Kobe Claims Friendship is Impossible for Him Because of How Hard He Works

"Cool friends dude."

                    -Phil Jackson

Source - So how much are you willing to give up? Have you given up the possibility of having friends? Do you have any friends?

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 hangout aimlessly? No. Do we want to do that? No.We want to work. I enjoy working.

So is this a choice? Are you actively choosing not to have friends? 

Well, yes and no. I have friends. But being a "great friend" is something I will never be. I can be a good friend. But not a great friend. A great friend will call you every day and remember your birthday. I'll get so wrapped up in my shit, I'll never remember that stuff. And the people who are my friends understand this, and they're usually the same way. You gravitate toward people who are like you. But the kind of relationships you see in movies—that's impossible for me. I have good relationships with players around the league. LeBron and I will text every now and then. KG and I will text every now and then. But in terms of having one of those great, bonding friendships—that's something I will probably never have. And it's not some smug thing. It's a weakness. It's a weakness.

Honestly as much as I hate Kobe this is kind of pathetic.  Dude is coming up on the end of his career, finally realizes he has no friends and chalks it up to a result of his work ethic.  Bro, you don't have any friends because you're a complete dick to everyone.  When things aren't going right, you openly point the finger and call people out.  You have a history of bitching and moaning like a little kid when you aren't getting your way.  You ran Phil Jackson out of town only to realize you guys suck without Phil Jackson, at which point you promptly begged for him back.  You let one of the most dominant centers of all time walk because you couldn't set your ego aside and share the spotlight.  As a seasoned veteran and proven leader I might understand that, but at the time Kobe was just a shit-sipping little punk who just had his first successful showing in the Finals.  But he demanded the team and he got it. 

I'm pretty sure everyone on the Lakers right now hates him too.  Like he openly acts like his teammates are peasants, like actual peasants in a medieval hierarchy.  They have to hate his fucking guts.  If not for that, then for the fact that he's getting paid $30 million to take thirty shots per game and make ten.  And when he's not healthy enough to do that he's on the bench complaining about the tarnished glory of the Lakers franchise.  God no wonder he has no friends.  Guy is the worst.

Tosh got it way back when...