''The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do''
Kobe Bryant [1978-2020]
"Everything negative -- pressure, challenges -- is all an opportunity for me to rise."
Kobe Bryant [1978-2020]
''Once you know what failure feels like, determination chases success.''
Kobe Bryant [1978-2020]
''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 [1978-2020]
''Winning takes precedence over all. There’s no gray area. No almosts.''
Kobe Bryant [1978-2020]
"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 [1978-2020]
''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 [1978-2020]
''Trust me, setting things up right from the beginning will avoid a ton of tears and heartache.''
Kobe Bryant [1978-2020]
''The most important thing is you must put everybody on notice that you’re here and you are for real.''
Kobe Bryant [1978-2020]
''A lot of leaders fail because they don’t have the bravery to touch that nerve or strike that chord.''
Kobe Bryant [1978-2020]
''When I look up in the crowd, and I see all the USA flags waving and people chanting USA, it gives you goosebumps''
Kobe Bryant [1978-2020]
''The moment you give up, is the moment you let someone else win.''
Kobe Bryant [1978-2020]
''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 [1978-2020]
''Be authentic, and let them like you or not for who you actually are.''
Kobe Bryant [1978-2020]
''If you’re afraid to fail, then you’re probably going to fail.''
Kobe Bryant [1978-2020]
''My brain . . . it cannot process failure. It will not process failure. Because if I sit there and have to face myself and tell myself, ‘You’re a failure’ . . . I think that’s almost worse than death.''
Kobe Bryant [1978-2020]
''I realized that intimidation didn’t really exist if you’re in the right frame of mind.''
Kobe Bryant [1978-2020]
''We can always kind of be average and do what’s normal. I’m not in this to do what’s normal.''
Kobe Bryant [1978-2020]
''Haters are a good problem to have. Nobody hates the good ones. They hate the great ones.''
Kobe Bryant [1978-2020]
''We all have self-doubt. You don’t deny it, but you also don’t capitulate to it. You embrace it.''
Kobe Bryant [1978-2020]
''Mamba out''
Kobe Bryant [1978-2020]
''Dear Basketball...''
Kobe Bryant [1978-2020]
''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 [1978-2020]
''It’s the one thing you can control. You are responsible for how people remember you—or don’t. So don’t take it lightly.''
