Kobe Bryant Quotes

Kobe Bryant delivers gritty, win-or-nothing words about sports, competition and personal growth.

29 quotes

1. 'What I'm doing right now, I'm chasing perfection.' - Kobe Bryant[1]

2. '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[2]

3. 'As far as carrying the torch for the years to come, I don't know. I just want to be the best basketball player I can be.' - Kobe Bryant[3]

4. 'Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.' - Kobe Bryant[4]

5. '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[5]

6. 'I'm playing against great players, playing against the best in the world. The competition - that's what I've always wanted.' - Kobe Bryant[6]

7. 'The guy said NBA players are one in a million, ... I said, 'Man, look, I'm going to be that one in a million.' - Kobe Bryant[7]

8. 'I don't want to be the next Micheal Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant' - Kobe Bryant[8]

9. '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[9]

10. 'He's an unbelievable player. He's God's gift, something that's going to flash before our eyes and I don't think it's every going to happen again. The only person I can think about he's catching up with is Michael Jordan.' - w:Rashard Lewis[10]

11. 'I give him all the respect in the world. He is the No. 1 player in the league, by far. It's like that. With a player like him, he just wants that challenge. He's just that fierce competitor. He doesn't want to get out-showed. He's the one who everybody's afraid of.' - w:Gilbert Arenas[11]

12. 'I think Kobe Bryant should be at the top of the (MVP) list. His game is unstoppable.' - w:Amare Stoudemire[12]

13. 'He's definitely the best player in the NBA -- to me. I don't know if winning the (MVP) award is important to him or not. But he has three (championship) rings and that's what it's all about.' - w:LeBron James[13]

14. 'To me he is the best player in the world right now. That guy doesn't know fear at all. He doesn't care. He would have won it for the Americans single-handedly.' - w:Dirk Nowitzki[14]

15. 'I played with both Kobe (Bryant) and Michael (Jordan). I would have to say that Kobe Bryant is the better player. Kobe has a much better shot, handles the ball better, and just has more tricks to go along with his game.' - w:John Salley[15]

16. 'Obviously Kobe is an unbelievable player. He can explode for 50 points at any given time. There's nothing we can do about that, and we're just going to have to deal with that. You're never going to stop Kobe. He's just too good. You just have to make him work for what he gets. Kobe is the greatest player I have ever seen at what he does.' - w:Mike D'Antoni[16]

17. I dont want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.

18. If you don't believe in yourself...nobo dy else will.

19. I don't just try to score. The challenge is elevating my teammates to be able to win a championship.

20. I'm going to be the Will Smith of the NBA.

21. There's certain companies that line up with what the brand represents. There are other things that are more investment-focused.

22. If I panic, everyone else panics.

23. You have to be true to who you are.

24. It really doesn't matter to me. We're just talking about clothes. I can understand what the NBA is trying to do. I love my sneakers, but we're just talking about clothes.

25. In the pressure situations. You can try to avoid contact, because you dont want to go to the FT line in those situations. Me, I enjoy it.

26. I play for my own love and enjoyment of the game. And to win. Thats what I play for. Most of the time, when guys feel the pressure, theyre worried about what people might say about them. I dont have that fear, and it enables me to forget bad plays and to take shots and play my game.

27. When you start training camp, you're building the tools necessary to win a championship. You have to have the patience.

28. I don't know if it was the days off or whatever, but we just weren't in rhythm. You can probably blame it on the thong Shaq had. It kind of traumatized everybody in the locker room. But we'll be all right. We'll bounce back the next game.

29. If you make it, great. If you miss it, what's there to be afraid of?