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Kobe BryantAs 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.
Kobe BryantI'm just right down the middle, man, ... It doesn't matter to me. I'd love him (Phil Jackson) as a coach. It doesn't matter to me. If they want him here, he'll be here. If he wants to come, he'll come, he'll coach and we'll go from there.
Kobe BryantI'm playing against great players, playing against the best in the world. The competition-that's what I've always wanted.
Kobe BryantHorrible, terrible AAU basketball. It's stupid. It doesn't teach our kids how to play the game at all so you wind up having players that are big and they bring it up and they do all this fancy crap and they don't know how to post. They don't know the fundamentals of the game. It's stupid.
Kobe Bryant