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Kobe Bryant
Age: 41 †
Born: 1978
Born: August 23
Died: 2020
Died: January 26
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If you want to make history, you have to do historic things
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I was an idiot when I was a kid.
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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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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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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 felt like when we came back from the All-Star break we needed everybody to feel like they were part of the team, ... I'm just trying to do whatever the team needs at any given time.
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Everybody has a different journey.
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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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You can't be held captive by the fear of failure or the fear of what people may say.
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I'm here. I'm not going anywhere. No matter what the injury - unless it's completely debilitating - I'm going to be the same player I've always been. I'll figure it out. I'll make some tweaks, some changes, but I'm still coming.
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What people see on court is another side of me it's not me.
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Heroes come and go, but legends are forever.
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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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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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The important thing is that your teammates have to know you're pulling for them and you really want them to be successful.
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Nobody in the world can guard me one-on-one.
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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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He shouldn't have been in the NBA, but we were too cheap to pay for a point guard.
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There is power in understanding the journey of others to help create your own
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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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