“The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.” – Kobe Bryant
“If you’re afraid to fail, then you’re probably going to fail.” – Kobe Bryant
“Learn to love the hate. Embrace it. Enjoy it. You earned it. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and everyone should have one about you. Haters are a good problem to have. Nobody hates the good ones. They hate the great ones.” – Kobe Bryant
“I can’t relate to lazy people. We don’t speak the same language. I don’t understand you. I don’t want to understand you.” – Kobe Bryant
“Winning takes precedence overall. There’s no gray area. No almost.” – Kobe Bryant
“Losers visualize the penalties of failure. Winners visualize the rewards of success.” – Kobe Bryant
“Once you know what failure feels like, determination chases success.” – Kobe Bryant
“I’m extremely willful to win, and I respond to challenges. It’s not a challenge to me to win the scoring title, because I know I can.” – Kobe Bryant
“My parents are my backbone. Still are. They’re the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.” – Kobe Bryant
“The moment you give up, is the moment you let someone else win.” – Kobe Bryant
“Pain doesn’t tell you when you ought to stop. Pain is the little voice in your head that tries to hold you back because it knows if you continue you will change.” – Kobe Bryant
“Use your success, wealth and influence to put them in the best position to realize their own dreams and find their true purpose.” – Kobe Bryant
“We all have self-doubt. You don’t deny it, but you also don’t capitulate to it. You embrace it.” – Kobe Bryant
“I create my own path. It was straight and narrow. I looked at it this way: you were either in my way or out of it.” – Kobe Bryant
“Pooper scooper? Yeah, I’ve done it a few times. Every once in a while, you have to.” – Kobe Bryant
“Trust me, setting things up right from the beginning will avoid a ton of tears and heartache…” – Kobe Bryant
“These young guys are playing checkers. I’m out there playing chess.” – Kobe Bryant
“Sports are such a great teacher. I think of everything they’ve taught me: camaraderie, humility, how to resolve differences.” – Kobe Bryant
“People just don’t understand how obsessed I am with winning.” – Kobe Bryant
“The important thing is that your teammates have to know you’re pulling for them and you really want them to be successful.” – Kobe Bryant
“If I panic, everyone else panics.” – Kobe Bryant
“In an individual sport, yes, you have to win titles. Baseball’s different. But basketball, hockey? One person can control the tempo of a game, can completely alter the momentum of a series. There’s a lot of great individual talent.” – Kobe Bryant
“It’s disgusting, but my father taught me when your mouth gets dry, just suck the sweat out of your own jersey. There’s no bravado to any of it; it’s just a disgusting little trick.” – Kobe Bryant
“It’s different from being 21 and you think there’s endless amount of opportunities. At 33, the ending is much, much closer.” – Kobe Bryant
“I don’t talk trash often, but when I do, I go for the jugular.” – Kobe Bryant
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