Kobe Bryant Quotes

I'm used to being the main goal scorer, but I also always like to help.

My main goal is to help the team as much as possible anyway I can. If they need me to shoot the three, I'll shoot the three. If they need me to run the floor and block shots, I'll do that also.

I'm just an all-around player that does whatever my team needs.

I'm doing whatever my team needs me to be. Whether it's play hard, screen-and-rolling, ducking in, whatever the team needs me to do to be successful, that's all that I care about.

If you're a better scorer than me, I'll put you down on the block; you score. I don't care. I can do other things.

I'll play wherever I can help the team.

It's important what you can do for your team. Even if you score 30-40, if it contributes to team's victory, then it is always memorable.

Whatever the team needs me to do to help us succeed, that's what I'm about.

It's never been about my own runs. If I can score as many as possible to get us into a position to win, then I'll be a very happy man.

I just want to go out there and just be that player that my team needs me to be, whatever they need me to do.

There's been a lot of talk of me being a one-man show but that's simply not the case. We win games when I score 40 points and we've won when I score 10.

I'm actually one who will encourage directors to cut my lines.

Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates.

I may see a way I want to do something, and I understand when you have a team, everybody can't do their own thing. I'm willing to put my own agenda aside to do what's best for the team.

Right now, you hear about teamwork, and it's defined as 50-50, and that is a falsehood. There's no such thing as 50-50. You know, you do whatever you have to do as part of the team.

I probably do better when I'm in charge. But it's good to be able to be a part of something and be a supporter and help make a project work.

I knew that to be successful, I had to be more than a scorer. I had to become a leader. It's not about scoring. It's about doing what my team needs me to do.

I don't go out there to score goals, as I am just as happy if I provide an assist for a teammate.

As long as I can help the team achieve its objective, then I am happy playing anywhere upfront.

It's never been about me... It's a team sport. It's basketball. It's not how good you are, it's how good your team is.

You move around at Fox depending on where they need you. That's what team players do. You pitch in. You know, you make it work.

I've worked on my game to the point where anything they've asked of me, I try to come through and do it for them, whether that's defending, making plays, being a decoy, or knocking down shots and being a scorer.

It's a beautiful thing when you serve the team.

I don't mind about my own stats, goals or assists.

I want to be a guy who helps the team a lot of different ways.