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He shouldn't have been in the NBA, but we were too cheap to pay for a point guard.
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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I'm more than comfortable just sitting back and scoring 21, 22 points or whatever and getting 10, 11 assists whatever the case might be. More than comfortable with that. It's just a matter of the pieces that you have around you and what you can do to elevate everybody else.
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You want a CEO that understands they need to build a team around them that's sharper and smarter than they are.
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Once you know what it is in life that you want to do, then the world basically becomes your library. Everything you view, you can view from that perspective, which makes everything a learning asset for you.
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There is power in understanding the journey of others to help create your own
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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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