Kobe Bryant

This is getting me to think, dude, of what Nigel was talking about as far as the roundtable.

And like kind of summoning certain people that you kind of have an idea of what their Characteristics are like and then you start to ask them questions, and then they answer you exactly in your mind you know why they would be Beneficial in certain scenarios, you know I'm saying you're having a hard time you you feel like you can't keep going so you got Kobe Bryant He comes out the mamba mentality and like get your shit together.

You know what I mean?

Yeah, dude Yes.

That was kind of my go-to.

Maybe a Kobe Bryant jersey or something like that.

Candy, it's hard to go wrong with a Reese's or something like that.

Fair enough.

And this learning he does, I mean, it's very much so like people who've studied already.

It's Kobe Bryant learning from people before him, people in history.

It's Cy Newhouse reading the trade journals every Saturday when he was in the newspaper business.

It's Samson Murray working every part of the banana trade.

My travels and stays in various countries had enabled me to speak French, German, Spanish, Russian, and fair Italian.

I now locked myself in my hotel suite and took an intensified course in Arabic.

While this by no means qualified me as an Arabist, I did learn enough of the language to get by in most ordinary conversations." This brings up the question that came up repeatedly when we talked for the Kobe Bryant episode.

What are you willing to do to succeed? How far are you willing to go to be a success? And he's willing to learn Arabic so he can better succeed in the Middle East.

Right.

And Kobe Bryant.

So yeah.

um cam wall says simmons will play a full game ben johnson wants this one guaranteed okay fine uh i'm okay with that because he's not going to be familiar with everything they do so there might just be a that split half second of hesitation and oh by the way in tennessee last year uh seox completely neutralized um jeffrey simmons Did I say Josh Simmons? He's the left tackle for the Chiefs.

The answer.

You just watch him break down Kobe Bryant over and over and over.

Amazing.

Wow.

Great day of NBA basketball as the penalty flag was thrown on the previous play.

I can't wait to see Kobe Bryant, Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett.

Half the play

was over.

Secondly, keep Rajon Rondo out of the paint.

If he's allowed to get in there at will and break down the Lakers' defense and kick out the open shots in the perimeter, the Lakers will be in for a long day.

And finally, they have to get an MVP-type performance out of Kobe Bryant.

It doesn't necessarily mean he has to go off for 40.

The end result is what they see, and they emulate that.

Before Kobe scored that 61, that day he was practicing.

practice his whole life? Are you willing to put in that sort of commitment? Are you willing to practice your whole life

When that alarm clock goes off at four or five in the morning, your mind says, no, you just say, this is what we do.

If I'm not, if I remember correctly, I feel like Michael Jordan and Harrison Barnes may have had a brief conversation.

Cause I mean, he was building like the next Kobe Bryant.

Um, and it's funny because yeah and you know with the jordan brand people don't realize he watches every game he sees what shoes you're wearing if you're wearing nike shoes he's gonna be like what the hell's going on and if you don't wear that jordan brand while you're at carolina he will not give you an offer when you go to the pro level this is a funny kind of quirky story but he watches it all like for instance i was wearing katie's because my feet were hurting Didn't like it at all.

And when I got out of school, nothing was on the table from the Jordan brand, so.