616 Quotes by Kobe Bryant

If there were camera phones back in the day, the biggest athletes in the world would have had a lot of explaining to do.

At the end of 2003, my game was complete. Shooting, defense, using the dribble, transition, midrange stuff was all there. Then it was about fine-tuning and trying to improve in each area.

It's hard for me to grasp the concept of somebody being nervous when I'm talking to them.

I just wanted to come out and show my teammates that we could shoot in the building. I wanted to come out and open up the basket a little bit. I wanted to will us to victory.

People that know me understand that's just me. That's not something that was fabricated. The people who don't side with you or agree with you, you use that as fuel. You use that as motivation.

I absolutely hate it. I just hate it. I don't want to hear any comparisons between me and him. Enough is enough. He had a brilliant career, obviously, one of the greatest careers ever, if not the greatest, and I'm here playing with my team and we're trying to do great things. Just let the past be the past. Just embrace what I'm doing. Stop trying to compare it to what he did. Just enjoy what's going on now.

For us to be the team that got him that historic 10th championship is special for us.

Oh, hi Kobe. Yes, well, about the book ...

I just wanted to come out and provide some energy, and my shot started falling. It turned into a lot of momentum for us. The third quarter has been our nemesis all year.