We won the basketball championship. How do we know?

When you want to give up, think about what kept you here.

Whoever tries to stop me from collapsing, I'll let him collapse before I collapse.

I don't want to be Jordan's second, I just want to be Kobe.

Even if the world abandons me, there is still basketball with me.

Someone has to win. Why not me?

The second means that you are the number one loser.

I know I beat myself like a piece of shit, but you don't know how hard I tried to make myself less like a piece of shit.

Losing is losing, and there is no different degree of loss. Either you win the championship or you are. It's very black & white to me. If you lose, you lose. There is no "regret". Win the championship or go home empty-handed, that's all.

-Kobe Bryant