I Was An Idiot When I Was

I Grew Up In Front Of These People, And Now They Are Seeing Me As An 'older' Young Man.

People Look At My Competitive Spirit, And They Automatically Attach It To The Thing That's Most Similar, Most Easily Recognizable, Which Is Michael [jordan's] Competitive Spirit. I'm Different. I Enjoy Building. I Enjoy The Process Of Putting The Puzzle Together, And Then The Byproduct Of That, The Consequence Of That, Is Beating Somebody. That Becomes The Cherry On Top, The Icing On The Cake.

I Don't Want To Be The Next Michael Jordan, I Only Want To Be Kobe Bryant.

I Realize Now That There's A Strength In Dunking That I Can Use To My Advantage. When You Dunk All The Time It Isn't As Demoralizing To The Opponent, But When You Dunk At A Key Moment In The Game You Can Use It To Change The Momentum.

Difficulty Is A Nurse Of Greatness-a Harsh Nurse, Who Rocks Her Foster Children Roughly, But Rocks Them In Strength And Athletic Proportion. The Mind, Grappling With Great Aims And Wrestling With Mighty Impediments, Grows By A Certain Necessity To The Stature Of Greatness.