Kobe Bryant Inspirational Quotes

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.

If you really want to be great at something you have to truly care about it. If you want to be great in a particular area, you have to obsess over it.

Heroes come and go, but legends are forever.

From the beginning, I wanted to be the best. I had a constant craving, a yearning, to improve and be the best. I never needed any external forces to motivate me.

May you always remember to enjoy the road, especially when it’s a hard one.

I think the definition of greatness is to inspire the people next to you.

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

Walk until the darkness is a memory and you become the sun on the next traveler's horizon.

My parents are my backbone. Still are. They're the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.”  – Kobe Bryant

My mind can handle the grind, but my body knows it’s time to say goodbye,

I see a lot of myself in him. No doubt about it.” —NBA legend Michael Jordan

Rest @ the end, not in the middLe.

His physical gifts might have been what initially brought him to the NBA, but what truly got Giannis Antetokounmpo to the dance from a skinny and raw foreign player to a leading MVP contender was his hard work. After all, many different players in the past have had similar physical tools but did not have the desire to be great that Giannis has. This desire and hunger for greatness were born from the fact that he needed to work for the things that he wanted when he was still very young because of how poor he and his family were. The tools were already there but it was his hunger for greatness that ultimately allowed him to have one of the greatest work ethics the game has seen since the time of the late great Kobe Bryant.

Kobe was and continues to be the personification of endurance, confidence, and control on and off the court. He inspired generations of athletes, young and old, to aspire to greatness every single day.

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An explosive personality with a stubborn streak is bound to clash with other strong personalities when something big is at stake. Kobe had figured in several feuds mostly involving his Los Angeles Lakers teammates; the most infamous of which is the one he had with Shaquille O’Neal. Kobe and Shaq played together for eight years from 1996 to 2004. Not even three championship rings could extinguish the animosity between the two. They had since patch things up and openly talked about their beef in a TNT sit-down special. Still, it was a feud that added intrigue to the Los Angeles Lakers’ narrative as they