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.

Le he robado movimientos geniales a los mejores jugadores. Sólo trato de que quienes vinieron antes que yo se sientan orgullosos, porque yo he aprendido mucho de ellos. Todo es en nombre del juego. Es algo mucho más grande que yo.” — Kobe Bryant

Le he robado movimientos geniales
a los mejores jugadores. Sólo trato de
que quienes vinieron antes que
yo se sientan orgullosos, porque yo he
aprendido mucho de ellos. Todo es
en nombre del juego. Es algo mucho
más grande que yo.” — Kobe Bryant

Una de las cualidades que ha hecho que Kobe tenga tanto éxito, y que hará que lo siga teniendo en el futuro, es su atención al detalle. Él siempre solía decirnos: si quieres ser un jugador mejor, tienes que prepararte, prepararte y seguir preparándote.

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.

There isn’t a move that’s a new move.” The basketball star Kobe Bryant has admitted that all of his moves on the court were stolen from watching tapes of his heroes. But initially, when Bryant stole a lot of those moves, he realized he couldn’t completely pull them off because he didn’t have the same body type as the guys he was thieving from. He had to adapt the moves to make them his own.

It’s all funny to me. I finally get a chance to play and [Dikembe Mutombo] starts taunting me and daring me to fight. Why would I need that? I didn’t understand half of what he said. I mean, he's been there [in the U.S.] 20 years and still doesn’t know the [English] language well enough. Nobody in particular annoyed me, but Kobe Bryant is the dirtiest player with the things he does on the court... But without a doubt he is a beast. He was amazing.

And Conan O’Brien tried to be David Letterman but ended up Conan O’Brien. In O’Brien’s words, “It is our failure to become “I have stolen all of these moves from all these great players. I just try to do them proud, the guys who came before, because I learned so much from them. It’s all in the name of the game. It’s a lot bigger than me.” — Kobe Bryant our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique.” Thank goodness.

No hay una sola jugada que sea nueva.” El basquetbolista Kobe Bryant ha admitido que ninguno de sus movimientos es nuevo, todos sus dribles los ha robado de videos de sus héroes jugando

Kobe knew that to be the best you need a different approach from everyone else.

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

I'm LeBron, baby. I can play on this level. I got some game.

Now I'm 'Blake Lewis' to the world, but I will always still be Bshorty from Bothell...I've never looked at it like a competition so I think I've won regardless. I won when I got to the top ten; I've already reached my goal.