January 2010
11 posts
Kobe Kobe Kobe →
“I’ve been through so much,” Bryant said. “We didn’t make the playoffs (in 2005); we went through down-and-out times. I think me having the intestinal fortitude to try to get us back to the top – and having to fight through so many different things – makes it a different kind of emotion as opposed to me being 20 years old, just coming in here and winning a...
Kobe in October 2005 →
As much as Jackson might like O’Neal’s good heart, Jackson admires Bryant’s killer instinct. Odom calls it “the mentality of a pit bull.”
“Kobe helps me too, because if I’m ever lying back too much, him trying to get open or him fighting wakes me up,” Odom said. “Kobe’s game is like smelling salts. If you’re lying back, he’s going to get you up. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with.”
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“Kobe Bryant won a title his way — by establishing a Kobe and the Kobettes...”
– Bill Simmons
“I think Kobe [Bryant] is the best player in the league because he is relentless....”
– Shane Battier - November 2009
“I dont want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.”
– Kobe Bryant
“peter 1 Q on ur article…sayin i took a loan from JC to pay javale…HUH..thats...”
– Gilbert Arenas addressing himself to Peter Vescey (via gilbertarenas twitter)