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What people see on court is another side of me it's not me.

Kobe Bryant

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Kobe Bryant
Age: 41 †
Born: 1978
Born: August 23
Died: 2020
Died: January 26
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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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Because we're old as sh*t. What do you want?
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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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He is a fool who only sees the mischiefs that are past.
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