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I like playing for the purple and gold. This is where I want to finish up.

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Kobe Bryant
Age: 41 †
Born: 1978
Born: August 23
Died: 2020
Died: January 26
Basketball Player
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Kobe Bean Bryant
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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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He shouldn't have been in the NBA, but we were too cheap to pay for a point guard.
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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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People just don't understand how obsessed I am with winning.
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Dear Basketball, From the moment I started rolling my dad's tube socks and shooting imaginary game-winning shots ... I fell in love with you.
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Pooper scooper? Yeah, I've done it a few times. Every once in a while, you have to.
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I love going one-on-one with someone. That's what I do. I've never lost. It's a whole different game, just to have them right in front of you and be able to do whatever you want.
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Everyone looks at your watch and it represents who you are, your values and your personal style.
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If you don't believe in yourself...nobo dy else will.
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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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The guy said NBA players are one in a million, ... I said, 'Man, look, I'm going to be that one in a million.
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I was probably born a scorer, but I was made a winner. Whatever works, whatever wins championships, wins games, that's what I do.
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The people who truly know me know what I'm like. There have been people who try to say things that aren't fair, and I check them. And then they don't like me because I checked them.
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Eeew, I'd be a little uncomfortable Googling myself. People sit there - and Google themselves? That's kind of weird.
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I enjoy playing at the heart of it is just a kid who really loves playing the game of basketball.
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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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There's a through line that connects all of us.
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The hunger [to success] is the same, no matter what it is that you're doing. It's like an unquenchable thirst to learn more, or to feel like you could have done more, and to be brutally honest and self critical, which is very hard to do. It's easy, and human nature is to just blame somebody else. It's very, very hard to self assess.
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It's different from being 21 and you think there's endless amount of opportunities. At 33, the ending is much, much closer.
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