Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bean Bryantis an American retired professional basketball player. He played his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. He entered the NBA directly from high school and won five NBA championships with the Lakers. Bryant is an 18-time All-Star, 15-time member of the All-NBA Team, and 12-time member of the All-Defensive team. He led the NBA in scoring during two seasons, and ranks third on both the league's all-time regular season scoring and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth23 August 1978
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
Are you willing to push the right buttons even if it means being perceived as the villain? … I'd rather be perceived as a winner than a good teammate. I wish they both went hand in hand all the time but that's just not reality. … I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success.
I don’t want to say I’ll be back at the top of my game because everybody’s gonna think I’m crazy and it’s the old player not letting go sort of thing, but that’s what it’s gonna be.
Just got one more than Shaq. You can take that to the bank.
What people see on court is another side of me; it's not me.
You want me to own a team and deal with these rich, spoiled stubborn athletes, and try to get them to perform? No thank you.
Magic has five championships. I have five championships. I'm pretty sure we both know what we're doing.
Eeew, I'd be a little uncomfortable Googling myself. People sit there - and Google themselves? That's kind of weird.
We all can be masters at our craft, but you have to make sacrifices that come along with making that decision.
What does perfection look like to me? Championship rings
I've got four dogs, and I just don't do dog doo. I'm a diva when it comes to that.
Teach players the game at an early age and stop treating them like cash cows for everyone to profit off of.
You can't be held captive by the fear of failure or the fear of what people may say.
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.
If there were camera phones back in the day, the biggest athletes in the world would have had a lot of explaining to do.