"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."

-- Kobe Bryant

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“Spring with its wavin' green grass and heaps of sweet-smellin' flowers on every hill and in every dale.”
“I have a really terrible sense of direction.”
“There is more power in the open hand than in the clenched fist.”

Source : "The International Chemical Worker", Vol. 13-15, p. 192, 1953.
“We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have a goal. My goal is to live my life in such a way that when I die, someone can say, she cared.”
“People will try to label you not good enough, too slow, too old, too many mistakes. You can't stop negative comments or prevent negative labels, but you can choose to not let them hold you back.”
“I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains from star to star, and I dance.”
“To become a lifelong reader, one has to do a lot of varied and interesting reading.”
“All these people talking about morality should just take a walk downtown. They don't want to go downtown because instantly they see homeless people and they don't want to.”

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