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I can't relate to lazy people. We don't speak the same language. I don't understand you....
KOBE BRYANT

I'm more than comfortable just sitting back and scoring 21, 22 points or whatever and getting 10...
KOBE BRYANT

I don't think a coach becomes the right coach until he wins a championship.
KOBE BRYANT

It's different from being 21 and you think there's endless amount of opportunities. At 33, t...
KOBE BRYANT

Christmas morning, I'm going to open presents with my kids. I'm going to take pictures of th...
KOBE BRYANT

I focus on one thing and one thing only - that's trying to win as many championships as I can.
KOBE BRYANT

I don't talk trash often, but when I do, I go for the jugular.
KOBE BRYANT

People just don't understand how obsessed I am with winning.
KOBE BRYANT

Everyone looks at your watch and it represents who you are, your values and your personal style.
KOBE BRYANT

I'm reflective only in the sense that I learn to move forward. I reflect with a purpose.
KOBE BRYANT

The important thing is that your teammates have to know you're pulling for them and you really w...
KOBE BRYANT

I'm chasing perfection.
KOBE BRYANT

I'm extremely willful to win, and I respond to challenges. Scoring titles and stuff like that......
KOBE BRYANT

Everything negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.
KOBE BRYANT

It never bothered me when people would say, 'You only win championships because you're playi...
KOBE BRYANT

It's disgusting, but my father taught me when your mouth gets dry, just suck the sweat out of yo...
KOBE BRYANT

The only thing I'm afraid of is bees. I don't like bees. I'm allergic to them.
KOBE BRYANT

I've played with IVs before, during and after games. I've played with a broken hand, a sprai...
KOBE BRYANT

Sports are such a great teacher. I think of everything they've taught me: camaraderie, humility,...
KOBE BRYANT

In an individual sport, yes, you have to win titles. Baseball's different. But basketball, hocke...
KOBE BRYANT

These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess.
KOBE BRYANT

If you're afraid to fail, then you're probably going to fail.
KOBE BRYANT

The topic of leadership is a touchy one. A lot of leaders fail because they don't have the brave...
KOBE BRYANT

Can I jump over two or three guys like I used to? No. Am I as fast as I used to be? No, but I still ...
KOBE BRYANT

The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they wan...
KOBE BRYANT

Dropkick Murphys get me going, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana... plus, all the regular hip-hop stuff...
KOBE BRYANT

Magic has five championships. I have five championships. I'm pretty sure we both know what we...
KOBE BRYANT

The people who truly know me know what I'm like. There have been people who try to say things th...
KOBE BRYANT

My parents are my backbone. Still are. They're the only group that will support you if you score...
KOBE BRYANT

I have self-doubt. I have insecurity. I have fear of failure. I have nights when I show up at the ar...
KOBE BRYANT

Winning takes precedence over all. There's no gray area. No almosts.
KOBE BRYANT

The Black Mamba collection of watches is me: It is my alter ego, so to speak. As I mentioned before,...
KOBE BRYANT

I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, hand...
KOBE BRYANT

I'm here. I'm not going anywhere. No matter what the injury - unless it's completely deb...
KOBE BRYANT

At the end of 2003, my game was complete. Shooting, defense, using the dribble, transition, midrange...
KOBE BRYANT

We all know what flopping is when we see it. The stuff that you see is where guys aren't really ...
KOBE BRYANT

One thing you gotta know about me is I have absolutely no filter. I have no problem saying what the ...
KOBE BRYANT

If there were camera phones back in the day, the biggest athletes in the world would have had a lot ...
KOBE BRYANT

No need to comment. You can see the knot on my head.
KOBE BRYANT

I was very familiar with him and Eddie (Jones) and Rick Brunson, ... I just know what he's about. He...
KOBE BRYANT

I was very familiar with him and Eddie (Jones) and Rick Brunson. I just know what he's about. He's a...
KOBE BRYANT

I had some shots that I felt like I should've made; I just didn't make them. I'm not going to shoot ...
KOBE BRYANT

I was just determined. I was just locked in, tuned into what was going on out there.
KOBE BRYANT

My hand was bothering me. It was tough for me to shoot the ball. I asked the team to put up the stea...
KOBE BRYANT

on an island by themselves.
KOBE BRYANT

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

It's my job to pick us up when we are down. I had to sharpen my focus.
KOBE BRYANT

I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cu...
KOBE BRYANT

It doesn't bother me at all. Do I hold any hard feelings? Not at all, ... Life is too short to sit a...
KOBE BRYANT

We just did not execute in overtime, and the execution was really simple, ... They just got the ball...
KOBE BRYANT

We just wanted to tighten them up. They looked too comfortable in the first half. We just wanted to ...
KOBE BRYANT

That?s Big Shot Rob, ... When the game?s on the line, he?s going to get us kick-started.
KOBE BRYANT

We've been allies for a long time, ... We've had our public battles, but we know each other so well....
KOBE BRYANT

It meant a lot to me that he saw the difficult time I had last season, taking the brunt of the load,...
KOBE BRYANT

We have to understand that we're not playing for right now; we're playing for the long haul. It's im...
KOBE BRYANT

In the second half they looked to stop everybody else, and I got going. I picked up the momentum and...
KOBE BRYANT

I don't know if it was the days off or whatever, but we just weren't in rhythm. You can probably bla...
KOBE BRYANT

Expectations for us this season aren't very high at all,
KOBE BRYANT

[Bryant said he wouldn't mind playing for Jackson again.] I'm just right down the middle, man, ... I...
KOBE BRYANT

We got some pretty good looks down the stretch, ... They didn't go down for us.
KOBE BRYANT

They are the best team in the league right now. There's not much more to say about what makes them t...
KOBE BRYANT

I know how to play my guard spot, ... He can worry about the low post.
KOBE BRYANT

highly sensitive, confidential, embarrassing and private matters.
KOBE BRYANT

from a business perspective, it's great for the NBA... Notoriety sells.
KOBE BRYANT

You just try to take it one day at a time, ... You step on the basketball floor and just play. It's ...
KOBE BRYANT

I'm playing against great players, playing against the best in the world. The competition - that's w...
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 w...
KOBE BRYANT

A lot of times things get blown out of proportion in a negative light, especially in the NBA, ... Bu...
KOBE BRYANT

You just stay patient, that's all,
KOBE BRYANT

They basically ran the ball down our throats in the first half, so we had to get adjusted to the tem...
KOBE BRYANT

They made a great read defensively. Lawrence Frank sent out all smalls so they were able to switch e...
KOBE BRYANT

I think you have to represent your city and your organization. Tracy's been a good friend of mine fo...
KOBE BRYANT

Sacramento has added a player in the mix that is everything that they weren't when we played them in...
KOBE BRYANT

Ooh, ... you just gave me goose bumps.
KOBE BRYANT

When we all walked in, you could feel their spirits being uplifted, like they felt very encouraged a...
KOBE BRYANT

The guy said NBA players are one in a million, ... I said, 'Man, look, I'm going to be that one in a...
KOBE BRYANT

It's not going to have any carry-over effect from a mental standpoint or anything like that. Everyth...
KOBE BRYANT

I was just letting the shots fly. You know, I don't leave any bullets in the chamber.
KOBE BRYANT

I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to beKobe Bryant
KOBE BRYANT

[OK, maybe he's not exactly smiling. But Bryant sure seems to be taking his severe ankle sprain in s...
KOBE BRYANT

As far as carrying the torch for the years to come, I don't know. I just want to be the best basketb...
KOBE BRYANT

It made me feel good, yeah, because we've been through so many wars together. And it feels good to k...
KOBE BRYANT

Our spacing was good, which made it very difficult to corral me. When they did, we were able to swin...
KOBE BRYANT

They came out and they zoned up and they trapped and they doubled, and we just continued to move the...
KOBE BRYANT

You guys are going to make your own assessment. I'm not going to comment. We're going to move on and...
KOBE BRYANT

It was much harder to watch as opposed to playing in the game. I was kind of going back and forth.
KOBE BRYANT

We wanted to win the game, the game was in the bag, it was in the refrigerator. There was no reason ...
KOBE BRYANT

What I'm doing right now, I'm chasing perfection.
KOBE BRYANT

These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess.
KOBE BRYANT

I've pretty much done all I can here and, you know, God will carry me the rest of the way, so I'm pr...
KOBE BRYANT

I'm in the worst f------ situation.
KOBE BRYANT

I got my caveman club,
KOBE BRYANT

I'm not changing my game whatsoever,
KOBE BRYANT

He knew what he did. When he hit me, he knew what was going to happen. It just sharpened my focus.
KOBE BRYANT

I love going one-on-one with someone. That's what I do. I've never lost. It's a whole di...
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...
KOBE BRYANT

They just have more sets now and more options. They are looser.
KOBE BRYANT

Very surprised. Shocked actually. Very, very surprised. I've been hit with a couple of flagrant foul...
KOBE BRYANT

I was so frustrated by the loss the other night I was going to will us to victory.
KOBE BRYANT

We did a good job of digging in defensively. We just tried to keep them uncomfortable. Try to take t...
KOBE BRYANT

You want me to own a team and deal with these rich, spoiled stubborn athletes, and try to get them t...
KOBE BRYANT

I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be
Kobe Bryant
KOBE BRYANT

What people see on court is another side of me; it's not me.
KOBE BRYANT

Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.
PAUL BRYANT

The freest societies are in a constant state of revolution.
BRYANT MCGILL

Progress is not about hating or destroying America, it is about loving and building the world, which...
BRYANT MCGILL

Let us now yearn for the possibility of building a happiness in every heart. Let us now build inward...
BRYANT MCGILL

We must take the money out of politics, and end psychopathic, self-destructive government and corpor...
BRYANT MCGILL

Let each of us lead a revolution of support in the lives of others.
BRYANT MCGILL

Instead of narrowing our allegiances to only include our favored nation, let us sing an anthem to th...
BRYANT MCGILL

We must rebuild organic communities, where people can come together and have analogue conversations ...
BRYANT MCGILL

Let us revolt against the nightmare, and work together for a kinder world.
BRYANT MCGILL

We can change the world one thought at a time, one child at a time, one family at a time, one commun...
BRYANT MCGILL

We must reprogram ourselves to understand that cooperation is a higher principle than competition.
BRYANT MCGILL

I'm happy with the coach we have. I think any one of the ones I asked them to consider would'...
BEAR BRYANT

I've had many a player tell me all through high school and right up until signing day that they ...
BEAR BRYANT

I hope to get out before they start football next year.
BEAR BRYANT

If I miss coaching that much, I could go to some little school where they didn't recruit, where ...
BEAR BRYANT

I didn't have a thing to do with picking a coach, and didn't want to. But I didn't think...
BEAR BRYANT

It's been years since I've had a real input in the game anyway. For this game, I've just...
BEAR BRYANT

I want to make sure I don't interfere with the success of that team next year. I don't see a...
BEAR BRYANT

If we'd beaten 'em, I wouldn't be going out.
BEAR BRYANT

I can remember loving to recruit. I knew I was going to do my best. But traveling and recruiting doe...
BEAR BRYANT

Georgia Tech beat us and Mississippi Southern tied us last year, and Texas beat us after we had the ...
BEAR BRYANT

The fun never goes out, but it changes with the years, with winning and losing.
BEAR BRYANT

Nearly every coach I've talked with tells me that the attention you get from media and other peo...
BEAR BRYANT

I plan on staying at Alabama for the rest of my career. I guarantee that I'll be here for you th...
BEAR BRYANT

I think I'm telling the truth. I sat by Ray Perkins at the Hall of Fame dinner in New York, and ...
BEAR BRYANT

Back 12 years ago, when Dr. Mathews was president here, we had a plan that when I got ready to quit,...
BEAR BRYANT

I'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions.
BEAR BRYANT

No matter how many plans you make or how much in control you are, life is always winging it.
CARROLL BRYANT

Truth crushed to earth shall rise again: Th' eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded...
BEAR BRYANT

We create in people through our actions and example. In this way people around us become reflections...
BRYANT MCGILL

I'd rather have a pedophile in office rather than a democrat any day of the week and twice on Sunday...
CARROLL BRYANT

Mine, is a wicked world of pure fascinastion.
CARROLL BRYANT

I don't like to give up on people when they need someone not to give up on them.
CARROLL BRYANT

Every state's emblematic propaganda is worshiped by the consumer-citizen as a super-logo, a brand Ju...
BRYANT MCGILL

The problem with a lot people is, they are more concerned about their image than they are about thei...
CARROLL BRYANT

Reach deep within, and reconnect with the essence of your being.
BRYANT MCGILL

Do not make the mistake of thinking that you have to agree with people and their beliefs to defend t...
BRYANT MCGILL

The fear of being wrong is the prime inhibitor of the creative process.
JEAN BRYANT

In a crisis, don't hide behind anything or anybody. They're going to find you anyway.
BEAR BRYANT

No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.
BRYANT MCGILL

Change happens very slow and very sudden.
DOROTHY BRYANT

There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.
PAUL BRYANT

If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride - and never quit, you'll be a winner. T...
PAUL BRYANT

No coach has ever won a game by what he knows; it's what his players know that counts.
PAUL BRYANT

Mama called, and when Mama calls, you just have to come running.
BEAR BRYANT

Don't give up at halftime. Concentrate on winning the second half.
BEAR BRYANT

I'm not much of a golfer, I don't have any friends and, all I like to do is go home and be alone, an...
BEAR BRYANT

In life, you'll have your back up against the wall many times. You might as well get used to It.
BEAR BRYANT

You have to be willing to out-condition your opponents.
BEAR BRYANT

When you can't score from the 1, you don't deserve to win.
BEAR BRYANT

If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, then we did it. If anything goes real go...
BEAR BRYANT

Bear Bryant's Three Rules for coaching: 1) Surround yourself with people who can't live without foot...
BEAR BRYANT

it's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog
BEAR BRYANT Not that they can't do it, but with every company you have to have priorities.
BILL BRYANT Our aspiration is to be the largest, most dynamic, vibrant mobile community offering to consumers. O...
BILL BRYANT Last night we were driving about 2 (a.m.). There was fire to the north, fire to the west and fire to...
BILL BRYANT I'm glad I had the opportunity to help. I hope we use it and take care of the gift God gave us.
BILL BRYANT Any primate, including babies, there's a possibility that they could inhale or push a foreign body u...
BILL BRYANT We've treated him but we can't get it cleared up 100 percent.
BILL BRYANT We were arguing over the color of the frosting and we don't even have a cake.
BILL BRYANT We have no moisture, we have no grass, the hay is burnt up. What do you do? I'm numb.
BILL BRYANT

Every shortcut has a price usually greater than the reward.
BRYANT MCGILL It's everything to me. My life is nothing without this place. I just love Jesus!
ANGELA BRYANT I love her. I always have and I always will. ... I'll see her again. I will.
ANGELA BRYANT He will pay, he will pay for hurting those children out there and my daughter. He will pay. He deser...
ANGELA BRYANT Every night when I close my eyes, I ask God to watch over her, keep her safe.
ANGELA BRYANT He said that the man that they had been questioning admitted what he had done and he took my daughte...
ANGELA BRYANT She's 9 years old, she's innocent. Nobody should have just come in and taken her like that, but it h...
ANGELA BRYANT After seeing that example on the Web site, we each still had some questions about the appearance of ...
ANGELA BRYANT One of my rules is never to look sideways at what other people are doing but instead, do what I feel...
ANNIE BRYANT If homosexuality was the normal way, God would have made Adam and Bruce
ANITA BRYANT If gays are granted rights, next we'll have to give rights to prostitutes and to people who sleep wi...
ANITA BRYANT Steroids, they're not just for breakfast anymore.
ANITA BRYANT I believe that more than ever before there are evil forces round about us,
ANITA BRYANT As a mother, I know that homosexuals cannot biologically reproduce children; therefore, they must re...
ANITA BRYANT lower than what we consider optimal.
ANDY BRYANT In a normal seasonal environment, we would expect higher revenue, ... Our expectations have been tem...
ANDY BRYANT We are well way to meeting our 2001 target of $7.5 billion in capital spending having deployed just ...
ANDY BRYANT We're going to be right on the edge all the way through tomorrow morning as far as getting snow down...
ANDY BRYANT April and May might start to warm some, but it could still be plenty wet. It rains here, but that's ...
ANDY BRYANT Despite a weak economy, order patterns held until the end of the quarter, and demand was better than...
ANDY BRYANT The fourth-quarter results were in line with our December outlook and reflect the pervasive impact o...
ANDY BRYANT No. The rainiest spot was at Laurel Peak, which is in the Cascades east of Salem. They reported 40 i...
ANDY BRYANT The microprocessor and flash businesses are on track, while the networking silicon market is slower ...
ANDY BRYANT It appears that the Intel architecture business will return to seasonal patterns showing more streng...
ANDY BRYANT

We must plant trees, grow gardens instead of lawns, ride bicycles when we can and support responsibl...
BRYANT MCGILL

Respectful communication under conflict or opposition is an essential and truly awe-inspiring abilit...
BRYANT MCGILL

Within you is the power of unlimited creation.
BRYANT MCGILL

Do not let your grand ambitions stand in the way of small but meaningful accomplishments.
BRYANT MCGILL I was very pleased with what went on, ... I hit the ball extremely well. I made a couple of fairly d...
BART BRYANT It was an exciting round for me, most encouraging round that I played this year, because I finally w...
BART BRYANT It is what it is, unfortunately. It has highlighted the importance of long-term maintenance, and it ...
BART BRYANT It was an exciting round for me, the most encouraging all year. Because I made some birdies, which I...
BART BRYANT Tiger always lets you know he's around,
BART BRYANT I felt like I was supposed to make that putt. Two years ago, I don't think I would have believed I w...
BART BRYANT There is no question he played a huge role in getting me going as a pro,
BART BRYANT To scare Tiger a little, I think I'm going to have to put two or three of those up together.
BART BRYANT

I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.

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