Kobe Bryant Quotes (162 Quotes)

I didn't even know the record existed until a couple of days ago. I never, in my wildest dreams, dreamed of being in such great company like Elgin. There have been a lot of great players in this franchise and I have learned a lot from some of them.

with force and violence against her will by choking her with his hands around her neck while bending her over a chair in the hotel room.

I wasn't even thinking about it. It is what it is. I just move on. I have my team to worry about and getting my guys ready for the game. I just go out there and do what I do.

If Lamar plays like that in the playoffs, it will make us very difficult to beat. When he is taking his shots in rhythm, he is a handful.

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.

I try to show my daughter that you have to compete at everything. You can't back down. I want my kids to understand that so when somebody puts an obstacle in front of you and says you can't do something, you don't back down. You push through that to get something accomplished. I tried to set that tone for her even at an early age. She's competitive already at the age of 3. Seriously.

Everyone is not jumping for joy with finally making the playoffs but it is a big accomplishment for us being that we didn't make it last year and nobody expected us to make it this year and here we are.

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

I had some shots that I felt like I should've made I just didn't make them. I'm not going to shoot the ball great every night.

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.

He's helping to protect our country, ... It's a chance for me to give back. I'm deeply honored to be here. It goes beyond words. To request my presence to be here, it's unbelievable.

You guys are going to make your own assessment. I'm not going to comment. We're going to move on and win games. Shaq and I are going to move on and be teammates and win another championship.

No matter what happens it's not worth running up into the stands and knocking someone out ... I didn't think they were gonna be out for the entire season.

It feels good to be mentioned among the elite players who have ever played the game.

It made me feel good, yeah, because we've been through so many wars together. And it feels good to kind of be able to enjoy ... the sweetness of it. And now to be able to move on, for the organization to move on, the city to move on and to focus on building this team, (I) wish him all the best with his team down on South Beach.

I mean, it's tough to make the jump, ... So you know, the person's going to be faced with a lot of challenges, some ups and some downs...I can't speak on behalf of other players, but I can only speak on behalf of myself. And in that situation, you know, it was best for me to skip college and go straight to the pros. It worked out well.

Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.

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

I had in my mind that it was just going to be a really sad sight, ... But when you walk in you see that everybody was just real spirited. There was a lot of energy in there -- a lot of resolve and determination to bounce back.

I was so frustrated with our last loss I said I'll fix it. Tonight I just wanted to attack and send a message. The reason I scored 62 points was because I wanted to win so bad. I just felt that I could continually attack these guys. It's a great feeling that I could do it here in front of our fans and give them an early Christmas present.

When we all walked in, you could feel their spirits being uplifted, like they felt very encouraged and happy that we were there. It was just real cool to see that. To be able to go back (to New Orleans), play a game there and be able to uplift them again, that's special.

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

I'm playing against great players, playing against the best in the world. The competition - that's what I've always wanted.

Weird things happen in the NBA, and tonight was one of them. We had a chance to win the game and just didn't close it out. They made some big shots down the stretch and came away with the victory. Even though (Odom) made a mistake, as a team, defense down the stretch cost us the ballgame.

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.

I really don't want to turn this season, every media session, into a me-and-Phil conversation.

This decision came only after reviewing all the evidence -- testimonial evidence and physical evidence. The standards are the same in this case as in any other case,

We can have all the excuses in the world. You can say we're young, we have guys hurt, but we just have man up and be ready to play every night.

I'm proud of us. We came back and played hard. We got into a big hole in the first quarter but we were able to fight back. Late in the fourth quarter, we were able to make a push and give ourselves an opportunity to win the game. Both teams played hard, it's a shame somebody had to lose.

They came out and they zoned up and they trapped and they doubled, and we just continued to move the ball. It took me three quarters to kind of get the rhythm down on what they were trying to do defensively so I could go into attack mode in the fourth quarter.

That felt good. That's basketball. That's how basketball was in the '80s. You see Isiah Thomas and Magic Johnson standing, talking in the tunnel, and that's basketball.

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

Sacramento has added a player in the mix that is everything that they weren't when we played them in the playoffs. The guy plays defense first, and now Sacramento has become much more aggressive on defense.

I think it's an accomplishment on this path that we're on to try to get back to the top. It's just about the journey, enjoying the journey, and the accomplishments and achievements that we have along the way just makes the journey that much more exciting.

I think that'll come as camp continues to unfold. You have to have a system, you have to have a structure, everybody falls in line. The thing about this offense is every position is interchangeable.

Oh yeah That's pretty good company -- excellent company.

I'm very excited, man, very excited. I'm excited to be an Olympian, to represent our country. I've been looking forward to this.

He steps up and makes big shots. He understands how to clear himself and elevate over guys and get a shot.

He's my man here. Every time I'm in Houston he comes out and checks out the game and I hook him up with stuff.

We've been joking with him because he's gotten extremely close in a bunch of games. He's in a great rhythm. He knows where shots are coming from, he knows where the assists are coming from, how to set the table. It's fun to watch.

We are on a journey, and to put on a show like this for the fans here in L.A. is truly something special. I grew up in front of these people, and now they are seeing me as an older, young man.

I'm just achy. You've got to push through it. My teammates talked about doing a better job trying to pick me up sometimes and not having me shoulder the whole load all the time.

You just look for him. You make sure you take care of them.

I know this city is used to championships, and I am as well. But it's one step at a time, and this is a step in that direction.

I have played a lot of playoff basketball and I have never had a game quite like this, with our backs against the wall, seemingly out of it, and us just battling back and getting this win. We matured about 10 to 15 years today.

This is such a challenge for both of us. Phil prepares us so well, and wants us to pay attention to the details. We didn't always do that tonight, but we stayed with the system and found a way.

We played hard tonight. Even the last two games that we lost on the road, we played hard. We just did not come through down the stretch of the game. Tonight was no different. We are a physical team and we got after them a little bit. All around, it was a good victory.

It meant a lot to me that he saw the difficult time I had last season, taking the brunt of the load, and him wanting to come back and help me out through the process, ... It's important for me to get his back.

We played hard at both ends of the court. It's a great accomplishment for us. I'm excited more than anything.

I like watching the Pistons. It looks familiar to me. Everybody is on the same page. For me, that's entertaining basketball.