Interview Quotes

Parenting and Childhood

"When you have children, it becomes about them. It's not about you guys anymore, right? And so that shift, it's a big one. You know, it's one of kind of a selfishness together and then to being absolutely selfless and doing anything you can for your kids."

— Kobe Bryant • 00:03:07

"It gives me stability and gives me confidence to say, okay, it's okay to fail because you're going to be loved no matter what. And that doesn't just mean basketball. It means anything in life."

— Kobe Bryant • 00:15:35

Creativity and Storytelling

"I think creativity a lot of time comes from structure. You have those parameters and the structure, then within that you can be creative. But like, if you don't have the structure, you're just aimlessly doing stuff."

— Kobe Bryant • 00:32:00

"You try to shoot the idea down and figure out everything that's wrong with the idea... Same thing with the novels, like characters and plots and stories. Does this make any sense? No. Here's why. And I felt like that really helps me."

— Kobe Bryant • 00:35:48

"Create from truth."

— Kobe Bryant • 00:43:24

Success and Mentorship

"It's a journey of evolution every day. It's just constant improvement, constant curiosity, constantly getting better. The results don't really matter. It's the figuring out that matters."

— Kobe Bryant • 00:20:00

"I think it's important to research [your muses]. And it's like putting fuel in the fire every day... And I think it's important to remember that they are human, just like us. These great things that get accomplished can be accomplished by others."

— Kobe Bryant • 00:40:40

Overcoming Obstacles

"I had to look at it from a long term because I wasn't going to give up on the game... So I had to say, okay, this year, I'm going to get better at that. Next year, this, and so forth and so on. And then patiently, I was able to catch it."

— Kobe Bryant • 00:25:27