50 Kobe Bryant Quotes – His Very Best Quotes!
Looking for the best Kobe Bryant quotes? These 50 epic Kobe Bryant quotes will show you what true wisdom is all about.
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KOBE BRYANT QUOTES
1 – 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
2 – Dedication makes dreams come true. Kobe Bryant
3 – Once you know what failure feels like, determination chases success. Kobe Bryant
4 – 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
5 – There’s nothing truly to be afraid of, when you think about it, because I’ve failed before, and I woke up the next morning, and I’m OK. Kobe Bryant
6 – May you always remember to enjoy the road, especially when it’s a hard one. Kobe Bryant
7- If you’re afraid to fail, then you’re probably going to fail. Kobe Bryant
8 – I want to see if I can. I don’t know if I can. I want to find out. I want to see. I’m going to do what I always do: I’m going to break it down to its smallest form, smallest detail, and go after it. Day by day, one day at a time. Kobe Bryant
9 – The moment you give up, is the moment you let someone else win. Kobe Bryant
10 – Be sad. Be mad. Be frustrated. Scream. Cry. Sulk. When you wake up you will think it was just a nightmare only to realize it’s all too real. You will be angry and wish for the day back, the game back, that playback. But reality gives nothing back and nor should you. Kobe Bryant
KOBE BRYANT QUOTES
11 – We all can be masters at our craft, but you have to make a choice. What I mean by that is, there are inherent sacrifices that come along with that.
Family time, hanging out with friends, being a great friend, being a great son, nephew, whatever the case may be. There are sacrifices that come along with making that decision. Kobe Bryant
12 – Everything negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise. Kobe Bryant
13 – I’m reflective only in the sense that I learn to move forward. I reflect with a purpose. Kobe Bryant
14 – Despite the fear, finish the job. Kobe Bryant
15 – You have to enter every activity, every single time, with a want and need to do it to the best of your ability. Kobe Bryant
16 – We can always kind of be average and do what’s normal. I’m not in this to do what’s normal. Kobe Bryant
17- I create my own path. It was straight and narrow. I looked at it this way: you were either in my way or out of it. Kobe Bryant
18 – From the beginning, I wanted to be the best. I had a constant craving, a yearning, to improve and be the best. Kobe Bryant
19 – When we are saying this cannot be accomplished, this cannot be done, then we are short-changing ourselves. My brain—it cannot process failure. It will not process failure. Because if I have to sit there and face myself and tell myself ‘You are a failure,’ I think that is almost worse than dying. Kobe Bryant
20 – Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses. Kobe Bryant
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21 – I’ve shot too much from the time I was eight years old. But ‘too much’ is a matter of perspective. Some people thought Mozart had too many notes in his compositions.
Let me put it this way: I entertain people who say I shoot too much. I find it very interesting. Going back to Mozart, he responded to critics by saying there were neither too many notes or too few. There were as many as necessary. Kobe Bryant
22 – The moment you give up is the moment you let someone else win. Kobe Bryant
23 – To sum up what mamba mentality is, it means to be able to constantly try to be the best version of yourself. Kobe Bryant
24 – Winning takes precedence overall. There’s no gray area. No almosts. Kobe Bryant
25 – 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
26 – We psych ourselves up too much. Like if you try to talk yourself into, ‘Oh, this is a big moment, this is a big shot,’ you’re putting a lot of pressure on yourself. You shot that shot hundreds and thousands of times. Just shoot another one. Kobe Bryant
27- 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
28 – I realized that intimidation didn’t really exist if you’re in the right frame of mind. Kobe Bryant
29 – If you want to be a better player, you have to prepare, prepare, and prepare some more. Kobe Bryant
30 – 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
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31 – I never felt outside pressure. I knew what I wanted to accomplish, and I knew how much work it took to achieve those goals. I then put in the work and trusted in it. Besides, the expectations I placed on myself were higher than what anyone expected from me. Kobe Bryant
32 – My approach always was that I’d rather risk embarrassment now than be embarrassed later when I’ve won zero titles. Kobe Bryant
33 – If you see me in a fight with a bear, pray for the bear. Kobe Bryant
34 – I saw you come in and I wanted you to know that it doesn’t matter how hard you work, that I’m willing to work harder than you. Kobe Bryant
35 – 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
36 – What people see on court is another side of me; it’s not me. One thing you gotta know about me is I have absolutely no filter. I have no problem saying what the hell I think of someone. Kobe Bryant
37- 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
38 – If you’re afraid to fail, then you’re probably going to fail. Kobe Bryant
39 – One of the main takeaways was that you have to work hard in the dark to shine in the light. Meaning: It takes a lot of work to be successful, and people will celebrate that success, will celebrate that flash. Kobe Bryant
40 – You can’t stop people from trying to limit your dreams, but you can stop it from becoming a reality. Your dreams are up to you. I encourage you to always be curious, always seek out things you love and always work hard once you find it. Kobe Bryant
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41 – I don’t want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant. Kobe Bryant
42 – Trust me, setting things up right from the beginning will avoid a ton of tears and heartache. Kobe Bryant
43 – The last time I was intimidated was when I was six years old in karate class. I was an orange belt and the instructor ordered me to fight a black belt who was a couple years older and a lot bigger. I was scared s**tless. I mean, I was terrified and he kicked my a**. But then I realized he didn’t kick my a** as bad as I thought he was going to and that there was nothing really to be afraid of. Kobe Bryant
44 – Losing is losing. There aren’t different degrees of losing. You either win a championship or you’re s**t. It’s very black and white to me. Kobe Bryant
45 – I have self-doubt. I have insecurity. I have a 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
46 – A lot of leaders fail because they don’t have the bravery to touch that nerve or strike that chord. Kobe Bryant
47- I never needed any external forces to motivate me. Kobe Bryant
48 – Use your success, wealth, and influence to put them in the best position to realize their own dreams and find their true purpose. Kobe Bryant
49 – 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
50 – There’s a big misconception where people think winning or success comes from everybody putting their arms around each other and singing kumbaya and patting them on the back when they mess up, and that’s just not reality.
If you are going to be a leader, you are not going to please everybody. You have to hold people accountable. Even if you have that moment of being uncomfortable. Kobe Bryant
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Frances Vidakovic
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