Basketball Quotes

"In basketball - as in life - true joy comes from being fully present in each and every moment, not just when things are going your way." "If I wanted to play, I’d still be playing for the Lakers. The health thing I could’ve figured out—I just don’t want to play anymore." "I treated it like every day was my last day with a basketball." "Basketball is not just a sport; it’s a way to connect with people and inspire others." "Every game, every practice is a chance to honor the James name" "I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot." "Basketball is a game of habits. If you make the other guy deviate from his habits, you've got him." "The beauty of basketball, like the beauty of anything, is in the eye of the beholder." "I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." "We all know what flopping is when we see it. The stuff that you see is where guys aren’t really getting hit at all and are just flailing around like a fish out of water." "I don’t want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant." "There’s been a lot of talk of me being a one-man show but that’s simply not the case. We win games when I score 40 points and we’ve won when I score 10.“" "Hi, I’m Kobe Bryant. And I have decided to take my talent to, uh—I have decided to skip college and take my talent to the NBA." "Magic has five championships. I have five championships. I’m pretty sure we both know what we’re doing." "I had to organize things. So I created the ‘Black Mamba.’ So Kobe has to deal with these issues, all the personal challenges. The Black Mamba steps on the court and does what he does. I’m destroying everybody that steps on the court." "My role is to make sure we’re moving in the right direction, getting points, rebounds, steals, assists, and providing leadership." "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" "When I have the chance to guard Michael Jordan, I want to guard him. I want him. It’s the ultimate challenge." "I’ll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it’s sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot."