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

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Kobe Bryant
Age: 41 †
Born: 1978
Born: August 23
Died: 2020
Died: January 26
Basketball Player
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I don't just try to score. The challenge is elevating my teammates to be able to win a championship.
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We all can be masters at our craft, but you have to make sacrifices that come along with making that decision.
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I wear the number 10 Jersey for the US National Team in honour of the Greatest athlete I have ever seen: Messi.
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You're my backbone. You're a blessing. You're a piece of my heart. You're the air I breathe. And you're the strongest person I know, and I'm so sorry for having to put you through this and having to put our family through this.
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When you have empathy toward your opponents, it helps you destroy them quicker. Because you understand exactly who they are. You understand what buttons to push. You understand if they're insecure, if they fear embarrassment. And you can really hit those buttons to strike a nerve.
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One thing you gotta know about me is I have absolutely no filter. I have no problem saying what the hell I think of someone.
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What does perfection look like to me? Championship rings
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The important thing is that your teammates have to know you're pulling for them and you really want them to be successful.
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You have to be able to separate business from the love of the game. There were a lot of decisions made business-wise that I wasn't happy with, and I took a lot of blame over the years. But you have to be able to separate that from the love you have for the game.
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What I'm doing right now, I'm chasing perfection... and if I don't get it, I'm going to get this close.
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I like playing for the purple and gold. This is where I want to finish up.
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I didn't expect this award [the 2008 MVP] would come to me. I'm surprised. I've played pretty well in other seasons. Our team hasn't been as good. Things just fell into place.
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He is a fool who only sees the mischiefs that are past.
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There's a difference [between taking a charge and flopping]. 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. That's kind of like, where are your balls at?
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You can't be held captive by the fear of failure or the fear of what people may say.
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It's hard for me to grasp the concept of somebody being nervous when I'm talking to them.
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For us to be the team that got him that historic 10th championship is special for us.
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Diligent accumulation of personal wealth is not inherently ungodly so long as it is complemented by equally diligent distribution of personal wealth.
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Isn't the basis of a democracy to send somebody to Washington to bring something back for you? ... It isn't?
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There’s a reason why players that have multiple championships have multiple championships. There’s a certain characteristic and an understanding and knowledge and that’s not something that’s easily taught. You kind of have to go through it and it kind of has to be part of your DNA from the beginning.
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