616 Quotes by Kobe Bryant

If you want to be a better player, you have to prepare, prepare, and prepare some more.

From the beginning, I wanted to be the best. I had a constant craving, a yearning, to improve and be the best. I never needed any external forces to motivate me.

Dedication makes dreams come true.

Once you know what failure feels like, determination chases success.

The most important thing is you must put everybody on notice that you’re here and you are for real.

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.

After all, greatness is not for everybody.

I can’t relate to lazy people. We don’t speak the same language. I don’t understand you. I don’t want to understand you.

We psych ourselves up too much. Like if you try to talk yourself into, ‘Oh, this is a big moment, this is a big shot,’ you’re putting a lot of pressure on yourself. You shot that shot hundreds and thousands of times. Just shoot another one.