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Thank god, I'm not from this world.

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Kobe Bryant
Age: 41 †
Born: 1978
Born: August 23
Died: 2020
Died: January 26
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He shouldn't have been in the NBA, but we were too cheap to pay for a point guard.
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I like playing for the purple and gold. This is where I want to finish up.
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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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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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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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The people who truly know me know what I'm like. There have been people who try to say things that aren't fair, and I check them. And then they don't like me because I checked them.
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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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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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People just don't understand how obsessed I am with winning.
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Because we're old as sh*t. What do you want?
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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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What does perfection look like to me? Championship rings
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I'm focused on the task that lies ahead for us.
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I don't talk trash often, but when I do, I go for the jugular.
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Isn't the basis of a democracy to send somebody to Washington to bring something back for you? ... It isn't?
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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'm just so excited. We all are. We've been waiting for this [the gold medal] for years now and it's finally here. This meant so much. It just felt so good.
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My parents are my backbone. Still are. They're the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.
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