Quote

It's disgusting, but my father taught me when your mouth gets dry, just suck the sweat out of your own jersey. There's no bravado to any of it it's just a disgusting little trick.

Kobe Bryant

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Kobe Bryant
Age: 41 †
Born: 1978
Born: August 23
Died: 2020
Died: January 26
Basketball Player
Screenwriter
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Kobe Bean Bryant
Black Mamba
KB24
Kobe
Littles
Trick
Little
Sweat
Tricks
Mouth
Bravado
Mouths
Suck
Gets
Jersey
Taught
Disgusting
Father
Dry

More quotes by Kobe Bryant

Image
When you start training camp, you're building the tools necessary to win a championship. You have to have the patience.
Kobe Bryant
Image
Pooper scooper? Yeah, I've done it a few times. Every once in a while, you have to.
Kobe Bryant
Image
As far as carrying the torch for the years to come, I don't know. I just want to be the best basketball player I can be.
Kobe Bryant
Image
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.
Kobe Bryant
Image
Everyone looks at your watch and it represents who you are, your values and your personal style.
Kobe Bryant
Image
Difficulty is a nurse of greatness-a harsh nurse, who rocks her foster children roughly, but rocks them in strength and athletic proportion. The mind, grappling with great aims and wrestling with mighty impediments, grows by a certain necessity to the stature of greatness.
Kobe Bryant
Image
The guy said NBA players are one in a million, ... I said, 'Man, look, I'm going to be that one in a million.
Kobe Bryant
Image
Love me or hate me, it's one or the other. Always has been. Hate my game, my swagger. Hate my fadeaway, my hunger. Hate that I'm a veteran. A champion. Hate that. Hate it with all your heart. And hate that I'm loved, for the exact same reasons.
Kobe Bryant
Image
I'm just so excited. We all are. We've been waiting for this [the gold medal] for years now and it's finally here. This meant so much. It just felt so good.
Kobe Bryant
Image
The motivation for me is just the game itself, just playing the game the right way and trying to win, compete every time I step out there on the floor. That's motivation enough for me to go out there and play well.
Kobe Bryant
Image
It’s not a question of if we make the playoffs we will. And when we get there, I have no fear of anyone.
Kobe Bryant
Image
You can't go and anticipate what it is that you want to see. You just have to be present. Be where you are.
Kobe Bryant
Image
I feel like I just returned a 100-yard kickoff in the last two minutes of the Super Bowl to win it all, only to have my run called back by a flag on the play.
Kobe Bryant
Image
I was an idiot when I was a kid.
Kobe Bryant
Image
When you love something, you'll always come back to it. You'll always keep asking questions, and finding answers.
Kobe Bryant
Image
I don't set out to make a really hot shoe, I set out to make a product that is true to where I am.
Kobe Bryant
Image
I enjoy playing at the heart of it is just a kid who really loves playing the game of basketball.
Kobe Bryant
Image
My parents are my backbone. Still are. They're the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.
Kobe Bryant
Image
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.
Kobe Bryant
Image
Each moment of my life I was dreaming of how great I could be, and continued working hard. Each time I closed my eyes I could see me shining bright like a sun.
Kobe Bryant