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
I don't think it's a story. The guy's in Miami. I mean, who ... cares?
From the start of the series we've been playing extremely well, moving the ball, reading the defense well. It's been a progress.
I don't care about 50 points. It doesn't matter at all. ... Weird things happen in the NBA. This was one of them.
I am just blessed. I have just been blessed to be able to play this game. I am just very fortunate.
I was so frustrated by the loss the other night I was going to will us to victory.
If we're in a situation where I need to put points on the board, then I'll do it. I really do it on a needed basis. I don't do it just to do it. I don't try to go into a game saying, 'this is what I'm going to do.' We've had a couple games where my teammates were struggling shooting the ball. Then I take it over.
I got some pretty good sleep. I'm just so excited. I don't really need much sleep right now.
If this is a formula that's going to carry us the rest of the season, I don't know. It's a pretty good formula for us. We'll see if we can keep it going.
I don't feel pressure. I just go out and do what I do.
I don't know what to say. I'm happy to win MVP in Philadelphia. The booing was just hurtful. But it's not going to ruin this day for me.
Phil and I kind of have an understanding, ... A lot of things are said without being said. I'm the type of person, I can just move on from something.
I was so frustrated with our last loss I said I'll fix it. Tonight I just wanted to attack and send a message. The reason I scored 62 points was because I wanted to win so bad. I just felt that I could continually attack these guys. It's a great feeling that I could do it here in front of our fans and give them an early Christmas present.
Oh yeah? That's pretty good company -- excellent company.
Shoot, the guy schooled me. What do you expect?