Kobe Bryant Quotes

The professional must learn to be moved and touched emotionally, yet at the same time stand back objectively: I've seen a lot of damage done by tea and sympathy.

I make money using my brains and lose money listening to my heart. But in the long run my books balance pretty well.

A C.E.O.'s job is leadership, problem solving, and team building. I've done that my whole career.

What I have found is that, in a family business structure, sometimes what is needed is a sense of discipline rather than creativity. You have to take everyone's ideas and make it work. When you are dealing with money, there is a limitation on how creative you can be.

My business issues are just that - business - and I deal with them like they are business.

As a leader, you don't get too high on the highs or let the bumps balance down. Every leader over time has probably equal amount of good luck or bad luck - or, you could argue, has good opportunities or challenges.

I'm a basketball guy. No sitcom guy. I don't care about all that jazz. I care about basketball. It's not me. And I stayed with what I did, and I'm very proud that I did that because I make a great living and I'm lucky and I get to be involved with the thing I truly love, and that's the game of basketball.

I don't want to lose the feeling I have for players, but the pro system almost causes you to be cold and insensitive, when you have to release players yearly.

Being a point guard in this league, you have to balance out people - the emotions and stuff like that.

There needs to be understanding that anger never helps to solve a problem. It destroys our peace of mind and blinds our ability to think clearly. Anger and attachment are emotions that distort our view of reality.

Basketball was always a game to me. One of the greatest things in life for me was to be able to play what I loved dearly and get paid for it. So it was always a game to me and that's how I perceived everything.

You can work well with people that you may not get on well with in life because it's a parallel realism.

When you are in love you are not wise; or, when you are wise you are not in love.

Letting go does not mean not caring about things. It means caring about them in a flexible and wise way.

Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.

Anger warms the invention, but overheats the oven.

I'm British. I don't really have access to my emotions on a daily basis.

Never let your emotions overrule your head.

It is easy to be wise on behalf of others than to be so for ourselves.

Get your education. The number of guys who are blessed to be in the league is so small compared to the number of high school players [who want to play in the league]. But one thing you can do is get your college education. If you are blessed enough to get a scholarship to play college basketball, make sure you get your college degree, too, then move on from there.

Some people tell me that we professional players are soccer slaves. Well, if this is slavery, give me a life sentence.

I let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn't trying to prove I'm boss. I know I'm boss.

If every decision would reflect our feelings as well as our reason, the world would be a better place to live.

Brisk Confidence still best with woman copes: Pique her and soothe in turn-soon Passion crowns thy hopes.

We should think seriously before we slam doors, before we burn bridges, before we saw off the limb on which we find ourselves sitting.