Kobe Bryant on Growth Quotes

"I'm not afraid of anyone. I'm afraid of not being the best I can be."

"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."

"You have to be willing to face the fear of being misunderstood."

"If you're not failing, you're not pushing yourself hard enough."

"Don't let the fear of the end stop you from enjoying the journey."

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

"When you fail, you don't look at the result. You look at the process and you fix the process."

"I want to see if I can. I don't know if I can. I want to find out."

"There's no such thing as failure if you're constantly growing."

"I'm reflective only in the sense that I learn to move forward. I reflect with a purpose."

"I've always been afraid of being still. Movement is where I find my peace."

"Failure doesn't exist. It's just a way to learn."

"Trust me, setting things up right from the beginning will avoid a ton of tears and heartache."

"You can't let failure define you; you have to let it refine you."

"Don't be afraid to be yourself. That's the scariest thing you can do, but it's also the most rewarding."

"Failure is the best teacher you'll ever have."

"The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do."

"I wasn't scared of missing, looking bad, or being embarrassed. That's because I always kept the end result, the long game, in my mind."

"The dream is not the destination, it's the journey. That is the dream."

"When you have a failure, you have to look at it and say, 'Why did that happen?'"

"Every failure is a puzzle piece for your ultimate success."

"Use your success, wealth and influence to put them in the best position to realize their own dreams and find their true purpose."

"I studied the greats. I saw how they took care of their bodies and I tried to do it better."

"I leaned into the discomfort. I wanted to feel the burn because I knew that's where the growth was."

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

"You have to embrace the fear of the moment. That's where the growth happens."

"If I fail today, I'm going to learn from it and be better tomorrow."

"It’s a constant quest to try to be better today than you were yesterday."

"The beauty of failure is that it shows you exactly where you need to improve."

"Failure is not the opposite of success; it's part of success."

"You have to be able to accept failure to get better."

"The process is the prize. You have to love the grind."

"Failure is just another word for information."