<aside> 💬 Kobe Switched to #24 in 2006. Below are 24 Mamba Quotes to Keep You Motivated!

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  1. "May you always remember to enjoy the road, especially when it’s a hard one.”
  1. "I have self-doubt. I have insecurity. I have fear of failure. I have nights when I show up at the arena and I'm like, 'My back hurts, my feet hurt, my knees hurt. I don't have it. I just want to chill.' We all have self-doubt. You don't deny it, but you also don't capitulate to it. You embrace it.”
  1. "I can't relate to lazy people. We don't speak the same language. I don't understand you. I don't want to understand you.”
  1. "There's a big misconception where people thinking winning or success comes from everybody putting their arms around each other and singing kumbaya and patting them on the back when they mess up, and that's just not reality. If you are going to be a leader, you are not going to please everybody. You have to hold people accountable. Even if you have that moment of being uncomfortable.”
  1. "I want to see if I can. I don't know if I can. I want to find out. I want to see. I'm going to do what I always do: I'm going to break it down to its smallest form, smallest detail, and go after it. Day by day, one day at a time.”
  1. "A lot of people say they want to be great, but they’re not willing to make the sacrifices necessary to achieve greatness.”
  1. "Pain doesn’t tell you when you ought to stop. Pain is the little voice in your head that tries to hold you back because it knows if you continue you will change.”
  1. "I saw you come in and I wanted you to know that it doesn’t matter how hard you work, that I’m willing to work harder than you.”
  1. "These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess.”
  1. "Have a good time. Life is too short to get bogged down and be discouraged. You have to keep moving. You have to keep going. Put one foot in front of the other, smile and just keep on rolling."
  1. "I had to organize things. So I created the ‘Black Mamba.’ So Kobe has to deal with these issues, all the personal challenges. The Black Mamba steps on the court and does what he does. I’m destroying everybody that steps on the court."
  1. "Everything negative—pressure, challenges—is all an opportunity for me to rise.”
  1. "Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.”
  1. "The moment you give up, is the moment you let someone else win.”
  1. "The message was that if you want to win championships, you have to let people focus on what they do best while you focus on what you do best. For me, that was rebounding, running the floor, and blocking shots."
  1. "There's nothing truly to be afraid of, when you think about it, because I've failed before, and I woke up the next morning, and I'm OK.”
  1. "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.”
  1. "We all can be masters at our craft, but you have to make a choice. What I mean by that is, there are inherent sacrifices that come along with that. Family time, hanging out with friends, being a great friend, being a great son, nephew, whatever the case may be. There are sacrifices that come along with making that decision.”