Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant

Professional Basketball Player

Kobe Bryant was a legendary basketball player known for his unmatched work ethic and competitive spirit, leaving a lasting legacy in the NBA.

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Born
August 23, 1978
Died
January 26, 2020
Quotes
177
Rank
#300

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"There's a choice that we have to make as people, as individuals. If you want to be great at something, there's a choice you have to make. We all can be masters at our craft, but you have to make a choice. What I mean by that is, there are inherent sacrifices that come along with that. Family time, hanging out with friends, being a great friend, being a great son, nephew, whatever the case may be. There are sacrifices that come along with making that decision."

Mean Son Sacrifice
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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."

Basketball Done Way
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"People just don't understand how obsessed I am with winning."

Basketball Winning People
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"As far as carrying the torch for the years to come, I don't know. I just want to be the best basketball player I can be."

Basketball Player Years
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"I've played with IVs before, during and after games. I've played with a broken hand, a sprained ankle, a torn shoulder, a fractured tooth, a severed lip, and a knee the size of a softball. I don't miss 15 games because of a toe injury that everybody knows wasn't that serious in the first place."

Inspirational Basketball Softball
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"Everything has a purpose. And that purpose has a story that goes along with it. It just depends on what your passion is."

Passion Purpose Stories
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"I enjoy playing at the heart of it is just a kid who really loves playing the game of basketball."

Inspirational Basketball Heart
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"The Black Mamba collection of watches is me: It is my alter ego, so to speak. As I mentioned before, it is sharp, cutting edge and sleek which are characteristics I try to apply when I’m out there on the basketball court."

Inspirational Basketball Cutting
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"Winning takes precedence over all. There's no gray area. No almosts."

Winning Gray Area Areas
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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."

Insecure Empathy Buttons
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"If I panic, everyone else panics."

Panic Ifs
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"We all can be masters at our craft, but you have to make sacrifices that come along with making that decision."

Sacrifice Decision Crafts
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"I don't just try to score. The challenge is elevating my teammates to be able to win a championship."

Basketball Winning Challenges
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"We're grown ass men, you don't need to be falling all over the place."

Badass Fall Men
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"My brain cannot process failure... It WILL not process failure"

Brain Process
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"I was probably born a scorer, but I was made a winner. Whatever works, whatever wins championships, wins games, that's what I do."

Winning Games Winner
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"Once you open your eyes and start looking around you, you start picking up things that are very obvious."

Eye Obvious
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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."

Basketball Player Competition
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