Explore Quotes by Kobe Bryant

I'm extremely willful to win, and I respond to challenges. Scoring titles and stuff like that... it sounds, well, I don't care how it sounds - to me, scoring comes easy. It's not a challenge to me to win the scoring title, because I know I can.

I have self-doubt. I have insecurity. I have fear of failure. I have nights when I show up at the arena and I'm like, 'My back hurts, my feet hurt, my knees hurt. I don't have it. I just want to chill.' We all have self-doubt. You don't deny it, but you also don't capitulate to it. You embrace it.

Christmas morning, I'm going to open presents with my kids. I'm going to take pictures of them opening the presents. Then I'm going to come to the Staples Center and get ready to work.

At the end of 2003, my game was complete. Shooting, defense, using the dribble, transition, midrange stuff was all there. Then it was about fine-tuning and trying to improve in each area.

The topic of leadership is a touchy one. A lot of leaders fail because they don't have the bravery to touch that nerve or strike that chord. Throughout my years, I haven't had that fear.

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 have the fundamentals and smarts. That's what enables me to still be a dominant player. As a kid growing up, I never skipped steps. I always worked on fundamentals because I know athleticism is fleeting.

We all know what flopping is when we see it. The stuff that you see is where guys aren't really getting hit at all and are just flailing around like a fish out of water.

In an individual sport, yes, you have to win titles. Baseball's different. But basketball, hockey? One person can control the tempo of a game, can completely alter the momentum of a series. There's a lot of great individual talent.

You want me to own a team and deal with these rich, spoiled stubborn athletes, and try to get them to perform? No thank you.

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

Twitter is great to connect with fans and be transparent. I enjoy that aspect about it. But really, I'm still trying to figure it out.

The important thing is that your teammates have to know you're pulling for them and you really want them to be successful.

Sports are such a great teacher. I think of everything they've taught me: camaraderie, humility, how to resolve differences.

Pooper scooper? Yeah, I've done it a few times. Every once in a while, you have to.

Magic has five championships. I have five championships. I'm pretty sure we both know what we're doing.

It never bothered me when people would say, 'You only win championships because you're playing with Shaq.' It bothered me when he said it.

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

I've got four dogs, and I just don't do dog doo. I'm a diva when it comes to that.

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

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

I draw from the crowd a lot.