Everything has been such a whirlwind ever since I stepped foot in the league and everything has been like a dream, so I'm just blessed to be in this position.
I've heard a few times, in three or four years, this league is going to be yours. I don't like that. Because I think I'm established now.
I would describe my style as off the wall. I like stuff that doesn't match. I just like to stand out.
I learned how to pass when I was real young. That's one thing I always knew how to do was find the open man.
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.
I grew up in Oregon, where as a teenager I worked with my grandfather Axel on his i shing boat at the mouth of the Columbia River.
The Marine Corps taught me how to kill, but it didn't teach me how to deal with killing.
War is society's dirty work, usually done by kids cleaning up some failure on the part of the adults.
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.
