I don't have to hear that criticism, that idotic criticism anymore.
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's almost worse than death.
I like playing for the purple and gold. This is where I want to finish up.
I wouldn't say I'm a ball hog. I'm a shooter.
I draw from the crowd a lot.
It doesn't matter to me what place I get traded to. If I was traded someplace - I'd play anywhere.
Horrible, terrible AAU basketball. It's stupid. It doesn't teach our kids how to play the game at all so you wind up having players that are big and they bring it up and they do all this fancy crap and they don't know how to post. They don't know the fundamentals of the game. It's stupid.
I wouldn’t say I’m a ball hog. I’m a shooter. I don’t necessarily hog the ball, but I put them up though. I definitely much rather shoot it than pass it. That’s just how I am.
You have to go with things that you understand. Businesses that you know.
This is an award I couldn't have won on my own. I can't thank these guys enough. These are my guys, these are my brothers.
I'm going to be the Will Smith of the NBA.
I had some shots that I felt like I should've made; I just didn't make them. I'm not going to shoot the ball great every night.
You just try to take it one day at a time, ... You step on the basketball floor and just play. It's fun. I'm comfortable with it.
If I panic, everyone else panics.
I was just letting the shots fly. You know, I don't leave any bullets in the chamber.
I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.
The only thing I'm afraid of is bees. I don't like bees. I'm allergic to them.
It's hard for me to grasp the concept of somebody being nervous when I'm talking to them.
I was shooting 45 times a game. What was I supposed to do? Pass it into Chris Mihm & Kwame Brown?
I write all day and outline stories, a sports mythological universe.
Nobody in the world can guard me one-on-one.
Everybody wants to talk about NBA players being selfish and arrogant and individuals. But what you saw today was a team bonding and facing adversity and coming out with a big win.
You have to be able to separate business from the love of the game. There were a lot of decisions made business-wise that I wasn't happy with, and I took a lot of blame over the years. But you have to be able to separate that from the love you have for the game.
The thing that's most enjoyable to me is not actually beating someone [in the game]. It's the process of coming up with the blueprint of beating that I enjoy. That's a huge flip, so for me I enjoy building. I enjoy coming up.
I've been watching Messi for some time now, and his ability to decide games and keep possession of the ball is amazing.
