Quotes from Kobe Bryant

Pooper scooper? Yeah, I've done it a few times. Every once in a while, you have to.

I love the weather, I love my '63 droptop Impala, I love the 405, and I love my guys.

If you're afraid to fail, then you're probably going to fail.

I don't talk trash often, but when I do, I go for the jugular.

It's disgusting, but my father taught me when your mouth gets dry, just suck the sweat out of your own jersey. There's no bravado to any of it; it's just a disgusting little trick.

I can't relate to lazy people. We don't speak the same language. I don't understand you. I don't want to understand you.

You can't go and anticipate what it is that you want to see. You just have to be present. Be where you are.

When I'm finished playing, I want people to say, 'He handled this well, he kept his cool.'

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.

One thing you gotta know about me is I have absolutely no filter. I have no problem saying what the hell I think of someone.

The people who truly know me know what I'm like. There have been people who try to say things that aren't fair, and I check them. And then they don't like me because I checked them.

You want me to own a team and deal with these rich, spoiled stubborn athletes, and try to get them to perform? No thank you.

I create my own path. It was straight and narrow. I looked at it this way: you were either in my way, or out of it.

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

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.

If you're afraid to fail, then you're probably going to fail.

I'm not the most talented. I'm not the tallest. I'm not the strongest. But I will outwork you.

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.

I have my own identity ... The whole Michael thing does drive me nuts sometimes because people won't leave it alone. He's bald, I have hair. He's almost 40, I'm 22. Seriously though, I wish people would let it be and let me just be Kobe.

Everything negative -- pressure, challenges -- is all an opportunity for me to rise.

I can't relate to lazy people. We don't speak the same language. I don't understand you. I don't want to understand you.

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.

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

When I was young, my mindset was image, image, image. I took that approach with the media. As I became more experienced I realized: No matter what, people are going to like you or not like you. So be authentic, and let them like you or not for who you actually are.