![]() ![]() And I was like, 'This is different.' I thought everybody was so obsessive about the game like me. When I came around, I was surrounded by other professionals and I thought basketball was going to be everything to them and it wasn't. I didn't realize it was work until my first year in the NBA. On realizing he was different than other NBA players: "I saw you come in and I wanted you to know that it doesn’t matter how hard you work, that I’m willing to work harder than you.” To Jay Williams asking about his work ethic after a Chicago Bulls vs. ![]() Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and everyone should have one about you. There are sacrifices that come along with making that decision." Family time, hanging out with friends, being a great friend, being a great son, nephew, whatever the case may be. What I mean by that is, there are inherent sacrifices that come along with that. We all can be masters at our craft, but you have to make a choice. If you want to be great at something, there’s a choice you have to make. “There’s a choice that we have to make as people, as individuals. You don’t deny it, but you also don’t capitulate to it. I just want to chill.’ We all have self-doubt. I have nights when I show up at the arena and I’m like, ‘My back hurts, my feet hurt, my knees hurt. On pushing past mental and physical road blocks: You only reach your limit when you can go no further.” Exhaustion tells you when you ought to stop. ![]() Don’t let it stop you from being who you can be. Pain is the little voice in your head that tries to hold you back because it knows if you continue you will change. “Pain doesn’t tell you when you ought to stop. “If you’re afraid to fail, then you’re probably going to fail.” Because if I have to sit there and face myself and tell myself ‘you are a failure,’ I think that is almost worse than dying.” “When we are saying this cannot be accomplished, this cannot be done, then we are short-changing ourselves. In remembering more than just Kobe Bryant's legacy as a basketball player, as he is set to be enshrined into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame this weekend, take a look at some of the more memorable quotes from the mind and voice of an all-time great.Ĭredit to various interviews with ESPN, Nike, post-game pressers, Muse: The Kobe Bryant Documentary, The Players' Tribune and more. ![]()
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