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Kobe Bryant's Quotes About Life Revisited On First Anniversary Of His Death
Mamba knows best.
Kobe Bryant's legacy lives on in the year since the basketball icon's untimely death.
As Tuesday marks the anniversary of the tragic helicopter crash that claimed the lives of Bryant, 41, his daughter Gianna, 13, and seven others, the retired Los Angeles Lakers star's words of wisdom continue to transcend time.
"You got to do what you love to do," encouraged Bryant during his final sit-down interview with USA Today — just days before his fatal crash in California on Jan. 26.
"I love telling stories," the five-time NBA champion, endearingly nicknamed Black Mamba, said. "I love inspiring kids or providing them with tools that are going to help them."
Forever in our hearts as No. 24, check out a roster of Mamba's most memorable quotes:
On achieving a tranquil mindIn a 2013 ESPN interview, Bryant was told he seemed different — he seemed calm.
"Because I am. That's just the maturation. That's 17 years of seeing everything the game can dish out. I've seen it all before. There's no need to get too crazy or bent out of shape. There are still challenges every day. But I'm still having fun. I was born to play this game. I still love it."
On work ethic"I can't relate to lazy people," Bryant once said of his work ethic. "We don't speak the same language. I don't understand you. I don't want to understand you."
On the next generation"I remain focused on changing the world in positive ways through diverse stories, characters and leadership in order to inspire the next generation," Bryant said in 2018, after receiving the Academy Award for best animated short "Dear Basketball."
On death"It's an understanding that you can't have life without death, can't have light without the dark, right? So it's an acceptance of that," the pro-baller mused during an interview with The Ringer in 2016.
On friendshipFrom a 2015 profile in GQ: "I have 'like minds.' You know, I've been fortunate to play in Los Angeles, where there are a lot of people like me. Actors. Musicians. Businessmen. Obsessives. People who feel like God put them on earth to do whatever it is that they do. Now, do we have time to build great relationships? Do we have time to build great friendships? No. Do we have time to socialize and to hang out aimlessly? No. Do we want to do that? No. We want to work. I enjoy working."
On perseveranceIn a 2008 interview, he spoke to his positive attitude. "Have a good time. Life is too short to get bogged down and be discouraged. You have to keep moving. You have to keep going. Put one foot in front of the other, smile and just keep on rolling."
On the impossibility of perfectionIn the same GQ profile, Bryant was asked whether the qualities that make him great are also problems.
"Oh, yeah. But the things that make a person average are also problems. The things that make someone not good at anything at all are a problem. If you want to be the greatest of all time at something, there's going to be a negative side to that. If you want to be a high school principal, that's fine, too — but that will also carry negative baggage."
On preparing for surgeryHe captioned a 2017 Instagram post: "Be sad. Be mad. Be frustrated. Scream. Cry. Sulk. When you wake up you will think it was just a nightmare only to realize it's all too real. You will be angry and wish for the day back, the game back THAT play back. But reality gives nothing back and nor should you."
On making sacrifices for a dreamIn Showtime and CBS Sports' 2015 documentary "Kobe Bryant's Muse," he reflected: "We all can be masters at our craft, but you have to make a choice. What I mean by that is, there are inherent sacrifices that come along with that. Family time, hanging out with friends, being a great friend, being a great son, nephew, whatever the case may be. There are sacrifices that come along with making that decision."
On failureIn "Muse," he also said: "When we are saying this cannot be accomplished, this cannot be done, then we are short-changing ourselves. My brain, it cannot process failure. It will not process failure. Because if I have to sit there and face myself and tell myself, 'You're a failure,' I think that is worse, that is almost worse than death."
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100 Best Friendsgiving Quotes And Captions
What would life be without friends? This Thanksgiving season, we bet you're feeling extra thankful for the best friends in your life. Read on for 100 inspiring quotes that'll help remind you not to take your #friendshipgoals for granted. Here are the best Friendsgiving quotes to up your Instagram caption game or write a heartfelt card to a friend.
1. "Friendship...Is born at the moment when one man says to another 'What! You too? I thought that no one but myself...'" — C.S. Lewis
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2. "There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature." — Jane Austen
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3. "True friends are always together in spirit." — L.M. Montgomery
4. "What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies." — Aristotle
5. "Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born." — Anaïs Nin
6. "Close friends are truly life's treasures. Sometimes they know us better than we know ourselves. With gentle honesty, they are there to guide and support us, to share our laughter and our tears. Their presence reminds us that we are never really alone." — Vincent van Gogh
7. "A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you." — Elbert Hubbard
8. "Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together." — Woodrow Wilson
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9. "If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you." — Joan Powers
10. "When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable." — Jess C. Scott
11. "When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares." — Henri Nouwen
12. "A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out." — Walter Winchell
13. "No matter how tired I am, I get dinner at least once a week with my girlfriends. Or have a sleepover. Otherwise my life is just all work." — Jennifer Lawrence
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14. "I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light." — Helen Keller
15. "Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend." — Sarah Dessen
16. "I don't know what I would have done so many times in my life if I hadn't had my girlfriends." — Reese Witherspoon
17. "Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival." — C.S. Lewis
18. "You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes." — A.A. Milne
19. "'Why did you do all this for me?' he asked. 'I don't deserve it. I've never done anything for you.' 'You have been my friend,' replied Charlotte. 'That in itself is a tremendous thing.'" — E.B. White
20. "The language of friendship is not words but meanings." — Henry David Thoreau
21. "I think if I've learned anything about friendship, it's to hang in, stay connected, fight for them, and let them fight for you. Don't walk away, don't be distracted, don't be too busy or tired, don't take them for granted. Friends are part of the glue that holds life and faith together. Powerful stuff." — Jon Katz
22. "Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything." — Muhammad Ali
23. "We come from homes far from perfect, so you end up almost parent and siblings to your friends—your own chosen family. There's nothing like a really loyal, dependable good friend. Nothing." — Jennifer Aniston
24. "It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like 'What about lunch?'" — A.A. Milne
25. "No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow." — Alice Walker
26. "A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails." — Donna Roberts
27. "If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky." — S.E. Hinton
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28. "To have a few amazing friends on this side of eternity, this sometimes grotesque amusement park, is the greatest joy." — Ann Lamott
29. "Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find." — William Shakespeare
30. "Growing apart doesn't change the face that for a long time we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled. I'm glad for that." — Ally Condie
31. "The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart." — Elisabeth Foley
32. "The capacity for friendship is God's way of apologizing for our families." — Jay McInerney
33. "A true friendship is the best possession." — Ben Franklin
34. "The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
35. "'Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected." — Charles Lamb
36. "Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing." — Elie Wiesel
37. "Friendship- my definition- is built on two things. Respect and trust. Both elements have to be there. And it has to be mutual. You can have respect for someone, but if you don't have trust, the friendship will crumble." — Stieg Larsson
38. "When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives." — George R.R. Martin
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39. "One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood." — Lucius Annaeus Seneca
40. "Never leave a friend behind. Friends are all we have to get us through this life -- and they are the only things from this world that we could hope to see in the next." — Dean Koontz
41. "You can go through life and make new friends every year - every month practically - but there was never any substitute for those friendships of childhood that survive into adult years. Those are the ones in which we are bound to one another with hoops of steel." — Alexander McCall Smith
42. "Stay is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary." — Amos Bronson Alcott
43. "Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down." — Oprah Winfrey
44. "There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate." — Linda Grayson
45. "The best mirror is an old friend." — George Herbert
46. "Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity." — Khalil Gibran
47. "Always remember your friends will be there quicker than your family. Learn to remember you got great friends, don't forget that and they will always care for you no matter what." — Marilyn Monroe
48. "The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away." — Barbara Kingsolver
49. "Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit." — Aristotle
50. "Talk between women friends is always therapy..." — Jayne Anne Phillips
51. "Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness." — R.J. Palacio
52. "One friend with whom you have a lot in common is better than three with whom you struggle to find things to talk about." — Mindy Kaling
53. "There's not a word yet, for old friends who've just met." — Jim Henson
54. "There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up." — John Holmes
55. "We always see our worst selves. Our most vulnerable selves. We need someone else to get close enough to tell us we're wrong. Someone we trust." — David Levithan
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56. "'I wonder what Piglet is doing,' thought Pooh. 'I wish I were there to be doing it, too.'" — A.A. Milne
57. "We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over." — Ray Bradbury
58. "I don't care about whose DNA has recombined with whose. When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching -- they are your family." — Jim Butcher
59. "One of the tasks of true friendship is to listen compassionately and creatively to the hidden silences. Often secrets are not revealed in words, they lie concealed in the silence between the words or in the depth of what is unsayable between two people." — John O'Donohue
60. "I can trust my friends. These people force me to examine myself, encourage me to grow." — Cher
61. "The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer." — Henry David Thoreau
62. "A friend may be waiting behind a stranger's face." — Maya Angelou
63. "Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years." — Richard Bach
64. "No human relation gives one possession in another—every two souls are absolutely different. In friendship or in love, the two side by side raise hands together to find what one cannot reach alone." — Khalil Gibran
65. "My definition of a friend is somebody who adores you even though they know the things you're most ashamed of." — Jodie Foster
66. "Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes." — Henry David Thoreau
67. "Time doesn't take away from friendship, nor does separation." — Tennessee Williams
68. "A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself." — Jim Morrison
69. "A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud. I am arrived at last in the presence of a man so real and equal, that I may drop even those undermost garments of dissimulation, courtesy, and second thought, which men never put off, and may deal with him with the simplicity and wholeness with which one chemical atom meets another." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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70. "When women support each other, we accomplish amazing things. Celebrate the women who lean in together with you." — Victoria Beckham
71. "Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart." — Eleanor Roosevelt
72. "It doesn't take money to turn off the television and cultivate real bonding time." — Marianne Williamson
73. "Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words." — Rumi
74. "A bond between souls is ancient - older than the planet." — Dianna Hardy
75. "When we fully understand the brevity of life, its fleeting joys and unavoidable pains; when we accept the facts that all men and women are approaching an inevitable doom: the consciousness of it should make us more kindly and considerate of each other. This feeling should make men and women use their best efforts to help their fellow travelers on the road, to make the path brighter and easier as we journey on. It should bring a closer kinship, a better understanding, and a deeper sympathy for the wayfarers who must live a common life and die a common death." — Clarence Darrow
76. "What joy to fully know and feel the bond of true friendship." — Jaye L. Knight
77. "How we need another soul to cling to." — Sylvia Path
78. "I have learned to be with those I like is enough." — Walt Whitman
79. "She was struck by the simple truth that sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people..." — Nicholas Sparks
80. "It is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth until it has been reflected back to him in the mirror of another loving, caring human being." — John Joseph Powell
81. "An apple tree is just like a person. In order to thrive, it needs companionship that's similar to it in some ways, but quite different than others." — Jeffrey Stepakoff
82. "Is there a broth more restoring than company?" — Kelly Corrigan
83. "Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or a friendship, is conversation." — Oscar Wilde
84. "The greatest gift of life is friendship." — Hubert H. Humphrey
85. "Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom." — Marcel Proust
86. "A good friend is like a four-leaf clover; hard to find and lucky to have." — Irish proverb
87. "Some people arrive and make such a beautiful impact on your life, you can barely remember what life was like without them." — Anna Taylor
88. "The best time to make friends is before you need them." — Ethel Barrymore
89. "Things are never quite as scary when you've got a best friend." — Bill Watterson
90. "The love that comes from friendship is the underlying facet of a happy life." — Chelsea Handler
91. "Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend." — Albert Camus
92. "The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship." — William Blake
93. "Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you; spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life." — Amy Poehler
94. "A true friend reaches for your hand and touches your heart." — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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95. "As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another." — Proverbs 27:17
96. "Friendship is a sheltering tree." — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
97. "In my friend, I find a second self." — Isabel Norton
98. "Plant a seed of friendship; reap a bouquet of happiness." — Lois L. Kaufman
99. "Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness." — Richard Bach
100. "No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth." — Robert Southey
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Jennifer Aniston Asks Fans To Support Matthew Perry Foundation After His Death: 'He Would Have Been Grateful'
Jennifer Aniston asked fans to donate money to the Matthew Perry Foundation, which works to aid those suffering from addiction, as a part of Giving Tuesday.
"For Giving Tuesday, please join me and Matty's family in supporting his foundation — which is working to help those suffering with addiction," Aniston, 54, wrote in an Instagram Story Tuesday. "He would have been grateful for all the love."
The "Friends" alum also included a black-and-white photo of Perry, who died Oct. 28 at age 54, along with a quote from her former co-star, which read: "Addiction is far too powerful for anyone to defeat alone. But together, one day at a time, we can beat it down."
One day prior to Aniston's request for donations, Perry's stepfather, Keith Morrison, also shared a link to the foundation that was set up after his stepson's death.
"This is not the sort of thing I commonly do, this pitch. But this year is different," the "Dateline" correspondent, 76, wrote on X (formerly Twitter) while sharing a link to the charity site. "And tomorrow is Giving Tuesday. Do what you can; he would have been grateful."
"In the spirit of Matthew Perry's enduring commitment to helping others struggling with the disease of addiction, we embark on a journey to honor his legacy by establishing the Matthew Perry Foundation," the site's mission statement reads. "Guided by his own words and experiences, and driven by his passion for making a difference in as many lives as possible."
"For Giving Tuesday, please join me and Matty's family in supporting his foundation — which is working to help those suffering with addiction," Aniston (left), 54, wrote in an Instagram story Tuesday. "He would have been grateful for all the love." Ron Davis/Getty Images The "Friends" alum also included a black and white photo of Perry, 54, along with a quote from her former co-star which read "Addiction is far too powerful for anyone to defeat alone. But together, one day at a time, we can beat it down." Jennifer Aniston/InstagramThe foundation was set up mere days after Perry was found submerged and unresponsive in a hot tub located at his Los Angeles home. The late actor, who struggled with substance abuse for years, once estimated that he spent $9 million to try to get sober.
"Los Angeles city firefighters responded to the 18000 block of West Blue Sail Drive at 4:07 p.M. On Oct. 28, 2023, to find an adult male unconscious in a stand-alone jacuzzi," the LAFD said in a statement at the time. "A bystander had brought the man's head above the water and gotten him to the edge, then firefighters removed him from the water upon their arrival."
The LA County Medical Examiner's Office has since labeled Perry's cause of death as "deferred" while awaiting the results of additional tests — including a toxicology report.
The foundation was set up mere days after Perry was found submerged and unresponsive in a hot tub located at his Los Angeles home. Represent.Com/MEGAFollowing the announcement of the "Fools Rush In" star's death, the cast of NBC's "Friends" released a joint statement.
"We are all so utterly devastated by the loss of Matthew. We were more than just castmates. We are a family," Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer and Matt LeBlanc said in the statement. "There is so much to say, but right now we're going to take a moment to grieve and process this unfathomable loss."
"In time we will say more, as and when we are able," they continued. "For now, our thoughts and our love are with Matty's family, his friends, and everyone who loved him around the world."
A source close to the "Morning Show" star told the Daily Mail that Aniston was one of the "first to arrive" at his funeral on Nov. 3, and she "kept to herself" during the private ceremony.
A source close to the "Morning Show" star told the Daily Mail that Aniston was one of the "first to arrive" at his funeral, and "kept to herself" during the private ceremony and has reportedly been struggling following Perry's death. ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection"Nobody shed more tears for Matthew during the darkest points of his struggles with addiction than Jennifer," the insider claimed, adding that she "genuinely thought his worst days were behind him. So his death just two years later comes as a bitter body blow for Jennifer."
Aniston later posted a lengthy tribute to her close friend on Instagram.
"Oh boy this one has cut deep… Having to say goodbye to our Matty has been an insane wave of emotions that I've never experienced before," the "We're the Millers" star wrote. "We all experience loss at some point in our lives. Loss of life or loss of love. Being able to really SIT in this grief allows you to feel the moments of joy and gratitude for having loved someone that deep. And we loved him deeply. He was such a part of our DNA."
Aniston later posted a lengthy tribute to her close friend on Instagram. Shutterstock"We were always the 6 of us. This was a chosen family that forever changed the course of who we were and what our path was going to be," she continued. "For Matty, he KNEW he loved to make people laugh. As he said himself, if he didn't hear the 'laugh' he thought he was going to die. His life literally depended on it. And boy did he succeed in doing just that. He made all of us laugh. And laugh hard.
"In the last couple weeks, I've been pouring over our texts to one another. Laughing and crying then laughing again. I'll keep them forever and ever. Matty, I love you so much," she added. "I know you are now completely at peace and out of any pain. I talk to you every day… sometimes I can almost hear you saying 'could you BE any crazier?' " she concluded. "Rest little brother. You always made my day."
Perry was buried at Forest Lawn cemetery in Hollywood Hills, California, which is located across from Warner Bros., where the "Friends" cast filmed the show for 10 years, from 1994 to 2004.
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