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

A lot of times things get blown out of proportion in a negative light, especially in the NBA, ... But there are a lot of players in the NBA who really care about the community and want to use their basketball-playing ability for a good cause.

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

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.

[Bryant said he wouldn't mind playing for Jackson again.] I'm just right down the middle, man, ... It doesn't matter to me. I'd love him as a coach. It doesn't matter to me. If they want him here, he'll be here. If he wants to come, he'll come, he'll coach and we'll go from there.

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.