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 wouldn't say I'm a ball hog. I'm a shooter.
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.
The only thing I'm afraid of is bees. I don't like bees. I'm allergic to them.
Because we're old as sh*t. What do you want?
I don't talk trash often, but when I do, I go for the jugular.
Everybody shut up. Let us work.
Where are your balls at?
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.
I played T-Mac. I cooked him. Roasted him. Wasn't even close.
The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.
He shouldn't have been in the NBA, but we were too cheap to pay for a point guard.
We're grown ass men, you don't need to be falling all over the place.
I've known for a long time that they're a bunch of idiots.
We just wanted to tighten them up. They looked too comfortable in the first half. We just wanted to put a little more pressure on them and challenge them a bit.