Kobe Bryant Quotes
"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.""It doesn’t bother me at all. Do I hold any hard feelings? Not at all. Life is too short to sit around and hold grudges. I don’t hold any whatsoever.""There’s certain players that I’ve made cry. If I can make you cry by being sarcastic, then I really don’t want to play with you in the playoffs.""I’m here. I’m not going anywhere. No matter what the injury—unless it’s completely debilitating—I’m going to be the same player I’ve always been. I’ll figure it out. I’ll make some tweaks, some changes, but I’m still coming.""Friends can come and go, but banners hang forever.""I love that kids are building confidence on and off the court and unlocking their potential through sport.""I saw you come in and I wanted you to know that it doesn’t matter how hard you work, that I’m willing to work harder than you.""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 ma""I want to learn how to become the best basketball player in the world. And if I’m going to learn that, I gotta learn from the best. Kids go to school to be doctors or lawyers, so forth and so on and that’s where they study. My place to study is from the be""I focus on one thing and one thing only—that’s trying to win as many championships as I can.""There’s nothing truly to be afraid of, when you think about it, because I’ve failed before, and I woke up the next morning, and I’m okay.""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.""You guys know how I am. I don’t forget anything.""People just don’t understand how obsessed I am with winning.""A lot of people say they want to be great, but they’re not willing to make the sacrifices necessary to achieve greatness.""These young guys are playing checkers. I’m out there playing chess.""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.""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.""From the beginning, I wanted to be the best. I had a constant craving, a yearning, to improve and be the best.""No matter what the injury—unless it’s completely debilitating—I’m going to be the same player I’ve always been."
