12 famous inspirational quotes on basketball by Kobe Bryant

Biography:

Kobe Bean Bryant, nicknamed the "Black Mamba", is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Quotes:

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

2) I don't think a coach becomes the right coach until he wins a championship.

3) The Black Mamba collection of watches is me: It is my alter ego, so to speak. As I mentioned before, it is sharp, cutting edge and sleek which are characteristics I try to apply when I'm out there on the basketball court.

4) It's different from being 21 and you think there's endless amount of opportunities. At 33, the ending is much, much closer.

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

6) 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.

7) These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess.

8) 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.

9) I've played with IVs before, during and after games. I've played with a broken hand, a sprained ankle, a torn shoulder, a fractured tooth, a severed lip, and a knee the size of a softball. I don't miss 15 games because of a toe injury that everybody knows wasn't that serious in the first place.

10) I like playing for the purple and gold. This is where I want to finish up.

11) I’m not changing my game whatsoever. I take good shots, hit the open man when he’s there. I definitely don’t need advice on how to play my game.

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

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