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I grew up in front of these people, and now they are seeing me as an 'older' young man.
Kobe Bryant
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Kobe Bryant
Age: 41 †
Born: 1978
Born: August 23
Died: 2020
Died: January 26
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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.
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You can't go and anticipate what it is that you want to see. You just have to be present. Be where you are.
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I don't talk trash often, but when I do, I go for the jugular.
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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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There's a through line that connects all of us.
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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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A lot of times things get blown out of proportion in a negative light, especially in the NBA, ... But there are a lot of players in the NBA who really care about the community and want to use their basketball-playing ability for a good cause.
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I'm playing against great players, playing against the best in the world. The competition-that's what I've always wanted.
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Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.
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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.
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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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Thank god, I'm not from this world.
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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.
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What does perfection look like to me? Championship rings
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I've pretty much done all I can here and, you know, God will carry me the rest of the way, so I'm pretty comfortable with that.
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People just don't understand how obsessed I am with winning.
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There is power in understanding the journey of others to help create your own
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We're grown ass men, you don't need to be falling all over the place.
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You want me to own a team and deal with these rich, spoiled stubborn athletes, and try to get them to perform? No thank you.
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I had some shots that I felt like I should've made I just didn't make them. I'm not going to shoot the ball great every night.
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