Kobe Bryant Quotes, Status, and Thoughts

I'm a scorer, not a triple-double player.

I wanna be the best, simple and plain.

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

I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success.

Heroes come and go, but legends are forever.

Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.

I never tried to prove anything to someone else. I wanted to prove something to myself.

If you're afraid to fail, then you're probably going to fail.

There is power in understanding the journey of others to help create your own

If you see me in a fight with a bear, pray for the bear.

If you want to make history, you have to do historic things

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.

You can't be held captive by the fear of failure or the fear of what people may say.

Once you open your eyes and start looking around you, you start picking up things that are very obvious.

I like playing for the purple and gold. This is where I want to finish up.

Listen to how everyone is talking about you. You have to use it as fuel for motivation.

If you make it, great. If you miss it - what's there to be afraid of?

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

People just don't understand how obsessed I am with winning.

Everybody has a different journey.

I enjoy playing at the heart of it is just a kid who really loves playing the game of basketball.

I've known for a long time that they're a bunch of idiots.

These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess.

I'm chasing perfection.

I wanna be the best, simple and plain

Winning takes precedence over all. There's no grey area. No almosts.

You have to rely on others to have success as a group.

I think that game is a testament to what happens when you put no ceiling to what you're capable of doing.

I'm a scorer, not a triple-double player

Everybody shut up. Let us work.