Everything negative—pressure, challenges—is all an opportunity for me to rise.

The earliest located print appearance in the provided material is a 2005 Pennsylvania cookbook that pairs recipes with celebrity quotations and attributes the line to Kobe Bryant, but it does not say when or where he said it. Later appearances (2007–2008) repeat the quote in online posts and newspapers, still crediting Bryant. In 2009, Hasheem Thabeet posted a similar phrasing on X/Twitter and was later described in a newspaper article as having written a version of the sentiment.

The statement reframes adversity as fuel: instead of treating pressure and criticism as setbacks, the speaker treats them as conditions that can drive improvement and higher performance.

Everything negative—pressure, challenges—is all an opportunity for me to rise.

Pressure, challenges…all an opportunity for me to rise.

Everything Negative, Criticism, Pressure, Different Challenges, All The Haters… Is All an Opportunity For ME to Rise…!!!!