"When you make a choice and say, "Come hell or high water, I'm going to be this," then you should not be surprised when you are that. You should not… - Kobe Bryant

"When you make a choice and say, "Come hell or high water, I'm going to be this," then you should not be surprised when you are that.

You should not be
something that's... that feels intoxicating or out-of-character because you had seen this moment for so long. That played in your mind for so long that when that moment comes, it's like, "Of course it's here," because it's been here the whole time because it's been up here the whole time. That's what it feels like, at least for me."

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About Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bean Bryant (23 August 1978 - 26 January 2020) was an American basketball player who played his entire 20-year professional career with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Bryant was an 18-time All-Star, 15-time member of the All-NBA Team, 12-time member of the All-Defensive team and was the NBA's Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2008. Widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time, he led the NBA in scoring during two seasons, ranks fourth on the league's all-time regular season scoring and fourth on the all-time postseason scoring list. He died in a helicopter crash outside of Calabasas, California, at the age of 41.

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Birth Name: Kobe Bean Bryant
Also Known As: The Black Mamba • Showboat • Mr. 81 • Vino
Alternative Names: Black Mamba • KB24 • Kobe • Kobe B. Bryant
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A lot of people say they want to be great, but they’re not willing to make the sacrifices necessary to achieve greatness. They have other concerns, whether important or not, and they spread themselves out. That’s totally fine. After all, greatness is not for everybody.
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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.
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