Kobe Bryant
speaker
640 appearances
14 recordings
5 series
first heard Jan 2024
last heard 8 Jul
Kobe Bryant’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Because during those lonely hours in the rec room, I discovered the hunger, the motivation, and the desire to be the best possible basketball player that I could be.
What I try to do is just try to be still and understand that thing.
Emotions come and go.
The important thing is to accept them all.
That pain you feel, that's a pain in success.
There weren't a lot of smiley faces with Kobe Bryant.
There weren't a lot of smiley faces with Tiger Woods.
You have to realize that there's always work to do and you want to be the hardest working person in whatever you do and you'll put yourself in position to be successful.
My name is Kobe Bryant.
I'm 17 years old, and I wasn't invited to parties or, you know, friendly gatherings on the weekend.
So on Fridays and Saturdays, I would go in my rec room with my basketball and basically dribble myself to sleep.
And I think that that was the best thing that could ever happen to me.
Because during those lonely hours in the rec room, I discovered the hunger, the motivation, and the desire to be the best possible basketball player that I could be.
When I get alone with myself, when I get alone with my thoughts, I realize I've made solitude a monster.
I saw you celebrate my losses like I wasn't going to win again.
Get into something that's really personal, that means something to you.
I think that's the key to what we do.
It's got to be personal.
It's always tough leaving, you know, Seattle.
Just what we've built for the last two years with Coach Mike, you know, all my brothers.
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