Kobe Bryant

I was just letting the shots fly. You know, I don't leave any bullets in the chamber.

— Kobe Bryant

Magic has five championships. I have five championships. I'm pretty sure we both know what we're doing.

— Kobe Bryant

There is power in understanding the journey of others to help create your own

— Kobe Bryant

If there were camera phones back in the day, the biggest athletes in the world would have had a lot of explaining…

— Kobe Bryant

You can't go and anticipate what it is that you want to see. You just have to be present. Be where you…

— Kobe Bryant

I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success.

— Kobe Bryant

I know how to play my guard spot, ... He can worry about the low post.

— Kobe Bryant

There's certain companies that line up with what the brand represents. There are other things that are more investment-focused.

— Kobe Bryant

The thing that's most enjoyable to me is not actually beating someone [in the game]. It's the process of coming up with…

— Kobe Bryant

I love going one-on-one with someone. That's what I do. I've never lost. It's a whole different game, just to have them…

— Kobe Bryant

He [Phil Jackson] is such a basketball genius in terms of the details of the game, the little nuances of the game…

— Kobe Bryant

I realize now that there's a strength in dunking that I can use to my advantage. When you dunk all the time…

— Kobe Bryant

Dear Basketball, From the moment I started rolling my dad's tube socks and shooting imaginary game-winning shots ... I fell in love…

— Kobe Bryant

If they want to win right now, I'm all for it. That's all I said the whole time. If you want to…

— Kobe Bryant

It never bothered me when people would say, 'You only win championships because you're playing with Shaq.' It bothered me when he…

— Kobe Bryant

In the second half they looked to stop everybody else, and I got going. I picked up the momentum and was able…

— Kobe Bryant

You have to go with things that you understand. Businesses that you know.

— Kobe Bryant

I don't set out to make a really hot shoe, I set out to make a product that is true to where…

— Kobe Bryant

He shouldn't have been in the NBA, but we were too cheap to pay for a point guard.

— Kobe Bryant

I was shooting 45 times a game. What was I supposed to do? Pass it into Chris Mihm & Kwame Brown?

— Kobe Bryant

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

— Kobe Bryant

We're grown ass men, you don't need to be falling all over the place.

— Kobe Bryant

I've pretty much done all I can here and, you know, God will carry me the rest of the way, so I'm…

— Kobe Bryant

I never tried to prove anything to someone else. I wanted to prove something to myself.

— Kobe Bryant

It’s not a question of if we make the playoffs; we will. And when we get there, I have no fear of…

— Kobe Bryant

I write all day and outline stories, a sports mythological universe.

— Kobe Bryant

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

— Kobe Bryant

It's not about the number of hours you practice, it's about the number of hours your mind is present during the practice

— Kobe Bryant

Listen to how everyone is talking about you. You have to use it as fuel for motivation.

— Kobe Bryant

I don't have to hear that criticism, that idotic criticism anymore.

— Kobe Bryant

I focus on one thing and one thing only - that's trying to win as many championships as I can.

— Kobe Bryant

I have my own identity ... The whole Michael thing does drive me nuts sometimes because people won't leave it alone. He's…

— Kobe Bryant

It's disgusting, but my father taught me when your mouth gets dry, just suck the sweat out of your own jersey. There's…

— Kobe Bryant

I'm just so excited. We all are. We've been waiting for this [the gold medal] for years now and it's finally here.…

— Kobe Bryant

Being a leader, it's the art of trying to find the balance, the right times with each individual and what they need…

— Kobe Bryant

My brain . . . it cannot process failure. It will not process failure. Because if I sit there and have to…

— Kobe Bryant

We're a team that doesn't get down when we get blown out. We've been blown out a bunch of times this season.…

— Kobe Bryant

I think that'll come as camp continues to unfold. You have to have a system, you have to have a structure, everybody…

— 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…

— Kobe Bryant

Everybody wants to talk about NBA players being selfish and arrogant and individuals. But what you saw today was a team bonding…

— Kobe Bryant