![]() What I mean by that is, there are inherent sacrifices that come along with that. “We all can be masters at our craft, but you have to make a choice. You don’t deny it, but you also don’t capitulate to it. I just want to chill.’ We all have self-doubt. I have nights when I show up at the arena and I’m like, ‘My back hurts, my feet hurt, my knees hurt. Because if I have to sit there and face myself and tell myself, ‘You’re a failure,’ I think that is worse, that is almost worse than death.” “When we are saying this cannot be accomplished, this cannot be done, then we are short-changing ourselves. After all, greatness is not for everybody.” They have other concerns, whether important or not, and they spread themselves out. “A lot of people say they want to be great, but they’re not willing to make the sacrifices necessary to achieve greatness. I do think that it’s important, in all endeavors, to have that mentality.” ![]() “The mindset isn’t about seeking a result-it’s more about the process of getting to that result. “I’ll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it’s sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.” “You have to work hard in the dark to shine in the light.” “Everything negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.” “The strength to make it becomes greater than the fear of missing it.” Share these with your children, and enjoy. Taken from interviews over the years and his book “The Mamba Mentality”, his words remind us of his dedication to hard work, his unyielding quest for greatness, his desire to inspire others to achieve, and why this loss is so profound. ![]() For today’s Thoughtful Thursday, rather than presenting more poetry to soothe our collective pain, we offer inspirational quotes from the man himself. We are still reeling from the tragic loss of basketball great Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gigi, and seven other passengers on that helicopter flight. ![]()
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