The Mamba Mentality: How I Play

by Kobe Bryant

Kobe knew that to be the best you need a different approach from everyone else.

When everyone else was thinking it was time for bed, his mind was telling him it’s time to get ahead of the competition.

If you really want to be great at something, you have to truly care about it. If you want to be great in a particular area, you have to obsess over it. A lot of people say they want to be great, but they’re not willing to make the sacrifices necessary to achieve greatness. They have other concerns, whether important or not, and they spread themselves out. That’s totally fine. After all, greatness is not for everybody.