Memorable Quotes from Kobe Bryant

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.

I’m reflective only in the sense that I learn to move forward. I reflect with a purpose.

The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.

The moment you give up is the moment you let someone else win.

I have self-doubt. I have insecurity. I have fear of failure. I have nights when I show up at the arena and I’m like, ‘My back hurts, my feet hurt, my knees hurt. I don’t have it. I just want to chill.’ We all have self-doubt. You don’t deny it, but you also don’t capitulate to it. You embrace it.

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.

I can’t relate to lazy people because my mind is always busy. It’s like lightning.

I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success. Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.

Everything negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise.

I create my own path. It was straight and narrow. I looked at it as a challenge.

If you’re afraid to fail, then you’re probably going to fail.

Trust me, setting things on fire isn’t something you learn at home. It’s something you learn in the wild.

Memorable Quotes from Kobe Bryant part 2

I focus on one thing and one thing only – that’s trying to win as many championships as I can.

I’m extremely willful to win, and I respond to challenges. It’s not a matter of playing great or playing poorly, but can you get better? That’s the exciting part.

The important thing is that your teammates have to know you’re pulling for them and you really want them to be successful.

The moment you give up is the moment you let someone else win.

I’m playing against great players, playing against the best in the world. The competition – that’s what I’ve always wanted.

I draw from the crowd, and always will.

Dedication sees dreams come true.

I’m chasing perfection.

I don’t want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.

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

I’m not afraid of confrontation. I don’t avoid it. I will go aggressively after it because I want to get the most out of myself and my teammates.

I don’t want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.

People just don’t understand how obsessed I am with winning.

I create my own path, it was straight and narrow. I looked at it this way: you were either in my way, or out of it.

Once you know what failure feels like, determination chases success.

You have competition every day because you set such high standards for yourself that you have to go out every day and live up to that.

We all have self-doubt. You don’t deny it, but you also don’t capitulate to it. You embrace it.

I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success. Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.

I don’t want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.

Winning takes precedence over all. There’s no gray area. No almosts.

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.

I don’t think people understand how obsessed I am with winning.

I’ve shot too much and I’ve missed too much, but I’ve also hit a lot of game-winners.

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.

I’m focus and intensity. I’m the one who makes you demand the best from yourself.

The moment you give up is the moment you let someone else win.

If you’re afraid to fail, then you’re probably going to fail.

It doesn’t take much strength to be a panda. Only to endure the pain.

I love going one-on-one with someone. That’s what I do. I’ve never lost. It’s a whole different game, just to have them right in front of you and be able to do whatever you want.

The most important thing is you must put everybody on notice that you’re here and you are for real.

When you make a choice and say, ‘Come hell or high water, I am going to be this,’ then you should not be surprised when you are that. It should not be something that feels intoxicating or out of character because you have seen this moment for so long that… when that moment comes, of course it is here because it has been here the whole time, because it has been [in your mind] the whole time.

I realized that intimidation didn’t come from me, it came from the fear they [my opponents] had of me.

We all have self-doubt. You don’t deny it, but you also don’t capitulate to it. You embrace it.