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My brain cannot process failure... It WILL not process failure

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Kobe Bryant
Age: 41 †
Born: 1978
Born: August 23
Died: 2020
Died: January 26
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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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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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It's different from being 21 and you think there's endless amount of opportunities. At 33, the ending is much, much closer.
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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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Nobody in the world can guard me one-on-one.
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You want me to own a team and deal with these rich, spoiled stubborn athletes, and try to get them to perform? No thank you.
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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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You just try to take it one day at a time, ... You step on the basketball floor and just play. It's fun. I'm comfortable with it.
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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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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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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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I wear the number 10 Jersey for the US National Team in honour of the Greatest athlete I have ever seen: Messi.
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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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The guy said NBA players are one in a million, ... I said, 'Man, look, I'm going to be that one in a million.
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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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There's certain companies that line up with what the brand represents. There are other things that are more investment-focused.
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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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Difficulty is a nurse of greatness-a harsh nurse, who rocks her foster children roughly, but rocks them in strength and athletic proportion. The mind, grappling with great aims and wrestling with mighty impediments, grows by a certain necessity to the stature of greatness.
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These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess.
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