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Kobe Bryant
Age: 41 †
Born: 1978
Born: August 23
Died: 2020
Died: January 26
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Winning takes precedence over all. There's no gray area. No almosts.
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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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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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I like playing for the purple and gold. This is where I want to finish up.
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You have to rely on others to have success as a group.
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The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.
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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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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.
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Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.
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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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For us to be the team that got him that historic 10th championship is special for us.
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There's been a lot of talk of me being a one-man show but that's simply not the case. We win games when I score 40 points and we've won when I score 10.
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There is power in understanding the journey of others to help create your own
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I was an idiot when I was a kid.
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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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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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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.
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Being a leader, it's the art of trying to find the balance, the right times with each individual and what they need at that moment. It requires looking outward as opposed to looking inside.
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I grew up in front of these people, and now they are seeing me as an 'older' young man.
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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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