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Kobe Bryant
Age: 41 †
Born: 1978
Born: August 23
Died: 2020
Died: January 26
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Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.
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I'm more than comfortable just sitting back and scoring 21, 22 points or whatever and getting 10, 11 assists whatever the case might be. More than comfortable with that. It's just a matter of the pieces that you have around you and what you can do to elevate everybody else.
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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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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 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 was an idiot when I was a kid.
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Everyone looks at your watch and it represents who you are, your values and your personal style.
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Nobody in the world can guard me one-on-one.
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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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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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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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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 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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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 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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One thing you gotta know about me is I have absolutely no filter. I have no problem saying what the hell I think of someone.
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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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There's a much bigger world out there.
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These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess.
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What does perfection look like to me? Championship rings
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