American - Athlete | August 23, 1978 -
It never bothered me when people would say, 'You only win championships because you're playing with Shaq.' It bothered me when he said it.
Kobe Bryant
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I'm more than comfortable just sitting back and scoring 21, 22 points or whatever and getting 10, 11 assists whatever the case might be. More than comfortable with that. It's just a matter of the pieces that you have around you and what you can do to elevate everybody else.
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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.
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Magic has five championships. I have five championships. I'm pretty sure we both know what we're doing.
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You want me to own a team and deal with these rich, spoiled stubborn athletes, and try to get them to perform? No thank you.
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In an individual sport, yes, you have to win titles. Baseball's different. But basketball, hockey? One person can control the tempo of a game, can completely alter the momentum of a series. There's a lot of great individual talent.
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I've played with IVs before, during and after games. I've played with a broken hand, a sprained ankle, a torn shoulder, a fractured tooth, a severed lip, and a knee the size of a softball. I don't miss 15 games because of a toe injury that everybody knows wasn't that serious in the first place.
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People just don't understand how obsessed I am with winning.
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I like playing for the purple and gold. This is where I want to finish up.
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Dropkick Murphys get me going, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana... plus, all the regular hip-hop stuff.
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I focus on one thing and one thing only - that's trying to win as many championships as I can.
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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.
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