The Mamba Mentality: How I Play

by Kobe Bryant

The key, though, is being aware of how you’re feeling

want to be great, but they’re not willing to make the sacrifices necessary to achieve greatness.

I always found that short 15-minute catnaps gave me all the energy I’d need for peak performance.

So be authentic, and let them like you or not for who you actually are.

I never felt outside pressure. I knew what I wanted to accomplish, and I knew how much work it took to achieve those goals. I then put in the work and trusted in it. Besides, the expectations I placed on myself were higher than what anyone expected from me.

Without hoops, I would not understand how to create or write, I would not understand human nature, nor would I know how to lead.

The game, in essence, taught me the art of storytelling. Without it, I would not have an Emmy, I would not have an Oscar, I would not have creative dreams and visions still to unfold.