Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
In an interview from 1999, Kobe Bryant opens up about if he idolized Larry Bird as well as Magic Johnson when he was growing up. He reveals that even though he may not have idolized Bird as much as Magic, he still admired both of them.
Full interview from Somewhat Aussie: youtu.be/r9w4VGoz3QM
Excerpt from ‘“I Took Babe Ruth’s Advice For Life”: Kobe Bryant Once Revealed Where He Got His ‘Swing Big, Miss Big’ Mentality From’ article by Samir Mehdi:
Babe Ruth defined more than just a generation of baseball. He defined what it meant to be a baseball player in the United States of America. More importantly, he paved the way for the black community to not only be professional baseball players, but be darn good at it too.
Taking ideologies from the late, great Babe Ruth doesn’t sound so shabby and it certainly seemed to help carve out a path for Kobe Bryant. Using Ruth’s baseball analogy, Bryant always swung big and if he missed, he missed big as well.
Bryant never did anything half-heartedly. He set his mind to becoming an NBA champion and he achieved that by pouring his heart and soul into the game of basketball. When he finished achieving one goal, he was onto the next.
Full article: thesportsrush.com/nba-news-i-took-babe-ruths-advice-for-life-kobe-bryant-once-revealed-where-he-got-his-swing-big-miss-big-mentality-from/?amp
🏷 #larrybird #kobebryant #legends #nba #nbahistory #bird #kobe
In an interview from 1999, Kobe Bryant opens up about if he idolized Larry Bird as well as Magic Johnson when he was growing up. He reveals that even though he may not have idolized Bird as much as Magic, he still admired both of them.
Full interview from Somewhat Aussie: youtu.be/r9w4VGoz3QM
Excerpt from ‘“I Took Babe Ruth’s Advice For Life”: Kobe Bryant Once Revealed Where He Got His ‘Swing Big, Miss Big’ Mentality From’ article by Samir Mehdi:
Babe Ruth defined more than just a generation of baseball. He defined what it meant to be a baseball player in the United States of America. More importantly, he paved the way for the black community to not only be professional baseball players, but be darn good at it too.
Taking ideologies from the late, great Babe Ruth doesn’t sound so shabby and it certainly seemed to help carve out a path for Kobe Bryant. Using Ruth’s baseball analogy, Bryant always swung big and if he missed, he missed big as well.
Bryant never did anything half-heartedly. He set his mind to becoming an NBA champion and he achieved that by pouring his heart and soul into the game of basketball. When he finished achieving one goal, he was onto the next.
Full article: thesportsrush.com/nba-news-i-took-babe-ruths-advice-for-life-kobe-bryant-once-revealed-where-he-got-his-swing-big-miss-big-mentality-from/?amp
🏷 #larrybird #kobebryant #legends #nba #nbahistory #bird #kobe
