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Welcome to a special edition of LAKERS TWEETBAG, where instead of post-game tweets, we have some post-interview tweets from NBA TV's interview of Kobe Bryant.
Enjoy.
Kobe was asked if he and Shaq were friends: "No." Why couldn't you co exist? "I'm obsessive and believe you need to work night and day."
— Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina) February 17, 201
Kobe asked to describe himself says (1/2:) "I'm just like everybody else. I'm outgoing sometimes. I'm private in others...
— Serena Winters (@SerenaWinters) February 17, 2015
Kobe continuing (2/2): "I'm talkative in some situations. I'm quiet in some situations. I'm arrogant sometimes."
— Serena Winters (@SerenaWinters) February 17, 2015
"Even then, you could still play with one hand"- Kobe on retirement if his arm fell off
— Silver Screen & Roll (@LakersSBN) February 17, 2015
"When I play I am arrogant. That's what I do, not who I am" -Kobe on fans who don't like his "arrogance"
— Silver Screen & Roll (@LakersSBN) February 17, 2015
Kobe: "Leadership is lonely, it is. If you're going to be a leader you're not going to please everybody." (on @NBATV)
— Serena Winters (@SerenaWinters) February 17, 2015
"Their expectations will never be higher than my own. Never never never never" - Kobe on fan expectations
— Silver Screen & Roll (@LakersSBN) February 17, 2015
"There is no perspective... No real sense of reality"- Kobe on his mindset when he was younger RE: winning titles
— Silver Screen & Roll (@LakersSBN) February 17, 2015
"I should have 7 [titles]"- Kobe on how he views his Finals appearances
— Silver Screen & Roll (@LakersSBN) February 17, 2015
"The Celtics... that still pisses me off"- Kobe on his worst Finals loss
— Silver Screen & Roll (@LakersSBN) February 17, 2015
"I wanted to win here in Boston and rub it in their face... that damn one eats at me" - Kobe on the 2008 Finals
— Silver Screen & Roll (@LakersSBN) February 17, 2015
Kobe on importance of winning w/o Shaq: "I wasn't some sidekick. It's kind of insulting to me for people to think I couldn't be that dude."
— Serena Winters (@SerenaWinters) February 17, 2015
"The details" such as the sound of the net when the ball goes through -Kobe on his favorite part of basketball
— Silver Screen & Roll (@LakersSBN) February 17, 2015
"It takes a lot of time... to be social. That's time I just wasn't willing to give" - Kobe on his relationship with fans
— Silver Screen & Roll (@LakersSBN) February 17, 2015
"They've seen me grow up from a 17 year old kid to a 36 year old man"- Kobe on Lakers fans
— Silver Screen & Roll (@LakersSBN) February 17, 2015
"I'm arrogant sometimes" - Kobe
— Eric Pincus (@EricPincus) February 17, 2015
Kobe said Shaq "wanted to do it a different way. There was constant challenge to get that done...you don't work you don't get the ball."
— Serena Winters (@SerenaWinters) February 17, 2015
"Just like everybody else. Outgoing sometimes. Private in others"- Kobe on who is Kobe Bryant
— Silver Screen & Roll (@LakersSBN) February 17, 2015
"I'm going to tell you you have something in your teeth... so you don't look like an idiot" -Kobe's metaphor to describe his leadership
— Silver Screen & Roll (@LakersSBN) February 17, 2015
"If you are going to be a leader, you are not going to please everybody, you have to hold people accountable"- Kobe on leadership
— Silver Screen & Roll (@LakersSBN) February 17, 2015
"You want them to be the best version of themselves..." - More Kobe on leadership/teammates
— Silver Screen & Roll (@LakersSBN) February 17, 2015
Great clip of Kobe telling Sasha "get your hands off of me." Kobe gives him light elbow and says "don't touch me the rest of the scrimmage."
— Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina) February 17, 2015
"That is the biggest challenge"- Kobe on leadership/bringing teammates along with him
— Silver Screen & Roll (@LakersSBN) February 17, 2015
Kobe says Phil Jackson taught him an approach that "separated [him] from the pack:" "how to quiet your ego, play effortless basketball"
— Serena Winters (@SerenaWinters) February 17, 2015
Kobe Bryant: "(Russell) Westbrook plays mean, like I did, with an aggression, much the way I played." (on @NBATV)
— Serena Winters (@SerenaWinters) February 17, 2015
Kobe called it "insulting" on commentary that he couldn't win an NBA title w/out Shaq
— Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina) February 17, 2015
"Oh yeah"- Kobe on whether it was more important to win one without Shaq.
— Silver Screen & Roll (@LakersSBN) February 17, 2015
"It's like an eruption of emotion.... whatever energy you have left comes out in that moment" - Kobe on his game winner over PHX in playoffs
— Silver Screen & Roll (@LakersSBN) February 17, 2015
Kobe's goals at a young age: "Ya, it was really simple for me at the time - win as many championships as possible, that was it." (on @NBATV)
— Serena Winters (@SerenaWinters) February 17, 2015
Kobe said he was willing to pass Shaq the ball inside IF he worked to get open.
— Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina) February 17, 2015
Fair enough RT @TheLakeShowLife: Kobe Bryant, when asked if he and Shaq were friends when they played together: "No." #AlrightyThen
— Silver Screen & Roll (@LakersSBN) February 17, 2015
Kobe recalls calling Tex Winter in 1999 and talked to him for an hour, wanting to pick his brain.
— Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina) February 17, 2015
"I learned the spirituality, the mindfulness that comes with the game... " 1/2
— Silver Screen & Roll (@LakersSBN) February 17, 2015
"that approach to the game was something that I felt seperated us from the pack..." -Kobe on Phil 2/2
— Silver Screen & Roll (@LakersSBN) February 17, 2015
"When he came here, everything changed for me"- Kobe on Phil Jackson
— Silver Screen & Roll (@LakersSBN) February 17, 2015
Kobe loves to bring up his rings when trash talking. Didn't work w/ MJ back in the day. MJ: "You only got three. I got six."
— Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina) February 17, 2015
"Just because I don't have the physical ability I had back then, doesn't mean I can't still be a dominant player" - Kobe
— Silver Screen & Roll (@LakersSBN) February 17, 2015
Michael Jordan just told Kobe that "he would tag him in the ribs". In the All-Star Game
— Silver Screen & Roll (@LakersSBN) February 17, 2015
Kobe Bryant on his goals coming into the NBA: "Win as many championships as possible. That's it." #MambaMentality
— Lake Show Life (@TheLakeShowLife) February 17, 2015
"His technique was flawless. I wanted my technique to be just as flawless" -Kobe on playing against MJ in his first All-Star Game
— Silver Screen & Roll (@LakersSBN) February 17, 2015
Gladiator RT @EricPincus: Kobe Bryant said his shoulder injury has been around for some time - just finally diagnosed via NBATV inteview
— Silver Screen & Roll (@LakersSBN) February 17, 2015
"That's a hell of an afro" -Kobe looking at a picture of young Kobe
— Silver Screen & Roll (@LakersSBN) February 17, 2015
Did you like "The Interview?" What was your favorite part/quote/Kobe memory? Let us know in the comments.