Sports are such a great teacher. I think of everything they've taught me: camaraderie, humility, how to resolve differences.
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 BryantMy brain . . . it cannot process failure. It will not process failure. Because if I sit there and have to face myself and tell myself, 'You're a failure' . . . I think that's almost worse than death.
Kobe BryantThe hunger [to success] is the same, no matter what it is that you're doing. It's like an unquenchable thirst to learn more, or to feel like you could have done more, and to be brutally honest and self critical, which is very hard to do. It's easy, and human nature is to just blame somebody else. It's very, very hard to self assess.
Kobe Bryant