Kobe Bryant Quotes

The only aspect that can’t change, though, is that obsession.

If you want to be a better player, you have to prepare, prepare, and prepare some more.

PRESIÓN Nunca sentí presión externa. Yo sabía lo que quería conseguir y el gran trabajo que tenía que hacer para lograr estas metas. Así que hacía el trabajo y confiaba en él. Además, las expectativas que yo tenía de mí mismo eran mayores que las de todos los demás.

You have to enter every activity, every single time, with a want and need to do it to the best of your ability.

"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."

When I was young, my mindset was image, image, image. I took that approach with the media. As I became more experienced I realized: No matter what, people are going to like you or not like you. So be authentic, and let them like you or not for who you actually are. At that point, I started keeping all of my answers blunt and straightforward. I would mix in some humor and sarcasm, too. I think fans and reporters came to appreciate that, came to appreciate the real me.

Get over yourself! 'Cause it's not about you, man. Like, okay, you feel embarrassed. You are not that important! Get over yourself! Right, like you are worried about how people may perceive you, and like you are walking around and it's embarrassing because you shot five air balls... Get over yourself.

Sometimes you need your ego. If you can control it correctly, it can be the difference between excellence and greatness.

Si realmente quieres ser bueno en algo, ese algo te tiene que importar de verdad. Si quieres ser grande en un área determinada, tienes que obsesionarte con ella. Son muchos los que dicen que quieren ser grandes, pero no están dispuestos a hacer los sacrificios necesarios para conseguir esa grandeza. Tienen otras preocupaciones, más o menos importantes, y se dispersan. Y está bien. Después de todo, la grandeza no es para todo el mundo.

Rest at the end, not in the middle

The mindset isn’t about seeking a result — it’s more about the process of getting to that result. It’s about the journey and the approach. It’s a way of life. I do think that it’s important, in all endeavors, to have that mentality.

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.

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

Those times when you get up early and you work hard. Those times you stay up late and you work hard. Those times when you don’t feel like working. You’re too tired. You don’t want to push yourself, but you do it anyway. That is actually the dream.

Happiness is such a beautiful journey. It has its ups and downs, whether it’s in marriage or whether it’s in a career. Things are never perfect, but through love, you continue to persevere, and you move through them. And then through that storm, a beautiful sun emerges, and inevitably, another storm comes. And guess what? You ride that one out too. So, I think love is a sort of determination, a persistence to go through the good times and the bad times with someone or something you truly love