Best Quotes About Kobe Bryant

"It helped with my work ethic the most. Watching Kobe and seeing like, oh, it is possible for somebody to work out that much."

"Seeing him at 18 fail, then come back and become a champion...was something I've never seen before and probably something we'll never ever see again."

"Kobe said his goal was to make you reconsider playing basketball when you guard whoever was guarding him. He wanted you to consider life choices."

"Kobe changed the game... He was 24/7 involved."

"Trading for Kobe back in 1996 set this franchise and this city on a journey that was beyond our wildest dreams."

"Kobe was as rare as a flawless five-carat diamond."

"Kobe was amazing, man. His hard work, perseverance, determination is something that was just infectious."

"It's still hard to take in. I'm waiting for them to be like, 'Oh my God, miraculous, Kobe stopped the helicopter with one arm and was holding his daughter with the other arm, and everyone's okay.' But unfortunately, life is the way it is."

"Kobe Bryant, what a game, but Shaq came away with the game winner in the end to win the championship."

"Kobe Bryant was not interested in winning championships; he was obsessed."

"One thing I remember Kobe saying is that it's about the journey and not necessarily about the destination."

"There will never be anyone like Kobe. Kobe was one of a kind."

"Gigi would be so proud to watch her daddy get enshrined into the Basketball Hall of Fame."

"Tonight, we celebrate the kid that came here at 18 years of age, retired at 38, and became probably the best dad that we've seen over the last three years. Man, so in the words of Kobe Bryant, 'Mamba out,' but in the words of us, 'not forgotten.' Live on."

"Kobe Bryant, a freak athlete with a legendary work ethic."

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

"Kobe Bryant's first championship is here and in the books, averaged 31 and 7 in the finals."

"Continuing to move the game forward @KingJames. Much respect my brother." - Kobe Bryant

"Kobe Bryant has officially announced his retirement from the NBA at age 40, 21 years Pro."

"Kobe Bryant finishes number one in minutes all-time, beating out Kareem Abdul-Jabbar."

"Kobe had the sixth highest single-season scoring season that made no sense in NBA history."

"Kobe Bryant broke the real Michael Jordan's record with 66 points in a playoff game."

"Kobe Bryant may not have had a lot of individual accolades or on the court success, but he still ends up with a lot of records at the end of the day."

"Kobe was a phenomenon, he was my generation's basically Michael Jordan."

"Kobe Bryant is not only efficient, but there are very legitimate arguments that back up the claim that he is one of the greatest scorers the league has ever seen."

"Kobe, another three... now look, whether you are 12 years old and still have hoop dreams or you're 24 and you're trying to learn how to be better virtually, this right here is a master class."

"Tonight is also a celebration of life. So let's do just that. Let's celebrate Kobe Bryant."

"He touched so many different people in so many different ways."

"Kobe would want these guys to play but he'd want them to push forward in his memory."

"The final portion of the conclusion was that there did not appear to be any kind of a malevolent or hostile threat involved because if there had been there was absolutely nothing we could do."

"The technology that had been demonstrated was at least a thousand years beyond anything we could imagine."

"When he arrived at the gym and opened the doors, he saw Kobe drenched in sweat as if he had just taken a swim. It wasn't even 5 am."

"Kobe spent hours upon hours perfecting his craft and it's plenty of testimony out there that validates it."

"33-12-8 from Kobe in the loss, the Clippers, no three-peat for us on the other side of Staples."

"Kobe Bryant, most valuable player at 35-34 years old, he did it!"

"Players looked up to Kobe Bryant's mentality, competitiveness, and approach to the sport."

"Kobe Bryant is one of the greatest scorers the game has ever seen."

"Michael cried when he was talking about Kobe."

"Rest in peace to Kobe Bryant and his daughter, that story kind of rocked the nation yesterday."

"Legendary trash talking duel between Kobe and Iverson."

"You have to have mental toughness to play against any game that Kobe was in."

"I learned at a young age being around Kobe that he loves to play mind games."

"Yelling Kobe after you make a shot isn't just for basketball anymore."

"Getting them to be able to interact with Kobe and Kobe being able to work them out and come to their games and then obviously his you know untimely death, like he is the one that really."

"Rest in peace to Kobe Bryant, he just passed away very untimely death."

"Kobe's all-out performance against the Blazers in a must-win nearing the end of the season."

"I feel like for the decade-plus that we'd been watching Kobe we were so spoiled by his greatness that we didn't even truly notice what he was doing that season."

"Whether him dying now is irrelevant, there was going to be a biopic about Kobe Bryant at some point."

"When Kobe Bryant passed away, it wasn't just about sports or movies, it was a reminder of the transient nature of life."

"Kobe Bryant may not have been my favorite basketball player, but his impact on pop culture was undeniable."

"Kobe Bryant's influence extended far beyond basketball, leaving a significant mark on pop culture."

"Can one person save the team? A minute and a half before the end of the game, only if it's Kobe Bryant. One shot, two, three, and five seconds before the end of the game, Kobe scored the decisive shot, scoring a draw for his team."

"Kobe is gonna shoot another one, I would assume that one is good."

"The tragic death of Kobe Bryant shook not only just the basketball world but the sports world in general."

"A truly sad day for the country, particularly a heartbreaking day for basketball fans, especially the many loyal followers Kobe had accrued in Los Angeles where he played for the Lakers for all of his 20 season career."

"Kobe was really one of the best - almost like the Michael Jordan of our generation."

"This is actually really special, this was actually a game worn rookie Kobe Bryant authenticated jersey."

"Kobe was talking to like soccer players, he's like, why don't they ever turn their ankle?"

"Shout out to Kobe, absolute legend, rest in peace."

"Kobe Bryant: drafted in 1996 by the Charlotte Hornets, he was promptly traded over to the Los Angeles Lakers where he'd spent his entire career."

"The fact is that Kobe Bryant was such a part of everybody's life. It's obviously a tragic, tragic incident."

"But beyond just the figures and the stats, Kobe was the player of his generation."

"Kobe was relentless and uncompromisingly him."

"Every shot he took in that fourth quarter looked like it was drawing energy from Bryant's very soul."

"Kobe spent every minute of his 20-year professional career with the Los Angeles Lakers forging a legend that is one of the most interesting in contemporary sports."

"Kobe Bryant became the first guard ever drafted from high school into the NBA and just the sixth player to ever get drafted straight out of high school."

"Kobe Bryant was addicted to studying film, experimenting with tweaking and adopting new moves, loved basketball as much as nearly anything else in his life."

"Kobe has an argument for being the hardest working athlete of all time."

"Kobe was one of the most lethal scoring assassins in NBA history."

"Kobe was frustrated playing alongside of Shaquille O'Neal for many well-documented reasons."

"Kobe and Gigi's fuel will never ever burn out because their light is eternal."

"You can take a lot of things from Kobe's story and apply them to your own craft."

"Rest in peace to the mamba man, favorite player of all time."

"The secret to Kobe’s success was not that he was the most talented guy with the biggest blessings -- but that he was ALWAYS the hardest working person on the floor."

"Kobe Bryant in the 2009 NBA Finals was in complete form and completely dominated the Orlando Magic."

"You see there's a perception that having boys makes men feel more complete, but there was Kobe, reminding the world of the blessing that comes with being a dad to girls."

"Kobe Bryant and Nike are going to continue their partnership."

"It's literally a signed Kobe Bryant card, signed golden Kobe Bryant card. This might be the best item yet."

"I saw Kobe Bryant go to work... it was humbling."

"It's bittersweet because I love Kobe and the example he set for young ballers like myself."

"I'll never forget where I was and what I was doing when I heard that Kobe died."

"Playing the right way doesn't do anything for Kobe; you gotta play the wrong way."

"Kobe's greatest ability was the willingness to adapt to any defense. It was honestly second to none."

"Kobe's ability to score wasn't just about his physical skills, but also mental. His psychological warfare on the court, called Mamba mentality, was about outthinking and outworking his opponents at every turn."

"He didn't have an ego. And I don't mind that. I don't care about him knowing how to do it and stop it because if he knows it, it makes me better too."

"Kobe island is when you're guarding Kobe Bryant, you turn around, and you got no help side defense. You're on an island. It's a lonely place to be."

"There's no scouting report for Kobe Bryant because he's worked on all deficiencies. So anything that you could try to force him to do, he's got a counter for that."

"He was an assassin on the court, the way he worked on his craft."

"...would that have been Kobe would Kobe have allowed that to happen an NBA Finals we know and I know it would not have happened."

"...just talked about Kobe scoring prowess mm-hmm but scoring not a stat do you think Kobe Bryant would have needed Ray Allen to save his legacy no oh so I'm just waiting to check your game winner."

"Kobe was the best player that I've ever played against."

"I grabbed the ball and I was hot and I couldn't even be mad because it was Kobe Bryant."

"One man who gives the fans here quite a show is the Lakers Kobe Bryant."

"Kobe Bryant with 15 points made the biggest basket of the year for the Lakers."

"Kobe's 81 points is seen as the standard for elite offensive performances to this day."

"...that shoe just means so much more to me than other just in a Kobe pair like just good good stuff..."

"To celebrate Nike will be bringing back the Kobe 4 Gold Medal which was truly a fan favorite."

"This Venice Beach colorway is indeed one of the more popular Kobes I'm sure a lot of people will be trying to get their hands on them."

"This Kobe 4 protor which originally dropped in 2009 returns in 2024 in that Varsity Red White and university red color scheme."

"Truly one of the better Kobes to come out in 2024."

"This iconic Nike Kobe protor wifey which is representing Valentine's Day Vanessa Bran showed these off on Instagram not too long ago and these are ridiculous."

"This PE was pretty dope because it had a leather tumbled upper with perforations of course for breathability."

"It would be dope if somehow some way these shoes could be available to the public people would eat these up."

"Kobe Bryant put winning over everything."

"In the final game of his career, Kobe played one of the best games of his career."

"Bryant jab step, drive, puts it up. Shots good, tough shot from Kobe."

"Congratulations to Kobe Bryant, his second NBA Finals Most Valuable Player award."

"Discipline. It's discipline. That's the Kobe [__]. It's a contract with yourself."

"Are you kidding me? This great icon of basketball and he just didn't die just a normal death or something just happened with him abnormally inside of his body he had a helicopter crash."

"...Kobe wasn't afraid to fail to him failure was just a stepping stone to Greatness"

"From the time he was born to the time he left us Kobe was the most competitive life form in the entire universe"

"The loss of Kobe Bryant is hitting the LA Community, the NBA Community, the Sports World, and in fact, people all over the world really, really hard."

"Kobe Bryant, man, a last Laker Road uniform, man, during his NBA Road game just sold for nearly half a million dollar at auction."

"Kobe Bryant's one of the ten greatest players ever, he's got the heart of a lion."

"Kobe Bryant spinning around Miller into the lane."

"Kobe Bryant flips it to Sha who is bended and the shot goes down."

"Kobe was actively involved in his line, and that's why his line with Nike is one of the greatest of all time."

"Give it to Kobe if you need a comeback."

"Kobe thought about the three, goes to the dribble, cutting inside, little jump hook on the way and he hits it."

"I'm a Kobe Bryant fan. Do you think Kobe would agree with grinding? I want to have fun in my 20s, grind later?"

"There will never be another Kobe Bryant."

"Kobe Bryant was the only one chasing Michael Jordan's greatness."

"The Kobe 9 Elites, one of the most unique Kobes of all time."

"The Kobe 1s, the very first Kobe signature sneaker with Nike, heavily inspired by the Harachi 2K 4S."

"I got Kobe Bryant as arguably the greatest Laker of all time."

"There is nothing on Earth to question the greatness of Kobe Bryant."

"Kobe Bryant is officially a two-time NBA finalist."

"And so Kobe and KG are officially NBA champions."

"Kobe Bryant, playing some of the best basketball of his entire career."

"Learning of Kobe's death was one of those moments that you'll remember your whole life."

"RP rest in peace to the goat Kobe Bean Bryant."

"The 20-year career Kobe Bryant came to its closing chapter on April 13, 2016. The buzz around Los Angeles was as big as it had been all year, with the Staples Center decked out in purple and gold banners setting the stage for the Mamba's final performance."

"Kobe had spent over half of his lifetime being the standard of resilience. By this point, the stories of his 4 a.m workouts and obsessive repetition and training had become something of legend."

"Kobe would drain two free throws at the end of the game to give him an NBA record 60 points in his final game and seal one last victory in his career before walking off the court."

"The basketball world will never be the same without the Mamba and Mamba."

"Just want to send a ton of love to Vanessa the rest of the family as we now honor Kobe the fourth anniversary of his passing."

"A celebrity death hasn't hit me this hard since Kobe Bryant has passed."

"This is a beautiful jersey lake is a cross with the stars across the Kobe blue jerseys to me are some of my favorite jerseys and the next one may be one of my favorite Kobe jerseys of all time."

"Kobe Bryant, it's my second favorite player of all time behind Michael Jordan but of course with Kobe passing away I want to just show love and I know he's going to live forever through us regardless."

"Kobe's body had finally broken down on him, but he still showcased his unwavering toughness and desire to win."

"Kobe Bryant is top-tier, just about living legends."

"When you reflect on Kobe and his memory, what stands out? Man, his realness."

"That's one thing I noticed off the bat was a lot more athletic than Kobe. And I'm saying a lot, that's saying a lot because Kobe could do any dunk he wanted to, but I think Kobe's athleticism definitely is top tier."

"I love Kobe, but he was the best strategist in the game. He just didn't know how to maneuver the pieces."

"Kobe, Bryant, from the outside, it's good!"

"He's starting to get that Mamba feeling back."

"Kobe leads his team in scoring, assist, steal, free throws."

"Kobe with emphasis, the Lakers because of this man, Kobe Bryant can take over."

"Oh, what did I just see? You just saw what Kobe does best."

"Bryant against McGrady, Kobe with a spectacular."

"Kobe down the middle with authority."

"He had the drive, the ability to thrill all wrapped in a megawatt smile."

"He was special, he was humble off the court but bigger than life."

"The Mamba still has venom in those veins. The Black Mamba strikes again."

"The Mamba mentality still going strong."

"Kobe isn't asking for a thanks in return nor is expecting everyone to live by his standards."

"Kobe Bryant, that's Mamba campaign Kobe Bryant."

"Kobe is the man. He's the most recognizable face, and then GG of this horrible situation."

"Shout-out to Kobe Bryant rest in peace rest in peace to his daughter everybody on the helicopter in LA we will get through this."

"The toughness and the tenacity of Kobe Bryant."

"I'm gonna go with Kobe and Gianna Bryant, respect."

"Kobe thought you needed to work as hard as possible and would not accept anything other than that."

"This was Kobe's best final series ever."

"The great, the late great Kobe Bryant."

"Rest in peace to the Mamba, Kobe Bryant."

"I've seen Kobe walk down the court, say 'watch me get this bucket' and proceed to go get this bucket."

"The Mamba mentality is a great two words to go together."

"Kobe Bryant offensively was an absolute monster."

"Kobe Bryant not only had the skills, not only the athleticism, but he had the assassin mentality."

"Scoring, playmaking, defense, overall impact, it's Kobe without question."

"I think Kobe was better than Duncan if you favor skill level to that degree, absolutely without a doubt."

"Kobe Bryant got away from Shaq just to prove his own greatness."

"When Shaq got up out of there, Kobe Bryant went back to three finals and won two more."

"The closest thing we've ever seen to Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant."

"There's nothing that Kobe Bryant can't do."

"I feared Mike, I've heard players in your generation say they feared Kobe."

"Like the great Kobe Bryant said, 'I never wanted to miss a game because I don't know who paid for these tickets.'"

"Kobe is probably the toughest competitor to ever play this game."

"Playing with Kobe Bryant was just an honor."

"If Kobe says he can do it, he can do it. I know it."

"We unfortunately lost our brother Kobe."

"That's one of the biggest things I miss about Kobe."

"He's only 22 and he's doing things that only Kobe's ever done that being that young in the postseason."

"Love Kobe forever and always will. RIP Kobe and his daughter and everybody else."

"Everyone's trying to catch up, but nobody's working Kobe hard."

"I'm going to be me, but I loved Kobe. I loved his game, I loved his fadeaway, just footwork in the paint, everything."

"We're gonna keep the Mamba mentality."

"Without Pau, Kobe's legacy is much different."

"Kobe's offensive impact stems from his unreal scoring ability and how hard it was to prevent him from getting to his spot."

"2001 is the best version of Kobe Bryant that we've ever seen."

"I got almost my money back on this, and now there are some rare Kobe Bryant cards."

"Those two Kobe Bryant cards are actually very rare and very hard to pull."

"That's an easy one for me, it's definitely Kobe Bryant's last game."

"There's nothing Kobe couldn't do on a basketball court."

"We remember the life and legacy of Kobe Bryant."

"We had such a great time; they were so attached to Kobe. We had a really fun family moment."

"They'll be talking about Kobe 100 years from now."

"Kobe Bryant the best player in the world, there ain't no other."

"I hope this video can act as a sort of tribute for Kobe Bryant."

"Kobe was kind of immortal in a way."

Kobe Bryant Quotes