Kobe Bryant Quotes

This is an award I couldn't have won on my own. I can't thank these guys enough. These are my guys, these are my brothers.

I wanna be the best, simple and plain

You can't go and anticipate what it is that you want to see. You just have to be present. Be where you are.

Pooper scooper? Yeah, I've done it a few times. Every once in a while, you have to.

I'm extremely willful to win, and I respond to challenges. Scoring titles and stuff like that... it sounds, well, I don't care how it sounds - to me, scoring comes easy. It's not a challenge to me to win the scoring title, because I know I can.

I'm reflective only in the sense that I learn to move forward. I reflect with a purpose.

You have to go with things that you understand. Businesses that you know.

Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.

The thing that's most enjoyable to me is not actually beating someone [in the game]. It's the process of coming up with the blueprint of beating that I enjoy. That's a huge flip, so for me I enjoy building. I enjoy coming up.

Just got one more than Shaq. You can take that to the bank.

There's a choice that we have to make as people, as individuals. If you want to be great at something, there's a choice you have to make. We all can be masters at our craft, but you have to make a choice. What I mean by that is, there are inherent sacrifices that come along with that. Family time, hanging out with friends, being a great friend, being a great son, nephew, whatever the case may be. There are sacrifices that come along with making that decision.

It’s not a question of if we make the playoffs; we will. And when we get there, I have no fear of anyone.

My brain cannot process failure... It WILL not process failure

I love going one-on-one with someone. That's what I do. I've never lost. It's a whole different game, just to have them right in front of you and be able to do whatever you want.

People look at my competitive spirit, and they automatically attach it to the thing that's most similar, most easily recognizable, which is Michael [Jordan's] competitive spirit. I'm different. I enjoy building. I enjoy the process of putting the puzzle together, and then the byproduct of that, the consequence of that, is beating somebody. That becomes the cherry on top, the icing on the cake.

It doesn't matter to me what place I get traded to. If I was traded someplace - I'd play anywhere.

Teach players the game at an early age and stop treating them like cash cows for everyone to profit off of.

The only thing I'm afraid of is bees. I don't like bees. I'm allergic to them.

There's been a lot of talk of me being a one-man show but that's simply not the case. We win games when I score 40 points and we've won when I score 10.

Nobody in the world can guard me one-on-one.

I write all day and outline stories, a sports mythological universe.

If I panic, everyone else panics.

If they want to win right now, I'm all for it. That's all I said the whole time. If you want to wait five years, let me know. My legs aren't as young as they used to be.

You want a CEO that understands they need to build a team around them that's sharper and smarter than they are.

Basketball is my refuge, my sanctuary. I go back to being a kid on the playground. When I get here, it's all good.

There's a difference [between taking a charge and flopping]. We all know what flopping is when we see it. The stuff that you see is where guys aren't really getting hit at all and are just flailing around like a fish out of water. That's kind of like, where are your balls at?