Kobe Bryant Quotes

I never felt outside pressure. I knew what I wanted to accomplish, and I knew how much work it took to achieve those goals. I then put in the work and trusted in it. Besides, the expectations I placed on myself were higher than what anyone expected from me.

May you always remember to enjoy the road, especially when it’s a hard one.

Kobe sabía que para ser el mejor necesitas un enfoque distinto al de los demás.

"If you're afraid to fail, then you're probably going to fail. Pain doesn't telle you when you ought to stop. Pain is the little voice in your head that tries to hold you back beacuse it knows if you continue you will change" -

El dolor en un área de tu cuerpo a menudo proviene de un desequilibrio en otra parte. Con eso en mente, es importante tratar la causa y no el efecto.

I have ‘like minds.’ You know, I’ve been fortunate to play in Los Angeles, where there are a lot of people like me. Actors. Musicians. Businessmen. Obsessives. People who feel like God put them on earth to do whatever it is that they do. Now, do we have time to build great relationships? Do we have time to build great friendships? No. Do we have time to socialize and to hang out aimlessly? No. Do we want to do that? No. We want to work. I enjoy working.

If you really want to be great at something you have to truly care about it. If you want to be great in a particular area, you have to obsess over it.

If you're afraid to fail, then you're probably going to fail. Pain doesn't tell you when you ought to stop. Pain is the little voice in your head that tries to hold you back because it knows if you continue you will change.

When everyone else was thinking it was time for bed, his mind was telling him it’s time to get ahead of the competition.

Coaches are teachers. Some coaches — lesser coaches — try telling you things. Good coaches, however, teach you how to think and arm you with the fundamental tools necessary to execute properly. Simply put, good coaches make sure you know how to use both hands, how to make proper reads, how to understand the game. Good coaches tell you where the fish are, great coaches teach you how to find them. That’s the same at every level.

I never wanted to experience the still-familiar feeling of defeat again.

I, Kobe Bryant, have decided to skip college and take my talent to the NBA. I knew that I was not going to be stopped. So at the age of eighteen, this was my life. Right?

So, you can't possibly become better than me because you're not spending the time on it that I do.
Even if you wanna spend the time on it, you can't because you have other things. You have other responsibilities that are taking you away from it.

So, I already won.

"Obsess to find ways to win. Work ethic separates the great from the good."

"Be so focused on your own ambitions that no one can distract you from achieving them."

"Have a maniacal work ethic. You want to overprepare so that luck becomes a product of design."

"Stay hungry. Dominate each day with ambition unknown to humankind."

"Goals motivate you. Bad habits corrode you."

"Operate with love. It fuels the desire to become great."

"Be comfortable with being uncomfortable. Growth comes at the end of discomfort."

"Don't wait for opportunity. Create it. Seize it. Shape it."

"Learn every aspect of your craft and substance will follow."

"Find your killer instinct. Impose your will. But also realize you are part of a team."

One of the qualities that has made Kobe so successful, and always will, is his attention to detail. He always used to tell us: if you want to be a better player, you have to prepare, prepare, and prepare some more.

Good coaches tell you where the fish are, great coaches teach you how to find them.