Kobe Bryant

I expect excellent work in my office; if the work is average, you don't belong here

I expect excellent work. We all do. So I don't care if you're in the office at 6:00 a.m. and you leave at midnight, if the work that you do is average, then this is not the home for you. Conversely, you cannot be in an office at all and have excellent work, this is the place for you.

If my accomplishments in the next 20 years don't exceed my NBA career, then I failed

I told somebody said listen if what I do in the next 20 years is not better than my last 20 then I failed... I wouldn't accomplish what I accomplished my last 20 years if I did not have this mentality to begin with.

Claiming a bad system or bad teammates ruined your career is just an excuse

That sounds like excuses to me. I mean, you got to figure it out, right? If you really have an obsession to figure it out. You will figure it out, right and every puzzles constructed differently... You just got to figure out Your own puzzles.

Shaq admitted he used to coast through the summer because he knew I was training

When we sat down we did the interview together. He finally He copped to the fact that after we won championships, she's like I can just relax and Coastal with the summer because I know I got a teammate who's going to be training 8 10 hours a day and I was like see that's the BSS yet that would piss and shit.

The 2002 Western Conference Finals were rigged

[The 2002 Western Conference Finals] was rigged. Mr. Official's name Tim Donaghy. We definitely have money on it. Yeah, so that's a fact. Yes. Yes. So from that standpoint, yes, but from the Kings missing 20-something free throws in Game 7... we all know what else to tell you.