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About Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant was one of the all-time great NBA players. As a shooting guard, Bryant entered the National Basketball Association (NBA) directly from high school, and played his entire 20-season professional career in the league with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Bryant won many accolades: five NBA championships, 18-time All-Star, 15-time member of the All-NBA Team, 12-time member of the All-Defensive Team, and much more.

Bryant was killed at age 41, along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others, in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California. (1)

Kobe Bryant’s autobiography was published in 2018. The Mamba Mentality: How I Play is Kobe Bryant’s personal perspective of his life and career on the basketball court and his exceptional, insightful style of playing the game―a fitting legacy from the late Los Angeles Laker superstar.

Kobe Bryant Quotes

Here are Kobe Bryant’s most powerful quotes:

This is the moment I accept the most challenging times will always be behind me and in front of me. Kobe Bryant

It’s the one thing you can control. You are responsible for how people remember you, or don’t. So don’t take it lightly. Kobe Bryant

There’s a choice that we have to make as people, as individuals. If you want to be great at something there is a choice you have to make. We can all be masters at our craft, but you have to make a choice. Kobe Bryant

Be willing to sacrifice anything, but compromise nothing in your quest to be your best. Kobe Bryant

The mindset isn’t about seeking a result—it’s more about the process of getting to that result. It’s about the journey and the approach. It’s a way of life. I do think that it’s important, in all endeavors, to have that mentality. Kobe Bryant

Friends can come and go, but banners hang forever. Kobe Bryant Quotes

“I never looked at [basketball] as work. I didn’t realize it was work until my first year in the NBA. When I came around, I was surrounded by other professionals and I thought basketball was going to be everything to them and it wasn’t. And I was like, ‘This is different.’ I thought everybody was so obsessive about the game like me. It was like, no? Oh, that’s hard work. I get it now.” Kobe Bryant

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

If you do not believe in yourself no one will do it for you. Kobe Bryant

If you are going to be a leader, you’re not going to please everybody. You got to hold people accountable, even if you have that moment of being uncomfortable. Kobe Bryant

The biggest dreams aren’t fueled by belief. They’re fueled by doubt. Kobe Bryant

The only aspect that can’t change, though, is that obsession. Kobe Bryant Quote

We can always kind of be average and do what’s normal. I’m not in this to do what’s normal. Kobe Bryant

Pain doesn’t tell you when you ought to stop. Pain is the little voice in your head that tries to hold you back because it knows if you continue you will change. Kobe Bryant

The beauty in being blessed with talent is rising above doubters to create a beautiful moment. Kobe Bryant

Have a good time. Life is too short to get bogged down and be discouraged. You have to keep moving. You have to keep going. Put one foot in front of the other, smile and just keep on rolling. Kobe Bryant

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 is 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. Kobe Bryant

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

Life is too short to get bogged down and be discouraged. You have to keep moving. You have to keep going. Put one foot in front of the other, smile and just keep on rolling. 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 10. Kobe Bryant

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

Dedication sees dreams come true. Kobe Bryant Quote

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

You can manipulate an opponent’s strength and use it against them. Kobe Bryant

Either way, I refuse to change what I am. A lion has to eat. Run with me or run from me. Kobe Bryant

Haters are a good problem to have. Nobody hates the good ones. They hate the great ones. Kobe Bryant

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

A lot of people say they want to be great, but they’re not willing to make the sacrifices necessary to achieve greatness. Kobe Bryant

If you really want to be great at something you have to truly care about it. If you want to be great in a particular area, you have to obsess over it. Kobe Bryant

When everyone else was thinking it was time for bed, his mind was telling him it’s time to get ahead of the competition. Kobe Bryant

Good coaches, however, teach you how to think and arm you with the fundamental tools necessary to execute properly. Kobe Bryant

After all, greatness is not for everybody Kobe Bryant Quotes

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