Quotes by Kobe Bryant

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

— Kobe Bryant

Wisdom

Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.

— Kobe Bryant

Wisdom

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.

— Kobe Bryant

Courage

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

— Kobe Bryant

Wisdom

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.

— Kobe Bryant

Wisdom

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.

— Kobe Bryant

Success

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.

— Kobe Bryant

Wisdom

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.

— Kobe Bryant

Wisdom

I'm chasing perfection.

— Kobe Bryant

Wisdom

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

— Kobe Bryant

Education

Sports are such a great teacher. I think of everything they've taught me: camaraderie, humility, how to resolve differences.

— Kobe Bryant

Education

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.

— Kobe Bryant

Courage

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

— Kobe Bryant

Wisdom

These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess.

— Kobe Bryant

Wisdom

My parents are my backbone. Still are. They're the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.

— Kobe Bryant

Wisdom

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

— Kobe Bryant

Success

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.

— Kobe Bryant

Wisdom

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.

— Kobe Bryant

Wisdom

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.

— Kobe Bryant

Wisdom

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

— Kobe Bryant

Wisdom

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.

— Kobe Bryant

Wisdom

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

— Kobe Bryant

Wisdom

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.

— Kobe Bryant

Wisdom

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.

— Kobe Bryant

Wisdom