Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant

23-Aug-1978


United States


Athlete

Former pro basketball player Kobe Bryant has won five NBA titles with the Los Angeles Lakers while establishing himself one of the greatest perfume of all time. He died tragically in a helicopter crash on January 26, 2020. Kobe Bryant spent his teenage years in Italy and joined the NBA directly in high school. In 1984, after finishing his NBA career, the elder Bryant traveled with the family to Italy, where he played in the Italian League. Growing up in Italy with two older sisters of the sport, Shaya and Sharia, Bryant was a passionate player of basketball and soccer. When the family returned to Philadelphia in 1991, Bryant joined the Lower Merion High School basketball team, leading the state tournament for four consecutive years. With eyes on the NBA, he started working with the 76ers. Outstanding player, Bryant won five NBA championships and the 2008 MVP Awards with the Los Angeles Lakers. Although the back seasons suffered injuries, he jumped Michael Jordan to third place in the NBA's all-time list of players in December 2014 and retired in 2016 after scoring 60 points in his last game. In 2018, Bryant received the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for Basketball. On January 26, 2020, he was in a helicopter crash that killed Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gigi and seven others.

QUOTES BY Kobe Bryant


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.

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.

I'm not the most patient of people.

If I panic, everyone else panics.

I love going one-on-one with someone. That's what I do. I've never lost. It's a whole different game, just to have them right in front of you and be able to do whatever you want.

I've got four dogs, and I just don't do dog doo. I'm a diva when it comes to that.

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.

I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.

My parents are my backbone. Still are. They're the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.

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