Friends always come and go but a champion flag will never fall.
Kobe Bryant
american
1978-08-23 - 2020-01-16
Kobe Bryant (August 23, 1978 – January 26, 2020), full name Kobe Bean Bryant Cox, also known by his nicknames "Black Mamba" and "Little Flying Warrior", was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. He was a deceased American professional basketball player, playing the positions of shooting guard/small forward. In the 1996 NBA Draft, Bryant was selected with the 13th overall pick in the first round by the Charlotte Hornets and was later traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. He spent his entire NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers, winning 5 NBA Championships, 1 NBA Regular Season MVP, 2 NBA Finals MVPs, 4 NBA All-Star Game MVPs, and 2 NBA Scoring Titles. He was named an NBA All-Star starter 18 times, selected to the All-NBA Team 15 times (11 times First Team, 2 times Second Team, 2 times Third Team), and named to the NBA All-Defensive Team 12 times (9 times First Team, 3 times Second Team). In 2007, Bryant was selected to the United States men's national basketball team for the first time, helping the team win the gold medal at the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship, the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games men's basketball tournament, and the 2012 London Olympic Games men's basketball tournament. On November 30, 2015, Bryant announced his retirement at the end of the season. On December 19, 2017, the Los Angeles Lakers held a jersey retirement ceremony for Bryant, retiring both his No. 8 and No. 24 jerseys. In March 2018, Bryant won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for his short film "Dear Basketball". On January 26, 2020 (Beijing time: January 27, 2020), Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash at the age of 41. On April 5, 2020, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. In October 2021, Bryant was named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.
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Quotes
Second place means you is the number one loser.
I know that the appearance of Los Angeles at four o'clock in the morning every day.
Somebody has to win so why not be me?
I would go 0-30 before I would go 0-9. 0-9 means you beat yourself you psyched yourself out of the game.
The only thing I'm afraid of is bees.
Love me or hate me it's one or the other. Always has been. Hate my game my swagger. Hate my fadeaway my hunger. Hate that I'm a veteran. A champion. Hate that. Hate it with all your heart. And hate that I'm loved for the exact same reasons.
Bowed their heads and not give up it is to see his own way; Please not proud is to see their own sky.
If the lakers are now the Titanic I'll sink together with him.
When I retire I want to look back the way I walked past every day I have paid my all.
Heros come and go but legends are forever.
I know I played like crap but you don't know me in order to let oneself have less like shit how much effort.
If you love a thing you will overcome all difficulties.
Eight hours of training pain is only the body but if the loss you pain is the heart.
Everything negative — pressure challenges — is all an opportunity for me to rise.
The last time I was intimidated was when I was 6 years old in karate class.
Losing is losing there aren't different degrees of losing. You either win a championship or you're s---. It's very black & white to me.
The moment you give up is the moment you let someone else win.
The important thing is that your teammates have to know you're pulling for them and you really want them to be successful.
I'll do whatever it takes to win games whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel handing a cup of water to a teammate or hitting the game-winning shot.