Koolaid_Man
12-03-2014, 07:32 AM
:toast My dude...
"The idea of me having no patience is misunderstood," Bryant told Yahoo Sports on Tuesday night. "I don't have patience when we're not putting the work in, if I see that we're not doing our job as professionals. If that's happening, I'll let my team know about it. But this is not that kind of group. We work. These guys want to get better every day. They're there early working, they're there late working.
"This organization put forth a lot of effort to try and land some of these top free agents. They went for it. I respect that. I appreciate that.
"Now it's time for me to go out there and do my job – not whine or complain about it."
"Facts are, 'Melo stayed in New York, partly because it was a great financial decision," Bryant told Yahoo. "LeBron going home speaks for itself.
"What the hell do you want me to do?"
Bryant shrugged and smiled. "Helps the click-thrus, though."
"I've been very lucky," Bryant told Yahoo. "There's not too many organizations that come around like the Lakers. There aren't owners that come around like Jerry Buss. Now, Jim and Jeanie. They're really committed to this. They're really hungry for this.
"I could've easily been stuck with an organization somewhere that doesn't have great management, doesn't have a great owner – that only cares about the bottom line. Who knows the situation that I'd be in? "That's luck."
"The process of how I got here moves me," Bryant told Yahoo. "Never the accolades. It's the years that I've put in, the work. That's the thing now for me: the work. Every year I play, it's about winning championships. That's what I'm supposed to do. What else am I supposed to do? Not about this guy has that, that guy has that. …This is my job."
When asked about a season where reality is that there will be no championship, no playoffs, no winning record, Bryant stops the question short: "Then I'm working toward it: a lot of teaching, a lot of talking, a lot of helping. Because that time will come again. And when it comes, my guys will have to be ready."
Note: he had the flu when he played Detriot...I didn't know that...it explains the 10 TO's. tbh
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/kobe-bryant-chases-only-a-brighter-future-with-the-lakers-094358365.html
"The idea of me having no patience is misunderstood," Bryant told Yahoo Sports on Tuesday night. "I don't have patience when we're not putting the work in, if I see that we're not doing our job as professionals. If that's happening, I'll let my team know about it. But this is not that kind of group. We work. These guys want to get better every day. They're there early working, they're there late working.
"This organization put forth a lot of effort to try and land some of these top free agents. They went for it. I respect that. I appreciate that.
"Now it's time for me to go out there and do my job – not whine or complain about it."
"Facts are, 'Melo stayed in New York, partly because it was a great financial decision," Bryant told Yahoo. "LeBron going home speaks for itself.
"What the hell do you want me to do?"
Bryant shrugged and smiled. "Helps the click-thrus, though."
"I've been very lucky," Bryant told Yahoo. "There's not too many organizations that come around like the Lakers. There aren't owners that come around like Jerry Buss. Now, Jim and Jeanie. They're really committed to this. They're really hungry for this.
"I could've easily been stuck with an organization somewhere that doesn't have great management, doesn't have a great owner – that only cares about the bottom line. Who knows the situation that I'd be in? "That's luck."
"The process of how I got here moves me," Bryant told Yahoo. "Never the accolades. It's the years that I've put in, the work. That's the thing now for me: the work. Every year I play, it's about winning championships. That's what I'm supposed to do. What else am I supposed to do? Not about this guy has that, that guy has that. …This is my job."
When asked about a season where reality is that there will be no championship, no playoffs, no winning record, Bryant stops the question short: "Then I'm working toward it: a lot of teaching, a lot of talking, a lot of helping. Because that time will come again. And when it comes, my guys will have to be ready."
Note: he had the flu when he played Detriot...I didn't know that...it explains the 10 TO's. tbh
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/kobe-bryant-chases-only-a-brighter-future-with-the-lakers-094358365.html