This post is filled with "Dayoung"'s help haha.
Let's find out who he is :) Thesedays, MANNAM Warriors been very lazy, sorry about that haha.
I think it's kind of the mind problem!!!!
Let's find sth MANNAM Warriors can learn from him below!
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Kobe Bryant
Born: Aug 23, 1978
Height: 6-6 / 1.98Weight: 205 lbs. / 93.0 kg.
Prior to NBA / Country:
Lower Merion HS (PA) / USA
Years Pro: 17
Personal life
Kobe Bean Bryant ,nicknamed the "Black Mamba", is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He entered the NBA directly from high school, and has played for the Lakers his entire career, winning five NBA championships. Bryant is a 15-time All-Star, 15-time member of the All-NBA Team, and 12-time member of the All-Defensive team. As of March 2013, he ranks third and fourth[3] on the league's all-time postseason scoring and all-time regular season scoring lists, respectively.
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Childhood and youth
Kobe Bryant was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the youngest of three children and the only son of former Philadelphia 76ers player and former Los Angeles Sparks head coach Joe "Jellybean" Bryant and Pamela Cox Bryant. He is also the maternal nephew of John "Chubby" Cox. His parents named him after the famous beef of Kobe, Japan, which they saw on a restaurant menu. Bryant was raised Roman Catholic. When Bryant was six, his father left the NBA and moved his family to Rieti in Italy to continue playing professional basketball. Bryant became accustomed to his new lifestyle and learned to speak Italian and Spanish. During summers, he would come back to the United States to play in a basketball summer league..bmp)
Bryant started playing basketball when he was 3 years old, and his favorite team growing up was the Lakers. Bryant's grandfather would mail him videos of NBA games, which Bryant would study. At an early age he also learned to play soccer, and his favorite team is AC Milan. He has said that if he had stayed in Italy, he would have tried to become a professional soccer player. Bryant is a big fan of former FC Barcelona manager Frank Rijkaard and player Ronaldinho as well as a fan of Galatasaray. Upon Joe Bryant's retirement from playing basketball in 1991, the Bryant family moved back to the United States.
In November 1999, 21-year-old Bryant met 17-year-old Vanessa Laine while she was working as a background dancer on the Tha Eastsidaz music video "G'd Up".Bryant was in the building working on his debut musical album. The two began dating and became engaged just six months later in May 2000, while Laine was still a senior at Marina High School inHuntington Beach, California. To avoid media scrutiny, she finished high school through independent study. According to Vanessa's cousin Laila Laine, there was no prenuptial agreement. Vanessa said Bryant "loved her too much for one"
They married on April 18, 2001, at St. Edward Roman Catholic Church in Dana Point, California Neither Bryant's parents, his two sisters, longtime advisor and agent Arn Tellem, nor Bryant's Laker teammates attended. Bryant's parents were opposed to the marriage for a number of reasons. Reportedly Bryant's parents had problems with him marrying so young, especially to a woman who was not African-American. This disagreement resulted in an estrangement period of over two years, which ended when Bryant had his first daughter. In 2013, Bryant had a legal disagreement with anauction house over memorabilia from his early years that his mother intended to auction. Pamela Bryant received $450,000 from the auction house for the items, and claimed Bryant had given her the rights to the items he had remaining in her home. However, his lawyers asked the auction house to return the items to Bryant. Before the scheduled trial, a settlement was reached allowing the sale of less than 10% of the original items. Bryant's parents apologized to him in a written statement, which also acknowledged the financial support Bryant had provided them in the past.
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In January 2002, Bryant bought a Mediterranean-style house for $4 million, located in a cul-de-sac in Newport Coast, Newport Beach. The Bryants' first child, a daughter named Natalia Diamante Bryant, was born on January 19, 2003. The birth of Natalia influenced Bryant to reconcile his differences with his parents. Vanessa Bryant suffered a miscarriage due to an ectopic pregnancy in the spring of 2005. Their second daughter, Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant, was born on May 1, 2006. Gianna was born six minutes ahead of former teammate Shaquille O'Neal's daughter Me'arah Sanaa, who was born in Florida. On December 16, 2011, Vanessa Bryant filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences, and the couple requested joint custody of their daughters. On January 11, 2013, Bryant and his wife both announced via social media that they had called off their divorce.
In an early 2007 interview, it was revealed that Bryant still speaks Italian fluently. Bryant assigned himself the nickname of "Black Mamba", citing a desire for his basketball skills to mimic the snake of that name's ability to "strike with 99% accuracy at maximum speed, in rapid succession." During the 2012–13 season, he began referring to himself as "vino" to describe how his play had been aging like a fine wine.
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Q. I know last night you kind of downplayed what Game 7 means and everything like that, but I assume when you were growing up this was kind of the situation you would always want to be in.
KOBE BRYANT: Yeah, sure.
Q. So the fact that you don’t put anything extra on it, is that maybe what helps you play as well as you do in pressure situations, because you don’t change your mindset, you don’t get caught up in the moment and what it means?
KOBE BRYANT: Probably. I don’t worry about it too much. I just go out there and play hard. I play hard all the time, so I don’t need to do anything different for Game 7.
Q. Is there a word that would describe Game 7 for everybody? Game 7 of the NBA Finals?
KOBE BRYANT: It’s Game 7. No, I don’t know what to tell you.
Q. Nothing comes to mind?
KOBE BRYANT: Uh-uh.
Q. I’m not talking about this particular moment, but they talk about big games, great players make big plays. Is there any enjoying the moment?
KOBE BRYANT: No, for us it’s really just doing what we do. You can’t really enjoy the moment when you’re in it in terms of what’s happening. You’ve just got a job to do, you go out there and you do it, and then you can look back at it after the fact. But during you’ve just got to go out there and do your job.
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They married on April 18, 2001, at St. Edward Roman Catholic Church in Dana Point, California Neither Bryant's parents, his two sisters, longtime advisor and agent Arn Tellem, nor Bryant's Laker teammates attended. Bryant's parents were opposed to the marriage for a number of reasons. Reportedly Bryant's parents had problems with him marrying so young, especially to a woman who was not African-American. This disagreement resulted in an estrangement period of over two years, which ended when Bryant had his first daughter. In 2013, Bryant had a legal disagreement with anauction house over memorabilia from his early years that his mother intended to auction. Pamela Bryant received $450,000 from the auction house for the items, and claimed Bryant had given her the rights to the items he had remaining in her home. However, his lawyers asked the auction house to return the items to Bryant. Before the scheduled trial, a settlement was reached allowing the sale of less than 10% of the original items. Bryant's parents apologized to him in a written statement, which also acknowledged the financial support Bryant had provided them in the past.
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In January 2002, Bryant bought a Mediterranean-style house for $4 million, located in a cul-de-sac in Newport Coast, Newport Beach. The Bryants' first child, a daughter named Natalia Diamante Bryant, was born on January 19, 2003. The birth of Natalia influenced Bryant to reconcile his differences with his parents. Vanessa Bryant suffered a miscarriage due to an ectopic pregnancy in the spring of 2005. Their second daughter, Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant, was born on May 1, 2006. Gianna was born six minutes ahead of former teammate Shaquille O'Neal's daughter Me'arah Sanaa, who was born in Florida. On December 16, 2011, Vanessa Bryant filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences, and the couple requested joint custody of their daughters. On January 11, 2013, Bryant and his wife both announced via social media that they had called off their divorce.
In an early 2007 interview, it was revealed that Bryant still speaks Italian fluently. Bryant assigned himself the nickname of "Black Mamba", citing a desire for his basketball skills to mimic the snake of that name's ability to "strike with 99% accuracy at maximum speed, in rapid succession." During the 2012–13 season, he began referring to himself as "vino" to describe how his play had been aging like a fine wine.
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Kobe Bryant’s June 16 interview
Q. I know last night you kind of downplayed what Game 7 means and everything like that, but I assume when you were growing up this was kind of the situation you would always want to be in.
KOBE BRYANT: Yeah, sure.
Q. So the fact that you don’t put anything extra on it, is that maybe what helps you play as well as you do in pressure situations, because you don’t change your mindset, you don’t get caught up in the moment and what it means?
KOBE BRYANT: Probably. I don’t worry about it too much. I just go out there and play hard. I play hard all the time, so I don’t need to do anything different for Game 7.
Q. Is there a word that would describe Game 7 for everybody? Game 7 of the NBA Finals?
KOBE BRYANT: It’s Game 7. No, I don’t know what to tell you.
Q. Nothing comes to mind?
KOBE BRYANT: Uh-uh.
Q. I’m not talking about this particular moment, but they talk about big games, great players make big plays. Is there any enjoying the moment?
KOBE BRYANT: No, for us it’s really just doing what we do. You can’t really enjoy the moment when you’re in it in terms of what’s happening. You’ve just got a job to do, you go out there and you do it, and then you can look back at it after the fact. But during you’ve just got to go out there and do your job.
Q. If you guys contain Rondo tomorrow and don’t let him hurt you guys, do you feel like it’s going to be tough for the Celtics to beat you guys, that you have kind of everything else under control?
KOBE BRYANT: I mean, it helps. He’s a problem. He creates a lot of havoc and gets out in transition and crashes the boards extremely well and gives them second opportunities.
He’s a problem. If we can do a pretty good job on him, it helps our chances.
Q. Why are you so reluctant to plug into the history of this rivalry that goes back 51 years with these two teams, have met more than any other two teams in the history of sport for a championship?
KOBE BRYANT: Ain’t got nothing to do with me right now. It’s got nothing to do with me. I look back, years from now or even when I was a kid, you talk about being in this situation I’d be really excited. But when I’m in the moment right now, I’ve got to play. I’ve got to focus on that. I can’t focus on the hype about it.
Q. Do you have a rival? Do you consider, for example, the Spurs that you’ve dealt with several times a rival, or is your version of a rival AC Milan Inter Milan? What’s a rival for you?
KOBE BRYANT: No, Duke Carolina, us and San Antonio, Lakers Celtics. But in order for a rivalry to become official, the other team has to win. We haven’t beaten the Celtics yet.
Q. Given the expectations of the organization and its history, would anything less than a victory tomorrow night be considered a failure?
KOBE BRYANT: Yeah. I mean, I’ve said the whole season, you don’t win a championship, it’s a failure. It’s as simple as that.
Q. Do you think if you were to not win tomorrow night there would be big changes? Do you think this is the kind of organization where if you don’t win, stuff just happens? You’ve seen this in the past.
KOBE BRYANT: I don’t know. I don’t think so. I don’t think it’s that kind of situation. But it’s still life or death. Not that extreme.
Q. Could you compare the anticipation of playing a Game 7 for the NBA Championship to the anticipation you felt two years ago in China when you played for a gold medal for your country?
KOBE BRYANT: I mean, they’re similar, because you’re talking about one game. I think this is a little different because I have way more responsibilities with this team than I did on the USA team. But energy around it is similar.
Q. As demanding and draining as these Finals are and knowing that you’re a real soccer fan, I was just wondering if you’ve found time to watch some World Cup games?
KOBE BRYANT: No.
Q. Not one?
KOBE BRYANT: Not yet.
Q. You haven’t felt the need to?
KOBE BRYANT: No, not yet. I haven’t watched any yet.
Q. I don’t know if you’ve seen this stat, but in The Finals you’re shooting I think it was 26 percent when Tony Allen is guarding you and 49 percent against everybody else. Is there something he’s doing or is that something that’s just happened?
KOBE BRYANT: He’s a great defender.
Q. Does he do anything in particular well?
KOBE BRYANT: He’s just a great defensive player.
Q. I was wondering what thoughts were coming into that first Game 7 against Portland and what you took out of that?
KOBE BRYANT: I mean, just the experience of it. We had a lot of pressure on us to win the whole thing, and so, you know, that was really like our first pressure situation as a group. Once you kind of deal with that, you look that pressure situation in the face and you come out on top, you’ve pretty much been through all of that at that point.
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Q. You have a relationship with Jerry West. I was just wondering over the course of time, in the past, have you and he ever talked about his experiences against Boston in these Game 7′ss where he experienced such heartbreak and agony?
KOBE BRYANT: That’s not a topic of conversation that a 17 year old kid wants to talk to The Logo about. Happier times.
Q. You’ve always been very much in the moment, the next game has been your sole focus. I’m just wondering what are your goals just beyond winning a championship, like when it’s two or three years down the line? Is there something you have specific, like I want to have accomplished this, I have this specific goal?
KOBE BRYANT: No.
Q. Not winning those titles or anything like that?
KOBE BRYANT: No. If I can look back at the end of my career and just say that I gave it my all every day, I will be happy with that. Whatever shakes out from that.
KOBE BRYANT: I mean, it helps. He’s a problem. He creates a lot of havoc and gets out in transition and crashes the boards extremely well and gives them second opportunities.
He’s a problem. If we can do a pretty good job on him, it helps our chances.
Q. Why are you so reluctant to plug into the history of this rivalry that goes back 51 years with these two teams, have met more than any other two teams in the history of sport for a championship?
KOBE BRYANT: Ain’t got nothing to do with me right now. It’s got nothing to do with me. I look back, years from now or even when I was a kid, you talk about being in this situation I’d be really excited. But when I’m in the moment right now, I’ve got to play. I’ve got to focus on that. I can’t focus on the hype about it.
Q. Do you have a rival? Do you consider, for example, the Spurs that you’ve dealt with several times a rival, or is your version of a rival AC Milan Inter Milan? What’s a rival for you?
KOBE BRYANT: No, Duke Carolina, us and San Antonio, Lakers Celtics. But in order for a rivalry to become official, the other team has to win. We haven’t beaten the Celtics yet.
Q. Given the expectations of the organization and its history, would anything less than a victory tomorrow night be considered a failure?
KOBE BRYANT: Yeah. I mean, I’ve said the whole season, you don’t win a championship, it’s a failure. It’s as simple as that.
Q. Do you think if you were to not win tomorrow night there would be big changes? Do you think this is the kind of organization where if you don’t win, stuff just happens? You’ve seen this in the past.
KOBE BRYANT: I don’t know. I don’t think so. I don’t think it’s that kind of situation. But it’s still life or death. Not that extreme.
Q. Could you compare the anticipation of playing a Game 7 for the NBA Championship to the anticipation you felt two years ago in China when you played for a gold medal for your country?
KOBE BRYANT: I mean, they’re similar, because you’re talking about one game. I think this is a little different because I have way more responsibilities with this team than I did on the USA team. But energy around it is similar.
Q. As demanding and draining as these Finals are and knowing that you’re a real soccer fan, I was just wondering if you’ve found time to watch some World Cup games?
KOBE BRYANT: No.
Q. Not one?
KOBE BRYANT: Not yet.
Q. You haven’t felt the need to?
KOBE BRYANT: No, not yet. I haven’t watched any yet.
Q. I don’t know if you’ve seen this stat, but in The Finals you’re shooting I think it was 26 percent when Tony Allen is guarding you and 49 percent against everybody else. Is there something he’s doing or is that something that’s just happened?
KOBE BRYANT: He’s a great defender.
Q. Does he do anything in particular well?
KOBE BRYANT: He’s just a great defensive player.
Q. I was wondering what thoughts were coming into that first Game 7 against Portland and what you took out of that?
KOBE BRYANT: I mean, just the experience of it. We had a lot of pressure on us to win the whole thing, and so, you know, that was really like our first pressure situation as a group. Once you kind of deal with that, you look that pressure situation in the face and you come out on top, you’ve pretty much been through all of that at that point.
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Q. You have a relationship with Jerry West. I was just wondering over the course of time, in the past, have you and he ever talked about his experiences against Boston in these Game 7′ss where he experienced such heartbreak and agony?
KOBE BRYANT: That’s not a topic of conversation that a 17 year old kid wants to talk to The Logo about. Happier times.
Q. You’ve always been very much in the moment, the next game has been your sole focus. I’m just wondering what are your goals just beyond winning a championship, like when it’s two or three years down the line? Is there something you have specific, like I want to have accomplished this, I have this specific goal?
KOBE BRYANT: No.
Q. Not winning those titles or anything like that?
KOBE BRYANT: No. If I can look back at the end of my career and just say that I gave it my all every day, I will be happy with that. Whatever shakes out from that.
