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„Чем я похож на Джордана? Он – лысый, а у меня модная прическа. Ему практически 50, мне – 32. Позвольте мне быть самим собой.“

„Классные штуки получаются из тяжелой работы и упорства. Без исключений.“

„Я никогда не пытался никому ничего доказывать. Я хотел что-то доказать себе.“

„В школе я любил играть на позиции центрового. Никто не запрещал мне быть Шакилом.“

„Ты терпи, терпи.“

„Если боишься проигрыша, скорее всего проиграешь.“

“Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.”

“If you see me in a fight with a bear, pray for the bear.”

“If you're afraid to fail, then you're probably going to fail.”

“It's not about the number of hours you practice, it's about the number of hours your mind is present during the practice.”

“When you love something, you'll always come back to it. You'll always keep asking questions, and finding answers.”

“You have to be true to who you are.”

“You just stay patient, that's all.”

“Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.”

“If you want to make history, you have to do historic things.”

“I can't relate to lazy people. We don't speak the same language. I don't understand you. I don't want to understand you.”

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

“When you have empathy toward your opponents, it helps you destroy them quicker. Because you understand exactly who they are. You understand what buttons to push. You understand if they're insecure, if they fear embarrassment. And you can really hit those buttons to strike a nerve.”

“You always have to be on edge. You always have to take every practice, every game, like it is your last.”

“I never tried to prove anything to someone else. I wanted to prove something to myself.”

“Once you know what it is in life that you want to do, then the world basically becomes your library. Everything you view, you can view from that perspective, which makes everything a learning asset for you.”

“Listen to how everyone is talking about you. You have to use it as fuel for motivation.”

“I'm reflective only in the sense that I learn to move forward. I reflect with a purpose.”

“I can’t believe how fast 20 years went by. I mean, this is crazy… To be standing here, standing on the court with my teammates behind me, and appreciate this journey that we’ve been along… I grew up a die heart—I mean it—a die heart Laker fan. Die heart. I mean, I knew everything about every players’ that had played here. So, to be drafted, and then traded to this organization, and to spend 20 years here, I mean, you can’t write something better than this… The thing that had me crackin’ me up all night long was, in fact, I go though 20 years of everybody screaming, ‘pass the ball!’ and I was like, ‘No passing!’ (laugh)… (I also have to thank) my family: my wife, Vanessa, my daughters, Natalia and Gianna. Thank you guys for your sacrifice… What can I say? Mamba Out!”

“Love me or hate me, it's one or the other. Always has been. Hate my game, my swagger. Hate my fadeaway, my hunger. Hate that I'm a veteran. A champion. Hate that. Hate it with all your heart. And hate that I'm loved, for the exact same reasons.”

“The most important thing, the thing that unites all of us, is that we can INSPIRE and CHALLENGE one another TO BE BETTER.”

“I've known for a long time that they're a bunch of idiots.”

“I don't set out to make a really hot shoe, I set out to make a product that is true to where I am.”

“Can I jump over two or three guys like I used to? No. Am I as fast as I used to be? No, but I still have the fundamentals and smarts. That's what enables me to still be a dominant player. As a kid growing up, I never skipped steps. I always worked on fundamentals because I know athleticism is fleeting.”

“Each moment of my life I was dreaming of how great I could be, and continued working hard. Each time I closed my eyes I could see me shining bright like a sun.”

“There is power in understanding the journey of others to help create your own.”

“Everybody shut up. Let us work.”

“These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess.”

“I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success.”

“You can't be held captive by the fear of failure or the fear of what people may say.”