn’t matter to me what place I get traded to. If I was traded someplace – I’d play anywhere.
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Athelete Basketball Place Play Sports Trade

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