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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
Kobe Bryant
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Kobe Bryant
Age: 41 †
Born: 1978
Born: August 23
Died: 2020
Died: January 26
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There’s a reason why players that have multiple championships have multiple championships. There’s a certain characteristic and an understanding and knowledge and that’s not something that’s easily taught. You kind of have to go through it and it kind of has to be part of your DNA from the beginning.
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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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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 was probably born a scorer, but I was made a winner. Whatever works, whatever wins championships, wins games, that's what I do.
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If you want to make history, you have to do historic things
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I don't talk trash often, but when I do, I go for the jugular.
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If you don't believe in yourself...nobo dy else will.
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Thank god, I'm not from this world.
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When you love something, you'll always come back to it. You'll always keep asking questions, and finding answers.
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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 think that game is a testament to what happens when you put no ceiling to what you're capable of doing.
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Christmas morning, I'm going to open presents with my kids. I'm going to take pictures of them opening the presents. Then I'm going to come to the Staples Center and get ready to work.
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My role is to make sure we're moving in the right direction, getting points, rebounds, steals, assists and providing leadership.
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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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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.
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Dropkick Murphys get me going, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana... plus, all the regular hip-hop stuff.
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I realize now that there's a strength in dunking that I can use to my advantage. When you dunk all the time it isn't as demoralizing to the opponent, but when you dunk at a key moment in the game you can use it to change the momentum.
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It's hard for me to grasp the concept of somebody being nervous when I'm talking to them.
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Heroes come and go, but legends are forever.
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If I panic, everyone else panics.
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