Kobe Bryant Quotes

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

“Mamba mentality is all about focusing on the process and trusting in the hard work when it matters most.”

“Those times when you get up early and you work hard; those times when you stay up late and you work hard; those times when you don't feel like working, you're too tired, you don't want to push yourself, but you do it anyway. That is actually the dream.”

“Rest at the end, not in the middle.”

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

“The moment you give up is the moment you let someone else win.”

“I have self-doubt. I have insecurity. I have fear of failure. We all have self-doubt. You don't deny it, but you also don't capitulate to it. You embrace it.”

“Everything negative, pressure, challenges, is all an opportunity for me to rise.”

“I'm chasing perfection.”

“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.”

“As a kid growing up, I never skipped steps. I always worked on fundamentals because I know athleticism is fleeting.”

“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.”

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

“I'm here. I'm not going anywhere. No matter what the injury, 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'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.”

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

“Winning takes precedence over all. There's no grey area. No almosts.”

“I focus on one thing and one thing only: trying to win as many championships as I can.”

“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'm extremely willful to win, and I respond to challenges.”

“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.”

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

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

“If I panic, everyone else panics.”