30 Kobe Bryant phrases that inspire effort and determination – 42 Phrases

Heroes come and go, but legends are forever.

If you’re afraid of failing, you probably will.

I don’t want to be the next Michael Jordan, I just want to be Kobe Bryant.

You have to dare to be big.

If you don’t believe in yourself, no one will do it for you.

I play for one reason and one reason only. And she is winning championships.

If you see me in a fight with a bear, pray to the bear.

You love me, but you shouldn’t. You should hate me because I made you get up at 4 am. Because I pressured you when no one else would. Because I demand greatness and greatness demands everything.

The most important thing is to try to inspire people so they can be great at what they want to do.

People don’t understand how obsessed I am with winning.

Basketball is my refuge, my sanctuary. I go back to being a kid on the playground.

For me it was just “I love what I do, so I want to do as much as possible”.

Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.

Rest at the end, not in the middle.

The magic of life is finding what you love. When you find what you love, your life makes sense. For me it was basketball.

I can’t relate to lazy people. We don’t speak the same language.

I’ve bled purple and gold my whole life. That’s all I know.

Once you know what failure looks like, determination chases success.

We don’t give up. We don’t hide. We don’t run. We support and conquer.

I don’t just try to score. The challenge for me is to elevate my teammates so that we can succeed.

We all have doubts. You don’t deny it, but you also don’t surrender. You hug her.

The moment you give up is the moment you let your opponent win.

Determination silences skeptics.

We can always be average and do what’s normal. I’m not in this to do what’s normal.

Haters are a good problem to have. Nobody hates the good ones. They hate the big ones.

It’s about hard work. In the end, it’s just about getting better.

You always have to be on the edge. Do each training session and play each match as if they were your last.

I want to be the best, simple and clear.

All that is negative are opportunities for me to ascend.

It’s the only thing you can control. You are responsible for how people remember you, or not.