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Kobe Bryant Quotes

"Have a good time. Life is too short to get bogged down and be discouraged. You have to keep moving. You have to keep going. Put one foot in front of the other, smile, and just keep on rolling.""Be willing to sacrifice anything, but compromise nothing in your quest to be your best.""When I have the chance to guard Michael Jordan, I want to guard him. I want him. It’s the ultimate challenge.""I want to see if I can. I don’t know if I can. I want to find out. I want to see. I’m going to do what I always do; I’m going to break it down to its smallest form, smallest detail, and go after it. Day by day, one day at a time.""I remain focused on changing the world in positive ways through diverse stories, characters, and leadership in order to inspire the next generation.""Everything has a purpose. And that purpose has a story that goes along with it. It just depends on what your passion is.""May you always remember to enjoy the road, especially when it’s a hard one.""We psych ourselves up too much. Like if you try to talk yourself into, ‘Oh, this is a big moment, this is a big shot,’ you’re putting a lot of pressure on yourself. You shot that shot hundreds and thousands of times. Just shoot another one.""Some people wanted me to come back down to earth. To come down to their level. To relax. But I couldn’t. It wasn’t in my DNA.""Because to go where others have never gone, you have to do what others have never done.""Everyone looks at your watch and it represents who you are, your values, and your personal style.""No matter what the injury—unless it’s completely debilitating—I’m going to be the same player I’ve always been.""From the beginning, I wanted to be the best. I had a constant craving, a yearning, to improve and be the best.""It’s an understanding that you can’t have life without death, can’t have light without the dark, right? So it’s an acceptance of that.""I see the beauty in getting up in the morning and being in pain because I know all the hard work that it took to get to this point. So, I’m not, I’m not sad about retiring. I’m very appreciative of what I’ve had.""These young guys are playing checkers. I’m out there playing chess.""A lot of people say they want to be great, but they’re not willing to make the sacrifices necessary to achieve greatness.""People just don’t understand how obsessed I am with winning.""You guys know how I am. I don’t forget anything.""Losing is losing. There aren't different degrees of losing. You either win a championship or you're shit. It's very black and white to me."