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Your ball is your ball, and depending on how you and your folks are livin’, you might not see a new one for a while. And so, of course, praise to the person who made a way with a bald rock, and a little path of concrete that was their concrete, and a rusted rim with no net. Those be the noblest of hoopers. The ones who, back then, you had to keep a
... See moreHanif Abdurraqib • There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
For those of you keeping track at home, Kobe Bryant started his conditioning work around 4:30am, continued to run and sprint until 6am, lifted weights from 6am to 7am, and finally proceeded to make 800 jump shots between 7am and 11am.
Oh yeah, and then Team USA had practice.
It's obvious that Kobe is getting his 10,000 hours in, but there is another
... See morejamesclear.com • Lessons on Success and Deliberate Practice From Mozart, Picasso, and Kobe Bryant
“I wasn’t scared of missing, looking bad, or being embarrassed. That’s because I always kept the end result, the long game, in my mind. I always focused on the fact that I had to try something to get it, and once I got it, I’d have another tool in my arsenal. If the price was a lot of work and a few missed shots, I was OK with that.”
— Kobe Bryant
He was replaced by Salley, the 36-year-old deep reserve trying to become the first man to win titles with three different franchises.