A Kobe Bryant memory and a lesson in greatness
Share to twitterThe life and legacy of Kobe Bryant has brought us a valuable lesson in the study of Greatness;I was getting ready to go to Tampa yesterday when my phone started buzzing. I ignored it for a while in order to get my shirts packed the way I like them, but the thing just kept buzzing. And buzzing. And buzzing.Did you hear?A colleague of mine texted and said I had to write about him.
After averaging around 15 minutes per game during the regular season, suddenly, the game belonged to Kobe.After the game, as a bunch of reporters gathered around his locker, I remember several people questioning his unconscionable shooting. After all, it’s embarrassing enough to shoot one airball as a pro, much less two. But four? As your team let a must-have game slip away with each of your misses?“I had some good looks,” he said. “I just didn’t hit the shots.
What he was saying, in effect, was ‘this is a chapter I have to get through in order to write a book worth reading.’... [+]It was my earliest glimpse of what would one day become known as the “Mamba Mentality,” an approach to mental toughness that he made famous later in his career. Even as people questioned the size of his ego, Kobe knew the truth—you have to fail before you can succeed.
This week, as tributes to Kobe fill your social media feed and dominate the airwaves, pay attention to what they’ll all have in common—Kobe’s unwavering confidence in himself and his commitment to doing the hard, unseen work that Greatness requires. Keep in mind that he had that mentality from year one of his career and honed it into a Hall of Fame career that impacted generations of fans and players.
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