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.
Kobe BryantOnce you open your eyes and start looking around you, you start picking up things that are very obvious.
Kobe BryantThat argument doesnโt make any sense to me. So we want to advance as a society and as a culture, but, say, if something happens to an African-American, we immediately come to his defense? Yet you want to talk about how far weโve progressed as a society? Well, if weโve progressed as a society, then you donโt jump to somebodyโs defense just because theyโre African-American. You sit and you listen to the facts just like you would in any other situation, right? So I wonโt assert myself.
Kobe Bryant