Zitat des Tages von Kobe Bryant:
I'm chasing perfection.
It's disgusting, but my father taught me when your mouth gets dry, just suck the sweat out of your own jersey. There's no bravado to any of it; it's just a disgusting little trick.
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.
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.
The topic of leadership is a touchy one. A lot of leaders fail because they don't have the bravery to touch that nerve or strike that chord. Throughout my years, I haven't had that fear.
Everyone looks at your watch and it represents who you are, your values and your personal style.
Everything negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.
It's different from being 21 and you think there's endless amount of opportunities. At 33, the ending is much, much closer.
I draw from the crowd a lot.
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.
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.
I'm reflective only in the sense that I learn to move forward. I reflect with a purpose.
I don't talk trash often, but when I do, I go for the jugular.
We all know what flopping is when we see it. The stuff that you see is where guys aren't really getting hit at all and are just flailing around like a fish out of water.
Winning takes precedence over all. There's no gray area. No almosts.
These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess.
I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.
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.
Sports are such a great teacher. I think of everything they've taught me: camaraderie, humility, how to resolve differences.
I like playing for the purple and gold. This is where I want to finish up.
If I panic, everyone else panics.
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.
My parents are my backbone. Still are. They're the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.
I'm not the most patient of people.
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 10.
It never bothered me when people would say, 'You only win championships because you're playing with Shaq.' It bothered me when he said it.
At the end of 2003, my game was complete. Shooting, defense, using the dribble, transition, midrange stuff was all there. Then it was about fine-tuning and trying to improve in each area.
I focus on one thing and one thing only - that's trying to win as many championships as I can.
It's hard for me to grasp the concept of somebody being nervous when I'm talking to them.
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.
Eeew, I'd be a little uncomfortable Googling myself. People sit there - and Google themselves? That's kind of weird.
Dropkick Murphys get me going, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana... plus, all the regular hip-hop stuff.
What people see on court is another side of me; it's not me.
People just don't understand how obsessed I am with winning.