Eeew, I'd be a little uncomfortable Googling myself. People sit there - and Google themselves? That's kind of weird.

He shouldn't have been in the NBA, but we were too cheap to pay for a point guard.

I'm just so excited. We all are. We've been waiting for this [the gold medal] for years now and it's finally here. This meant so much. It just felt so good.

I have my own identity ... The whole Michael thing does drive me nuts sometimes because people won't leave it alone. He's bald, I have hair. He's almost 40, I'm 22. Seriously though, I wish people would let it be and let me just be Kobe.

You have to be true to who you are.

I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.

Can I jump over two or three guys like I used to? No. Am I as fast as I used to be? No, but I still have the fundamentals and smarts. That's what enables me to still be a dominant player. As a kid growing up, I never skipped steps. I always worked on fundamentals because I know athleticism is fleeting.