Every memory I had growing up was involving a basketball. I didn't go to the prom and stuff like that. It was always basketball for me.
The last couple of practices, all we've been doing is a lot of defensive things. We've been going over some drills that make all of us have to communicate.
So you're dealing with a coach, and you're dealing with a guy who's actually experienced NBA basketball from a player's perspective and actually goes about it that way.
I don't talk to media or anyone before games. I just put my headphones on, turn up some hip-hop, and get in the zone.
I eat about 4,500 calories every day, but I eat only nutritious, organic foods, and I don't eat added sugars.
When he's healthy, Zach Randolph for the Memphis Grizzlies has always been somebody that has always been very tough to play against.
I can do something physically the other guy can't. I know the other guy has not dedicated himself the way I did.
Misery loves company. This is a Hollywood soap opera, and I'm not going to be a star in another Bryant soap opera.
They changed the floor back to old school. They changed the uniform back to old school. Somebody tell the damn players to start playing like old school.
To catch the ball, face up, look at all of my options and then pass. I was playing hot potato. I didn't want to be the guy to stall the triangle.
Some people might not like him because he's my son. But be respectful, go out there and enjoy the game.
If I got something to say or do to a man, I'm going to look that man in the eye and tell him what is going to happen. That's just me now.
A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.
I don't know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody - somewhere - was practicing more than me.
The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me.
There is a lot of pressure put on me, but I don't put a lot of pressure on myself. I feel if I play my game, it will take care of itself.
As a professional athlete a lot is going to be said about you - but I just try to move forward and try to achieve my goals.
I mean, when you grow up in the inner city and you grow up in a single-parent household, that's - those are humbling times, you know?
When I watch kids play basketball, they don't know how to think the game. They know what it should look like, but they don't know why.
Over there, Kevin McHale, I feel like I'm talking to someone I know. It's just a total different atmosphere.
I'm still going to have to go out and score, but defensively hopefully I can make them a little bit better.
