Basketball And Life Quotes

There is no such thing as life in-between.

You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way. Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise.

My heroes are and were my parents. I can’t see having anyone else as my heroes.

The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.

If you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.

I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.
Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.
I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.

Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise

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

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.

I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.

I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me . . . Failure always made me try harder next time.

What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

If you make every game a life and death proposition, you’re going to have problems. For one thing, you’ll be dead a lot.

I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

I wasn’t real quick, and I wasn’t real strong. Some guys will just take off and it’s like, whoa. So I beat them with my mind and my fundamentals.