"The people who truly know me know..." - Quote by Kobe Bryant

“I'm just so excited. We all are. We've been waiting for this [the gold medal] for years now and it's finally here. This meant so much. It just felt so good.”

“If you make it, great. If you miss it - what's there to be afraid of?”

“There's a choice that we have to make as people, as individuals. If you want to be great at something, there's a choice you have to make. We all can be masters at our craft, but you have to make a choice. What I mean by that is, there are inherent sacrifices that come along with that. Family time, hanging out with friends, being a great friend, being a great son, nephew, whatever the case may be. There are sacrifices that come along with making that decision.”

“Do not take the agenda that someone else has mapped out for your life.”

“The one thing I know, everyone respects the true person and everyone's not true with themselves.”

“Treat your friends for what you know them to be. Regard no surfaces. Consider not what they did, but what they intended.”

“When you have more respect for yourself and put yourself in a position where you feel your sense of value or worth, that's how you know you're on the right path.”

“Now, you integration-minded Negroes are trying to force yourselves on your former slave master, trying to make him accept you in his drawing room; you want to hang out with his women rather than the women of your own kind.”

“If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.”