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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 can't relate to lazy people. We don't speak the same language. I don't understand you. I don't want to understand you.
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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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If you want to make history, you have to do historic things
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I'm focused on the task that lies ahead for us.
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I'm extremely willful to win, and I respond to challenges. Scoring titles and stuff like that... it sounds, well, I don't care how it sounds - to me, scoring comes easy. It's not a challenge to me to win the scoring title, because I know I can.
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It's not about the number of hours you practice, it's about the number of hours your mind is present during the practice
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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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One thing you gotta know about me is I have absolutely no filter. I have no problem saying what the hell I think of someone.
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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.
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If I panic, everyone else panics.
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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.
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I didn't expect this award [the 2008 MVP] would come to me. I'm surprised. I've played pretty well in other seasons. Our team hasn't been as good. Things just fell into place.
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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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It’s not a question of if we make the playoffs we will. And when we get there, I have no fear of anyone.
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