The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.
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Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.
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.
If you're afraid to fail, then you're probably going to fail.
In an individual sport, yes, you have to win titles. Baseball's different. But basketball, hockey? One person can control the tempo of a game, can completely alter the momentum of a series. There's a lot of great individual talent.
Can I jump over two or three guys like I used to? No. Am I as fast as I used to be? No, but I still have the fundamentals and smarts. That's what enables me to still be a dominant player. As a kid growing up, I never skipped steps. I always worked on fundamentals because I know athleticism is fleeting.
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. We don't speak the same language. I don't understand you. I don't want to understand you.
I'm chasing perfection.
I'm reflective only in the sense that I learn to move forward. I reflect with a purpose.
Sports are such a great teacher. I think of everything they've taught me: camaraderie, humility, how to resolve differences.
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.
I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.
These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess.
My parents are my backbone. Still are. They're the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.
The important thing is that your teammates have to know you're pulling for them and you really want them to be successful.
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.
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.
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.
Winning takes precedence over all. There's no gray area. No almosts.
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.
People just don't understand how obsessed I am with winning.
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.
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.
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