Kobe Bryant on Work Quotes

"Mamba mentality is all about focusing on the process and trusting in the hard work when it matters most."

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

"Leadership is lonely. I'm not going to be afraid of confrontation to get us to where we need to go."

"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."

"You have to work hard in the dark to shine in the light."

"I worked so hard and so much that my imagination became my reality."

"Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses."

"I focus on one thing and one thing only—that is trying to win as many championships as I can."

"Dedication sees dreams come true."

"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."

"My brain, it cannot process failure. It will not process failure. Because if I sit there and have to face myself and tell myself, 'You're a failure' ... I think that is almost worse than death."

"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."

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

"The secret to my success is I never stopped working."

"The moment you give up, is the moment you let someone else win."

"I’m chasing perfection."

"The process is the reward."

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

"If you don't believe in yourself, no one will do it for you."

"I realized that intimidation didn't really exist if you're in the right frame of mind."

"Haters are a good problem to have. Nobody hates the good ones. They hate the great ones."

"Winning takes precedence over all. There's no gray area. No almosts."

"When you have a choice and a say in what you do, you want to make the right one. After all, you’re the one who has to live with it."

"If you're afraid to fail, then you're probably going to fail."

"Rest at the end, not in the middle."

"Greatness is not something that lives and dies with one person."

"The last time I was intimidated was when I was 6 years old in karate class. I realized the guy was a black belt and I was a white belt and I was terrified. Then I realized he wasn't any better than me, he just had a different colored belt."

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

"If you want to be great at something, there’s a choice you have to make. We can all be masters at our craft, but you have to make a choice."

"Be willing to sacrifice anything, but compromise nothing in your quest to be your best."

"Hard work outweighs talent—every time."

"We all have self-doubt. You don't deny it, but you also don't capitulate to it. You embrace it."

"Once you know what failure feels like, determination chases success."