My brain... it cannot process failure. I... by Kobe Bryant

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My brain... it cannot process failure. It will not process failure. Because if I sit there and have to face myself and tell myself, ‘You’re a failure’. I think that’s almost worse than death.

- Kobe Bryant

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The process of it drives me to come back. I want to see if I can. I don’t know if I can. I want to find out. I want to see. I’m going to do what I always do: I’m going to break it down to its smallest form, smallest detail, and go after it. Day by day, one day at a time.

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