I have self-doubt. I have insecurity. I have fear of failure. I have nights when I show up at the arena and I'm like, 'My back hurts, my feet hurt, my knees hurt. I don't have it. I just want to chill.' We all have self-doubt. You don't deny it, but you also don't capitulate to it. You embrace it. - Kobe Bryant
I never looked at [basketball] as work. I didn't realize it was work until my first year in the NBA. When I came around, I was surrounded by other professionals and I thought basketball was going to be everything to them and it wasn't. And I was like, 'This is different.' I thought everybody was so obsessive about the game like me. It was like, no? Oh, that's hard work. I get it now. - Kobe Bryant
I see the beauty in getting up in the morning and being in pain because I know all the hard work that it took to get to this point. So, I'm not, I'm not sad about [retiring]. I'm very appreciative of what I've had. - Kobe Bryant
I want to learn how to become the best basketball player in the world. And if I'm going to learn that, I gotta learn from the best. Kids go to school to be doctors or lawyers, so forth and so on and that's where they study. My place to study is from the best. - Kobe Bryant
I want to see if I can. I don't know if I can. I want to find out. I want to see. I'm going to do what I always do: I'm going to break it down to its smallest form, smallest detail, and go after it. Day by day, one day at a time. - Kobe Bryant
I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot. - 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
Love that kids are building confidence on and off the court and unlocking their potential through sport. - Kobe Bryant
My parents are my backbone. Still are. They're the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40. - Kobe Bryant
Not even in my dreams. That was something that just happened. It's tough to explain. It's just one of those things. - Kobe Bryant
The beauty in being blessed with talent is rising above doubters to create a beautiful moment. - Kobe Bryant
The beauty of coaching is growing the players from the ground up. That journey continues. - Kobe Bryant
The important thing is that your teammates have to know you're pulling for them and you really want them to be successful. - Kobe Bryant
The last time I was intimidated was when I was 6 years old in karate class. I was an orange belt and the instructor ordered me to fight a black belt who was a couple years older and a lot bigger. I was scared s--less. I mean, I was terrified and he kicked my ass. But then I realized he didn't kick my ass as bad as I thought he was going to and that there was nothing really to be afraid of. That was around the time I realized that intimidation didn't really exist if you're in the right frame of mind. - 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 a big misconception where people thinking winning or success comes from everybody putting their arms around each other and singing kumbaya and patting them on the back when they mess up, and that's just not reality. If you are going to be a leader, you are not going to please everybody. You have to hold people accountable. Even if you have that moment of being uncomfortable. - Kobe Bryant
There's been a lot of talk of me being a one-man show but that's simply not the case. We win games when I score 40 points and we've won when I score 10. - 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
This is the moment I accept the most challenging times will always be behind me and in front of me. - Kobe Bryant
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