--- title: "13 Ifs Quotes By Kobe Bryant" description: "13 Ifs quotes by Kobe Bryant. Plus more from Kobe Bryant and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c4/kobe-bryant-1845_fear_it-s-not-a-question-of-if-we-make-the-pl_2003118.jpg" --- > [It’s not a question of if we make the playoffs; we will. And when we get there, I have no fear of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobe-bryant/it-s-not-a-question-of-if-we-make-the-playoffs-we-will-and-when-we/) [Kobe Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobe-bryant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c4/kobe-bryant-1845_fear_it-s-not-a-question-of-if-we-make-the-pl_2003118.jpg) > [What I'm doing right now, I'm chasing perfection... and if I don't get it, I'm going to get this close.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobe-bryant/what-i-m-doing-right-now-i-m-chasing-perfection-and-if-i-don-t-get-it/) [Kobe Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobe-bryant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e92/kobe-bryant-1845_chasing_what-i-m-doing-right-now-i-m-chasing-per_416956.jpg) > [If you make it, great. If you miss it, what's there to be afraid of?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobe-bryant/if-you-make-it-great-if-you-miss-it-what-s-there-to-be-afraid-of/) [Kobe Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobe-bryant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/120/kobe-bryant-1845_afraid_if-you-make-it-great-if-you-miss-it-what_221332.jpg) > [If you want to make history, you have to do historic things](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobe-bryant/if-you-want-to-make-history-you-have-to-do-historic-things/) [Kobe Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobe-bryant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61a/kobe-bryant-1845_historic_if-you-want-to-make-history-you-have-to_2131423.jpg) > [If you don't believe in yourself...nobo dy else will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobe-bryant/if-you-don-t-believe-in-yourself-nobo-dy-else-will/) [Kobe Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobe-bryant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bb/kobe-bryant-1845_believe_if-you-don-t-believe-in-yourself-nobo-dy_11183.jpg) > [It doesn't matter to me what place I get traded to. If I was traded someplace - I'd play anywhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobe-bryant/it-doesn-t-matter-to-me-what-place-i-get-traded-to-if-i-was-traded/) [Kobe Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobe-bryant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/897/kobe-bryant-1845_basketball_it-doesn-t-matter-to-me-what-place-i-get_2758282.jpg) > [My brain . . . it cannot process failure. It will not process failure. Because if I sit there and have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobe-bryant/my-brain-it-cannot-process-failure-it-will-not-process-failure/) [Kobe Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobe-bryant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a7/kobe-bryant-1845_brain_my-brain-it-cannot-process-failure-it-wi_1110692.jpg) > [If they want to win right now, I'm all for it. That's all I said the whole time. If you want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobe-bryant/if-they-want-to-win-right-now-i-m-all-for-it-that-s-all-i-said-the/) [Kobe Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobe-bryant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ab/kobe-bryant-1845_basketball_if-they-want-to-win-right-now-i-m-all-fo_427604.jpg) > [When you have empathy toward your opponents, it helps you destroy them quicker. Because you understand exactly who they are. You understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobe-bryant/when-you-have-empathy-toward-your-opponents-it-helps-you-destroy-them/) [Kobe Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobe-bryant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3a/kobe-bryant-1845_buttons_when-you-have-empathy-toward-your-oppone_251446.jpg) > [I'm just right down the middle, man, ... It doesn't matter to me. I'd love him (Phil Jackson) as a coach. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobe-bryant/i-m-just-right-down-the-middle-man-it-doesn-t-matter-to-me-i-d-love/) [Kobe Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobe-bryant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1da/kobe-bryant-1845_basketball_i-m-just-right-down-the-middle-man-it-do_843781.jpg) > [Are you willing to push the right buttons even if it means being perceived as the villain? … I'd rather be perceived…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobe-bryant/are-you-willing-to-push-the-right-buttons-even-if-it-means-being/) [Kobe Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobe-bryant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ee/kobe-bryant-1845_blame_are-you-willing-to-push-the-right-button_3228804.jpg) > [There's a choice that we have to make as people, as individuals. If you want to be great at something, there's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobe-bryant/there-s-a-choice-that-we-have-to-make-as-people-as-individuals-if-you/) [Kobe Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobe-bryant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/003/kobe-bryant-1845_cases_there-s-a-choice-that-we-have-to-make-as_2326604.jpg) > [That argument doesn’t make any sense to me. So we want to advance as a society and as a culture, but, say,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobe-bryant/that-argument-doesn-t-make-any-sense-to-me-so-we-want-to-advance-as-a/) [Kobe Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobe-bryant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91f/kobe-bryant-1845_african-american_that-argument-doesn-t-make-any-sense-to_1136491.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Kobe Bryant > [If you don't believe in yourself...nobo dy else will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobe-bryant/if-you-don-t-believe-in-yourself-nobo-dy-else-will/) [Kobe Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobe-bryant/) > [I don't just try to score. The challenge is elevating my teammates to be able to win a championship.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobe-bryant/i-don-t-just-try-to-score-the-challenge-is-elevating-my-teammates-to/) [Kobe Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobe-bryant/) > [I'm going to be the Will Smith of the NBA.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobe-bryant/i-m-going-to-be-the-will-smith-of-the-nba/) [Kobe Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobe-bryant/) > [There's certain companies that line up with what the brand represents. There are other things that are more investment-focused.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobe-bryant/there-s-certain-companies-that-line-up-with-what-the-brand-represents/) [Kobe Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobe-bryant/) > [If I panic, everyone else panics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobe-bryant/if-i-panic-everyone-else-panics/) [Kobe Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobe-bryant/) > [You have to be true to who you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobe-bryant/you-have-to-be-true-to-who-you-are/) [Kobe Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobe-bryant/) > [It really doesn't matter to me. We're just talking about clothes. I can understand what the NBA is trying to do. I love my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobe-bryant/it-really-doesn-t-matter-to-me-we-re-just-talking-about-clothes-i-can/) [Kobe Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobe-bryant/) > [In the pressure situations. You can try to avoid contact, because you dont want to go to the FT line in those situations. Me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobe-bryant/in-the-pressure-situations-you-can-try-to-avoid-contact-because-you/) [Kobe Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobe-bryant/) > [I play for my own love and enjoyment of the game. And to win. Thats what I play for. Most of the time, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobe-bryant/i-play-for-my-own-love-and-enjoyment-of-the-game-and-to-win-thats/) [Kobe Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobe-bryant/) > [When you start training camp, you're building the tools necessary to win a championship. You have to have the patience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobe-bryant/when-you-start-training-camp-you-re-building-the-tools-necessary-to/) [Kobe Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobe-bryant/) > [I don't know if it was the days off or whatever, but we just weren't in rhythm. You can probably blame it on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobe-bryant/i-don-t-know-if-it-was-the-days-off-or-whatever-but-we-just-weren-t/) [Kobe Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobe-bryant/) > [If you make it, great. If you miss it, what's there to be afraid of?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobe-bryant/if-you-make-it-great-if-you-miss-it-what-s-there-to-be-afraid-of/) [Kobe Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobe-bryant/) > [They are the best team in the league right now. There's not much more to say about what makes them tough --versatility, execution and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobe-bryant/they-are-the-best-team-in-the-league-right-now-there-s-not-much-more/) [Kobe Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobe-bryant/) > [There's a much bigger world out there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobe-bryant/there-s-a-much-bigger-world-out-there/) [Kobe Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobe-bryant/) > [When you have empathy toward your opponents, it helps you destroy them quicker. Because you understand exactly who they are. You understand what buttons…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobe-bryant/when-you-have-empathy-toward-your-opponents-it-helps-you-destroy-them/) [Kobe Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobe-bryant/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/kobe-bryant/#itemlist", "name": "13 Ifs Quotes By Kobe Bryant", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It’s not a question of if we make the playoffs; we will. 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If he wants to come, he'll come, he'll coach and we'll go from there.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kobe Bryant" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobe-bryant/i-m-just-right-down-the-middle-man-it-doesn-t-matter-to-me-i-d-love/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1da/kobe-bryant-1845_basketball_i-m-just-right-down-the-middle-man-it-do_843781.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1da/kobe-bryant-1845_basketball_i-m-just-right-down-the-middle-man-it-do_843781.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1da/kobe-bryant-1845_basketball_i-m-just-right-down-the-middle-man-it-do_843781.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm just right down the middle, man, ... It doesn't matter to me. I'd love him (Phil Jackson) as a coach. 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