Quotes from Kobe Bryant

I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be 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 pretty comfortable with that.

It doesn't bother me at all. Do I hold any hard feelings? Not at all, ... Life is too short to sit around and hold grudges. I don't hold any whatsoever.

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

I draw from the crowd a lot.

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.

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

I'm more than comfortable just sitting back and scoring 21, 22 points or whatever and getting 10, 11 assists whatever the case might be. More than comfortable with that. It's just a matter of the pieces that you have around you and what you can do to elevate everybody else.

When you love something, you'll always come back to it. You'll always keep asking questions, and finding answers.

I create my own path. It was straight and narrow. I looked at it this way: you were either in my way, or out of it.

The motivation for me is just the game itself, just playing the game the right way and trying to win, compete every time I step out there on the floor. That's motivation enough for me to go out there and play well.

I realize now that there's a strength in dunking that I can use to my advantage. When you dunk all the time it isn't as demoralizing to the opponent, but when you dunk at a key moment in the game you can use it to change the momentum.