I wear the number 10 Jersey for the US National Team in honour of the Greatest athlete I have ever seen: Messi. Kobe Bryant More Quotes by Kobe Bryant More Quotes From Kobe Bryant 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 support-you zero basketball Difficulty is a nurse of greatness-a harsh nurse, who rocks her foster children roughly, but rocks them in strength and athletic proportion. The mind, grappling with great aims and wrestling with mighty impediments, grows by a certain necessity to the stature of greatness. Kobe Bryant greatness wrestling children I feel like I just returned a 100-yard kickoff in the last two minutes of the Super Bowl to win it all, only to have my run called back by a flag on the play. Kobe Bryant winning play running He shouldn't have been in the NBA, but we were too cheap to pay for a point guard. Kobe Bryant nba badass pay The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do. Kobe Bryant badass inspire people I wanna be the best, simple and plain Kobe Bryant being-the-best simple Everything has a purpose. And that purpose has a story that goes along with it. It just depends on what your passion is. Kobe Bryant passion purpose stories I'm playing against great players, playing against the best in the world. The competition-that's what I've always wanted. Kobe Bryant competition basketball player My brain cannot process failure... It WILL not process failure Kobe Bryant process brain I was probably born a scorer, but I was made a winner. Whatever works, whatever wins championships, wins games, that's what I do. Kobe Bryant winner games winning Winning takes precedence over all. There's no gray area. No almosts. Kobe Bryant gray-area areas winning There's a choice that we have to make as people, as individuals. If you want to be great at something, there's a choice you have to make. 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 sacrifice mean son I was shooting 45 times a game. What was I supposed to do? Pass it into Chris Mihm & Kwame Brown? Kobe Bryant shooting brown games There’s a reason why players that have multiple championships have multiple championships. There’s a certain characteristic and an understanding and knowledge and that’s not something that’s easily taught. You kind of have to go through it and it kind of has to be part of your DNA from the beginning. Kobe Bryant dna understanding player 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. Kobe Bryant basketball softball inspirational 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 teammate important successful 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. Kobe Bryant cutting basketball inspirational 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. Kobe Bryant basketball inspirational men The guy said NBA players are one in a million, ... I said, 'Man, look, I'm going to be that one in a million. Kobe Bryant basketball player inspirational I played T-Mac. I cooked him. Roasted him. Wasn't even close. Kobe Bryant macs badass
