Lakers star says he’s ‘hungrier’ for a championship than he was in 2000, when he won his first. But team is 13 wins away, and getting even one in Denver won’t be easy.
L.A. Times: It would also mean another step for Bryant in his escalating quest to win a fourth championship. The 10-time All-Star continued to express his feelings in big-picture terms, following up some positive thoughts earlier this week with the revelation that he was “hungrier” for a championship now than he was as a fresh-faced 21-year-old in 2000.
“The first one I was so young, plus I was sharing that pressure with somebody else,” Bryant said, referring to Shaquille O’Neal. “Me and Diesel both had the pressure on us to kind of get it done, he more so than I. Now the pressure’s squarely on my shoulders to try and bring another championship here. It’s something that I accept. I think I’m a little hungrier now than I was the first time.”
Can he handle the hunger?
“It comes with the territory. You can’t be Superman and not deal with the pressure of dropping somebody when you go to rescue them,” Bryant said.
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kobe is the best all around player, best passer in th league, one of th best shootersin the league, best defensive player and the best drive the lane player
Good quote from AI in game 2…
“The way he was going we could have put 10 people on the court and it probably wouldn’t have been able to stop him,” Allen Iverson said.
How selfish is this quote???
the onus is squarely on Kobe.
Whatever. It was squarely on his shoulders 3 years running and he dropped it in the 1st round twice.
Easily the most selfish {Profanity isn't allowed on theLakersNation.com -- Please go back and edit your comment. Thank you.} I’ve ever heard out of his mouth.
Its not selfish. Its REALITY. Its all on his shoulders. It was never on his shoulders before for the most part because he was “going into battles with butter knives”. Past years we were never close to being title contenders. He complained and got exactly what he wanted now, a fully loaded gun to go into battle. Hes got the team and were favored to come out west, obviously you win and lose as a team, but the pressure is on him take this team all the way.
He’s a Man,taking a Man’s responsibility but He’s been doin’ this HE BECAME A LAKER!Would the Lakers have won those 3 championship in a row without him?
POPOFF,KOBE.com,was Mark Jackson right when he said when Kobe retires he’ll be the BEST EVER?!?
WHAT?????
TELL IT LIKE IT IS…NO MO BUTTA KNIVES…GOT GUNS NOW…WITH BULLETS!!!!!
Getting one game in Denver is not gonna be easy? Well, I guess it was easier then we all thought.
GO FOR IT KOBE…WE GOT YO BACK…ITS TIME TO BRING THE CHAMPIONSHIP BACK TO LOS ANGELES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE BELIEVE IN YOU AND THIS TEAM TO GET IT DONE….AND LIKE YOU SAID IF WE DONT DO IT THIS YEAR, WE CERTAINLY HAVE SOMETHING TO BUILD ON!!!!
AND IM ALSO PROUD OF KB24 AND FISHER WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS TEAM AND PROUD OF THE WORK OUR YOUNG TEAM HAS PUT IN!!!!!!
Good point to give some credit to Fish. I just heard Spero on the radio this morning say Fish has done a great job in leading the team along with kobe. Spero said Fish has helped keep kobe in check when kobe goes too much one on one. He is the one on the team in which kobe will listen to and truly respects.