Kobe enjoys that situation. Stepping up and making the big basket or being involved in a key play.

Kobe enjoys that situation. Stepping up and making the big basket or being involved in a key play.

Good teams beat you with speed. Great teams beat you with spacing and timing.

There are many really good teams in our conference this season. Miami, Indiana and Detroit will be our fiercest opponents this year. But we just have to focus on our game and be patient with the realistic hope that we'll be on top after all is said and done.

I don't care what sport you're talking about. What you see with great franchises is structure - a structure that doesn't just take you from year to year, but day to day.

My biggest fear had always been getting hurt, and not being able to leave the game as a player on my own terms.

If there wasn't any business and it was just strictly basketball, then there would be no issue, it would probably be done by now. But the team has to protect.