Kobe Bryant Player Quotations

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.

Sacramento has added a player in the mix that is everything that they weren't when we played them in the playoffs. The guy plays defense first, and now Sacramento has become much more aggressive on defense.

Any player that was going to come down the lane at that point in time, I was going to let him know that he just can't walk through there. I think we as a team have to do a better job of establishing that.

As far as carrying the torch for the years to come, I don't know. I just want to be the best basketball player I can be.

The guy said NBA players are one in a million, ... I said, 'Man, look, I'm going to be that one in a million.

There’s a reason why players that have multiple championships have multiple championships. There’s a certain characteristic and an understanding and knowledge and that’s not something that’s easily taught. You kind of have to go through it and it kind of has to be part of your DNA from the beginning.

I'm playing against great players, playing against the best in the world. The competition-that's what I've always wanted.

Teach players the game at an early age and stop treating them like cash cows for everyone to profit off of.

It's wonderful for the players. It's a huge challenge and a huge responsibility for us to get our act together, get our butts in gear. Phil isn't going to bail us out because of our mental lapses.

I'm a scorer, not a triple-double player

A lot of times things get blown out of proportion in a negative light, especially in the NBA, ... But there are a lot of players in the NBA who really care about the community and want to use their basketball-playing ability for a good cause.

I'm not jumping through the gym by any means. But I don't need to be able to do that in order to be a great player.