Kobe Bryant Quotes

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

you can manipulate an opponent’s strength and use it against them.

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

From the beginning, I wanted to be the best. I had a constant craving, a yearning, to improve and be the best. I never needed any external forces to motivate me.

You have to work hard in the dark to shine in the light

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

We are obsessive. We wouldn’t want to be doing anything other than what we are doing. That’s where obsession comes in – when you care about something 24 hours a day.

YO IBA A DOMINAR No importaba a quién me enfrentara. Esa era la mentalidad con la que iba a todos los partidos.

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.

Good coaches, however, teach you how to think and arm you with the fundamental tools necessary to execute properly.

You Want First Place Come Play With Me, You Want Second Place Go Somewhere Else.

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.

Every team needs either a confrontational star player or coach. In San Antonio, Gregg Popovich was that guy and Tim Duncan was not. In Golden State, Draymond Green is the confrontational one; Steve Kerr is not. For us, Phil was not that type of person, so I provided that force. You always have to have that balance and counterbalance, and Phil and I were perfectly suited for each other in that way.

Those times when you get up early and you work hard; those times when 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. That’s the dream. It’s not the destination, it’s the journey.