Sublime

“I just want to be the man,” he told me, reaffirming his goal of making himself into the NBA’s top player. “I don’t know how I’m going to get there. I just have to find a way.”

Around this time, Bryant requested a meeting with Jerry West to ask how—back in 1961–62—both he and Elgin Baylor had averaged more than 30 points per game for the Lakers.

trenchant,

While other entrepreneurs struggled to develop a worldview, he developed a cosmic view.

When the world goes crazy, a friend can be the difference between a crushing defeat and I might just make it.

“Basketball discipline carries over into your life,” continuing, “You’ve got to face that you’re going to lose. Losses are part of every season, and part of life. The question is, can you adjust? It is important that you don’t get caught up in your own little defeats.”

Only one percent of the NFL was Hispanic in a country that’s nineteen percent Hispanic. One percent. How was that possible?

THE DIALECTIC OF ORDINARY DISASTER Once or twice each decade, Hawaii sends Los Angeles a big, wet kiss. Sweeping far south of its usual path,

Her disposition toward life was that of an elite athlete who knows the opponent is dirty and the refs are on the take, but also knows the championship