I’ve known for a long time they’re a bunch of idiots… I tend to use things as motivation that tend to be in the realm of reality. (Quoted after ESPN ranked Kobe Bryant the 40th-best...

Hi, I’m Kobe Bryant. And I have decided to take my talent to, uh… I have decided to skip college and take my talent to the NBA.

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

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....