Kobe Bryant

Sometimes I do wonder what college would have been like. But I made my decision.

Kobe Bryant

Sports are such a great teacher. I think of everything they’ve taught me: camaraderie, humility, how to resolve differences.

Kobe Bryant

Teach players the game at an early age and stop treating them like cash cows for everyone to profit off of.

Kobe Bryant

The motivation for me is just the game itself, just playing the game the right way and trying to win, compete every time I step out there on the floor. That’s motivation enough for me to go out there and play well.

Kobe Bryant

The people who truly know me know what I’m like. There have been people who try to say things that aren’t fair, and I check them. And then they don’t like me because I checked them.

Kobe Bryant

The topic of leadership is a touchy one. A lot of leaders fail because they don’t have the bravery to touch that nerve or strike that chord. Throughout my years, I haven’t had that fear.

Kobe Bryant

There’s a much bigger world out there.

Kobe Bryant

There’s a through line that connects all of us.

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

This is an award I couldn’t have won on my own. I can’t thank these guys enough. These are my guys, these are my brothers.

Kobe Bryant