"There is power in understanding the journey..." - Quote by Kobe Bryant

“Friends come and go but banners hang forever.”

“Basketball is my refuge, my sanctuary. I go back to being a kid on the playground. When I get here, it's all good.”

“I felt like when we came back from the All-Star break we needed everybody to feel like they were part of the team, ... I'm just trying to do whatever the team needs at any given time.”

“I shall adopt new views as fast as they shall appear to be true views.”

“Certain books seem to be written, not that we might learn from them, but in order that we might see how much the author knows.”

“Hold on to the ancient Way to master the present, and to learn the distant beginning.”

“You will have bad times, but they will always wake you up to the stuff you weren't paying attention to.”

“You learn lessons. A lot of them the hard way.”

“The scholar was not raised by the sacred thoughts amongst which he dwelt, but used them to selfish ends. He was a profane person,and became a showman, turning his gifts to marketable use, and not to his own sustenance and growth. It was found that the intellect could be independently developed, that is, in separation from the man, as any single organ can be invigorated, and the result was monstrous.”