Kobe Bryant Quotes & Sayings

“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.”

“Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.”

“The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.”

“If you're afraid to fail, then you're probably going to fail.”

“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.”

“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.”

“These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess.”

“I'm reflective only in the sense that I learn to move forward. I reflect with a purpose.”

“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.”

“The important thing is that your teammates have to know you're pulling for them and you really want them to be successful.”