Haters are a good problem to have. Nobody hates the good ones. They hate the great ones. - Kobe Bryant
Have a good time. Life is too short to get bogged down and be discouraged. You have to keep moving. You have to keep going. Put one foot in front of the other, smile and just keep on rolling. - Kobe Bryant
I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success. Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses. - Kobe Bryant
Leadership is lonely ... I'm not going to be afraid of confrontation to get us to where we need to go. - Kobe Bryant
The message was that if you want to win championships, you have to let people focus on what they do best while you focus on what you do best. For me, that was rebounding, running the floor, and blocking shots. - Kobe Bryant
The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great at whatever they want to do. - Kobe Bryant
There's nothing truly to be afraid of, when you think about it ... Because I've failed before, and I woke up the next morning, and I'm OK. People say bad things about you in the paper on Monday, and then on Wednesday, you're the greatest thing since sliced bread. I've seen that cycle, so why would I be nervous about it happening? - Kobe Bryant
Use your success, wealth, and influence to put them in the best position to realize their own dreams and find their true purpose. - Kobe Bryant
When we are saying this cannot be accomplished, this cannot be done, then we are short-changing ourselves. My brain, it cannot process failure. It will not process failure. Because if I have to sit there and face myself and tell myself 'you are a failure,' I think that is almost worse than dying. - Kobe Bryant
When you make a choice and say, 'Come hell or high water, I am going to be this,' then you should not be surprised when you are that. It should not be something that is intoxicating or out of character because you have seen this moment for so long that ... when that moment comes, of course it is here because it has been here the whole time, because it has been [in your mind] the whole time. - Kobe Bryant
A truly free society is based on a vision of respect for people and what they value, - Charles G. Koch
I believe my business and non-profit investments are much more beneficial to societal well-being than sending more money to Washington. - Charles G. Koch
Allowing people the freedom to pursue their own interests, within beneficial rules of just conduct, is the best and only sustainable way to promote societal progress. - Charles G. Koch
As an engineer, I understood that the natural world operated according to fixed laws. Through my studies, I came to realize that there were, likewise, laws that govern human wellbeing. It seemed to me that these laws are fundamental not only to the wellbeing of societies, but also to the miniature societies of organizations. Indeed, that is what we found when we began to apply these principles systematically at Koch Industries. Through our observation of how they could create prosperity in an organization, I began to systematize my beliefs into Market-Based Management. - Charles G. Koch
But it [crony capitalism] erodes our overall standard of living and stifles entrepreneurs by rewarding the politically favoured rather than those who provide what consumers want. - Charles G. Koch
Embrace change. Envision what could be, challenge the status quo, and drive creative destruction. - Charles G. Koch
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