Kobe Bryant Quotes

“Dedication makes dreams come true.”

“You are responsible for how people remember you.”

“Have a good time. Enjoy life. Life is too short to get bogged down and be discouraged. You have to keep moving. You have to keep going.”

“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 sad about [retiring]. I'm very appreciative of what I've had.”

“The story continues. If you fail on Monday, the only way it's a failure is if you decide to not progress from that. To me, that's why failure is not existent.”

“When we are saying this cannot be accomplished, this cannot be done, then we are short-changing ourselves. My brain, it cannot process failure.”

“A lot of people say they want to be great, but they're not willing to make the sacrifices necessary to achieve greatness.”

“Everything negative—pressure, challenges—is all an opportunity for me to rise.”

“The mindset isn't about seeking a result—it's more about the process of getting to that result.”

“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.”

“If you're afraid to fail, then you're probably going to fail.”

“Make today your masterpiece.”

“I was stubborn as a fucking mule.”

“Last year was the best basketball I've played in my entire career. I've never worked so hard in my life to prepare for a game, in film study, quarterbacking on the floor, putting everybody in the right position, and then having to take care of my body. It was literally no life, because my body was hurting so much. I had to ice-bath, stretch, massage, elevate my legs, stretch, and then go out and play. But the results were irrefutable.”

“There's a contingent of people that say, 'Father Time is undefeated. You won't be able to do it. Blah blah blah.' So part of me is saying, 'Well, I know where your threshold is. So if this had happened to you, you'd probably quit, right?'”

“That was the ugliness of greatness. That's what that is to me.”

“Their competitive level on the floor is very similar, but, off the floor, I don't think Kobe really has the same issues. I doubt if you'll see Kobe piling up debts on the golf course.”

“Invest in their future, don't just give. Use your success, wealth and influence to put them in the best position to realize their own dreams and find their true purpose.”

“What can I say, Mamba out.”