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Kobe Bryant’s tips for NBA free agents and whether they should sign with the Lakers or not. The original audio clip was posted on June 12, 2018 when Kobe was 39 years old.
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Excerpt from ‘“I Wasn’t Invited to Any Parties”: 17 Year Old Kobe Bryant’s Emotional Talk on “Dribbling Himself to Sleep” on Fridays and Saturdays Resurfaces’ article by Satagni Sikder:
An old clip of a 17-year-old Kobe Bryant detailing how his awkward social life shaped his basketball career recently resurfaced on Instagram. Kobe’s cultural differences with his peers at school alienated him from social situations. In retrospect, Kobe admitted that his social isolation helped him a lot because he embraced basketball instead:
“It was very hard getting adjusted simply because I had a lot of trouble understanding English and the slang. But I think what I had in common with some of my other classmates was basketball. And unfortunately, because of a lack of communication with my peers, I wasn’t invited to parties or friendly gatherings on weekends. So on Fridays and Saturdays, I would go in my rec room with my basketball and basically dribble myself to sleep.”
“And I think that is the best thing that could have ever happened to me, because during those lonely hours in the rec room, I discovered the hunger, the motivation, and the desire to be the best possible basketball player that I could be,” he added.
Kobe further revealed that he was even separated from his sisters because they went to high school and he had to go to middle school. However, the lonely hours in the gym unleashed the Mamba mentality in him. Those long hours dribbling the basketball moulded the Lakers legend millions admire and idolize across the world.
Full article: thesportsrush.com/nba-news-i-wasnt-invited-to-any-parties-17-year-old-kobe-bryants-emotional-talk-on-dribbling-himself-to-sleep-on-fridays-and-saturdays-resurfaces
Kobe Bryant’s tips for NBA free agents and whether they should sign with the Lakers or not. The original audio clip was posted on June 12, 2018 when Kobe was 39 years old.
Full interview from HoopsHype 🔥
youtu.be/GHFgibPM5ho
Excerpt from ‘“I Wasn’t Invited to Any Parties”: 17 Year Old Kobe Bryant’s Emotional Talk on “Dribbling Himself to Sleep” on Fridays and Saturdays Resurfaces’ article by Satagni Sikder:
An old clip of a 17-year-old Kobe Bryant detailing how his awkward social life shaped his basketball career recently resurfaced on Instagram. Kobe’s cultural differences with his peers at school alienated him from social situations. In retrospect, Kobe admitted that his social isolation helped him a lot because he embraced basketball instead:
“It was very hard getting adjusted simply because I had a lot of trouble understanding English and the slang. But I think what I had in common with some of my other classmates was basketball. And unfortunately, because of a lack of communication with my peers, I wasn’t invited to parties or friendly gatherings on weekends. So on Fridays and Saturdays, I would go in my rec room with my basketball and basically dribble myself to sleep.”
“And I think that is the best thing that could have ever happened to me, because during those lonely hours in the rec room, I discovered the hunger, the motivation, and the desire to be the best possible basketball player that I could be,” he added.
Kobe further revealed that he was even separated from his sisters because they went to high school and he had to go to middle school. However, the lonely hours in the gym unleashed the Mamba mentality in him. Those long hours dribbling the basketball moulded the Lakers legend millions admire and idolize across the world.
Full article: thesportsrush.com/nba-news-i-wasnt-invited-to-any-parties-17-year-old-kobe-bryants-emotional-talk-on-dribbling-himself-to-sleep-on-fridays-and-saturdays-resurfaces
