The Mamba Mentality: How I Play
by Kobe Bryant
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In this montage of reflections, stories, and motivational quotes, we see Kobe Bryant evolve from a pre-teen who didn't score a single point in an entire summer of team basketball to the scoring machine and 5-time NBA championship winner he became. Crediting his parents with teaching him that hard work reaps results, he urges us to “never rest in the middle” because we can rest at the end. The video, made after his death, also shows mourning fans and fellow players in disbelief over the loss of an icon.
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In this short motivational video, Kobe Bryant talks about his habit of getting up at 3:00 a.m. to start training at 4:00. Breaking the day into 2-hour training sessions plus recovery, he shows how this gives him an unbeatable edge over the competition, given how many more sessions he can get in than somebody who starts at 11:00 a.m. He explains that Mamba mentality means simply being the best possible version of yourself.
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Asserting that the book is not just for basketball fans but for anyone who wants to reach their goals, the narrator of this animated review shares motivational quotes from the book and describes how Kobe Bryant prepared, mentally and physically, to be the best he could be on the basketball court. The video mentions that one thing that sets this book apart from others in its genre are photographer Andrew Bernstein’s gorgeous shots of the late NBA star.
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