Motivation Quotes
"Everything has a purpose. And that purpose has a story that goes along with it. It just depends on what your passion is."
"May you always remember to enjoy the road, especially when it’s a hard one."
"Because to go where others have never gone, you have to do what others have never done."
"From the beginning, I wanted to be the best. I had a constant craving, a yearning, to improve and be the best."
"A lot of people say they want to be great, but they’re not willing to make the sacrifices necessary to achieve greatness."
"People just don’t understand how obsessed I am with winning."
"Losing is losing. There aren't different degrees of losing. You either win a championship or you're shit. It's very black and white to me."
"There’s nothing truly to be afraid of, when you think about it, because I’ve failed before, and I woke up the next morning, and I’m okay."
"I want to learn how to become the best basketball player in the world. And if I’m going to learn that, I gotta learn from the best. Kids go to school to be doctors or lawyers, so forth and so on and that’s where they study. My place to study is from the be"
"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."
"Friends can come and go, but banners hang forever."
"I’m here. I’m not going anywhere. No matter what the injury—unless it’s completely debilitating—I’m going to be the same player I’ve always been. I’ll figure it out. I’ll make some tweaks, some changes, but I’m still coming."
"The beauty of coaching is growing the players from the ground up. That journey continues."
"I had to organize things. So I created the ‘Black Mamba.’ So Kobe has to deal with these issues, all the personal challenges. The Black Mamba steps on the court and does what he does. I’m destroying everybody that steps on the court."
"I don’t just try to score. The challenge is elevating my teammates to be able to win a championship."