Kobe Bryant

“I'm chasing perfection.”

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

“The important thing is that your teammates have to know you're pulling for them and you really want them to be successful.”

“I've got four dogs, and I just don't do dog doo. I'm a diva when it comes to that.”

“Magic has five championships. I have five championships. I'm pretty sure we both know what we're doing.”

“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.”

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

“I'm reflective only in the sense that I learn to move forward. I reflect with a purpose.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“The only thing I'm afraid of is bees. I don't like bees. I'm allergic to them.”

“My parents are my backbone. Still are. They're the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Eeew, I'd be a little uncomfortable Googling myself. People sit there - and Google themselves? That's kind of weird.”

“I draw from the crowd a lot.”

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

“We all know what flopping is when we see it. The stuff that you see is where guys aren't really getting hit at all and are just flailing around like a fish out of water.”