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Kobe Bryant
Age: 41 †
Born: 1978
Born: August 23
Died: 2020
Died: January 26
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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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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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I've pretty much done all I can here and, you know, God will carry me the rest of the way, so I'm pretty comfortable with that.
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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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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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You can't go and anticipate what it is that you want to see. You just have to be present. Be where you are.
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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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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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Pooper scooper? Yeah, I've done it a few times. Every once in a while, you have to.
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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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He shouldn't have been in the NBA, but we were too cheap to pay for a point guard.
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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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For us to be the team that got him that historic 10th championship is special for us.
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Nobody in the world can guard me one-on-one.
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