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Kobe Bryant, born on August 23, 1978, was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA for 20 years, winning five NBA championships and two NBA Finals MVP awards. Kobe was known for his exceptional scoring ability, defensive prowess, and leadership on the court.

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“The thing that's most enjoyable to me is not actually beating someone [in the game]. It's the process of coming up with the blueprint of beating that I enjoy. That's a huge flip, so for me I enjoy building. I enjoy coming up.”

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“I've been watching Messi for some time now, and his ability to decide games and keep possession of the ball is amazing.”

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“I think that game is a testament to what happens when you put no ceiling to what you're capable of doing.”

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“He [Phil Jackson] is such a basketball genius in terms of the details of the game, the little nuances of the game and the rhythm of the game.”

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“Dear Basketball, From the moment I started rolling my dad's tube socks and shooting imaginary game-winning shots ... I fell in love with you.”

Moments Games Winning Love You Dad Basketball Shots My Dad Dear Shooting Imaginary Rolling Sock Tubes I Fell In Love With You

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“I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.”

“There's been a lot of talk of me being a one-man show but that's simply not the case. We win games when I score 40 points and we've won when I score 10.”

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“I've played with IVs before, during and after games. I've played with a broken hand, a sprained ankle, a torn shoulder, a fractured tooth, a severed lip, and a knee the size of a softball. I don't miss 15 games because of a toe injury that everybody knows wasn't that serious in the first place.”

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“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.”

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“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.”

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“You always have to be on edge. You always have to take every practice, every game, like it is your last.”

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“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.”

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“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.”

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“You have to be able to separate business from the love of the game. There were a lot of decisions made business-wise that I wasn't happy with, and I took a lot of blame over the years. But you have to be able to separate that from the love you have for the game.”

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“I enjoy playing at the heart of it is just a kid who really loves playing the game of basketball.”

Inspirational Heart Kids Games Enjoy Basketball

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“Love me or hate me, it's one or the other. Always has been. Hate my game, my swagger. Hate my fadeaway, my hunger. Hate that I'm a veteran. A champion. Hate that. Hate it with all your heart. And hate that I'm loved, for the exact same reasons.”

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“I don’t want to say I’ll be back at the top of my game because everybody’s gonna think I’m crazy and it’s the old player not letting go sort of thing, but that’s what it’s gonna be.”

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“I was probably born a scorer, but I was made a winner. Whatever works, whatever wins championships, wins games, that's what I do.”

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“Horrible, terrible AAU basketball. It's stupid. It doesn't teach our kids how to play the game at all so you wind up having players that are big and they bring it up and they do all this fancy crap and they don't know how to post. They don't know the fundamentals of the game. It's stupid.”

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“I was shooting 45 times a game. What was I supposed to do? Pass it into Chris Mihm & Kwame Brown?”

Games Shooting Brown

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“Teach players the game at an early age and stop treating them like cash cows for everyone to profit off of.”

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“I love going one-on-one with someone. That's what I do. I've never lost. It's a whole different game, just to have them right in front of you and be able to do whatever you want.”

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Born: August 23, 1978
Known for: Basketball player
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