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" The important thing is that your teammates have to know you're pulling for them and you really want them to be successful. "
Kobe Bryant
You
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Successful
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" Christmas morning, I'm going to open presents with my kids. I'm going to take pictures of them opening the presents. Then I'm going to come to the Staples Center and get ready to work. "
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" Winning takes precedence over all. There's no gray area. No almosts. "
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" It never bothered me when people would say, 'You only win championships because you're playing with Shaq.' It bothered me when he said it. "
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" 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. "
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" At the end of 2003, my game was complete. Shooting, defense, using the dribble, transition, midrange stuff was all there. Then it was about fine-tuning and trying to improve in each area. "
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" If you're afraid to fail, then you're probably going to fail. "
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" 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. "
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" It's hard for me to grasp the concept of somebody being nervous when I'm talking to them. "
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" I don't talk trash often, but when I do, I go for the jugular. "
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" Twitter is great to connect with fans and be transparent. I enjoy that aspect about it. But really, I'm still trying to figure it out. "
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" Sports are such a great teacher. I think of everything they've taught me: camaraderie, humility, how to resolve differences. "
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Teacher
" In an individual sport, yes, you have to win titles. Baseball's different. But basketball, hockey? One person can control the tempo of a game, can completely alter the momentum of a series. There's a lot of great individual talent. "
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" Magic has five championships. I have five championships. I'm pretty sure we both know what we're doing. "
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" Everything negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise. "
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" What people see on court is another side of me; it's not me. "
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" 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. "
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" The Black Mamba collection of watches is me: It is my alter ego, so to speak. As I mentioned before, it is sharp, cutting edge and sleek which are characteristics I try to apply when I'm out there on the basketball court. "
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Watches
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" 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 right in front of you and be able to do whatever you want. "
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" I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant. "
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" I'm not the most patient of people. "
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Most
People
" I have self-doubt. I have insecurity. I have 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. "
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" The only thing I'm afraid of is bees. I don't like bees. I'm allergic to them. "
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" The topic of leadership is a touchy one. A lot of leaders fail because they don't have the bravery to touch that nerve or strike that chord. Throughout my years, I haven't had that fear. "
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" 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. "
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" It's disgusting, but my father taught me when your mouth gets dry, just suck the sweat out of your own jersey. There's no bravado to any of it; it's just a disgusting little trick. "
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" 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. I don't miss 15 games because of a toe injury that everybody knows wasn't that serious in the first place. "
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" I'm more than comfortable just sitting back and scoring 21, 22 points or whatever and getting 10, 11 assists whatever the case might be. More than comfortable with that. It's just a matter of the pieces that you have around you and what you can do to elevate everybody else. "
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" It's different from being 21 and you think there's endless amount of opportunities. At 33, the ending is much, much closer. "
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" The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do. "
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