THE MINDSET OF A WINNER Kobe Bryant-Champions Advice

you really want me on the team what's your approach to recruiting me do you want first place come play with me do you want second place go somewhere else like if I watched the Magic game, I'd watch Michael play and I'd see them do these amazing things and I said , you know, can I reach that level? I don't know, but let's find out. That's why he is the best player in the game. It was all done to try to learn how to become a better basketball player. Everything, everything, and so on, when you have that. From your point of view, then literally the world becomes your library to help you get better at your craft, so since you know what she gained, the world has given you exactly one hundred percent better information because you know what you are looking for. stories about your work ethic, what your work ethic was really like, and how long you stayed disciplined.

Well, I mean, every day, I mean, for 20 years, it was a daily process and I was trying to figure out the shrimp and the weaknesses, for example, the ability to jump. man my vertical was 40 it wasn't 46 or 40 45 my hands are big but they're not huge so you have to find ways to strengthen them so your hands are strong enough to be able to pat a ball and do the things you need to do uh quickness, I was fast but not incredibly fast, I was fast but not ridiculously fast, so I had to rely a lot more on skill, I had to rely a lot more on angles, I had to study the game. a lot more and uh, but I enjoyed it, so since I was I can't remember when I started watching the game, I studied the game and it never changed, it's a good separation for me, you know, emotionally to be able to put myself in a place where in the practice or when I'm training or doing games I change my mind to something else I change my mode to something else suitable for me it's the equivalent of maximus desmos meridius and gladiator picking up the dirt smelling the dirt It's about time, so that was my mental shift, It's like an actor preparing for a movie, you have to put yourself in that cage, when you're in that cage you're that character and then when you leave there's something completely different, but when I'm in that cage bro, don't touch me, no talk to me, just leave me alone, how did you become so mentally and emotionally strong that it doesn't bother you?

Well, you know you have to look at the reality of the situation you know, for me it's not, you know, you have to get over yourself, it's not about you, man, like, okay, you feel ashamed, you're not that important. , like, get over yourself, that's where you gotta get over yourself, like you're worried about how people might perceive you and like you're walking around and it's embarrassing because you shot five airballs, get over it okay and after that it's okay, well, why Did those air balls happen? It was the high school year before we played 35 games. maximum week right between space style a lot of time to rest in the NBA it's back to back back to back back to back I didn't have the legs so look at the shot every shot was in line every shot was in line but every shot was short, right, I have to get stronger, I have to train differently, the weight training program that I'm doing, I have to adapt it for an 82 game season, so that when the playoffs come, my legs are stronger and the ball comes . there, so I look at it with substance and say: well, well, the reason I shot air balls because my legs are not there, I have one next year, they will be there, that's how it was, it was done, there were some names that you looked at and says that these three guys are as crazy as I am at that moment I deal with what I have called the mountain of goats.

I went to goat mountain and I talked to magic michael byrd kim Elijah jerry west oscar robinson bill russell you already know I would talk to them about what you did, what your experiences were, Michael in particular, he has become my big brother, he has been my brother older since I first came into the league and what that process was like, so I went to them and started to understand the ins and outs of the game and you know how they approach things and their level of detail and obsession and that's what I did with the players who had that passion but weren't willing to commit their whole life to do that right, it's a choice right, you have other things you have family, you have all these other things you have to do, the game can't really be your number one priority, so just look at that like, man, this is going to be fun if I'm friends with you. from high school yes I'm your cousin what happened to our relationship how did that gravitate when you entered the league and you're determined to become the best so you're determined to become one of the best what happens to our relationship, well, suffer, does things, oh yeah, okay, yeah, and you understood that you were okay with that, well, yeah, and the people who love you, like friends and family, know that about you, they understood that, so they let you be you and when.

You get back together, you know, you pick up where you left off, but make no mistake, everything in between is lost, so those long-term relationships, the time commitment of, you know, taking vacations like I see many players take vacation. with other players who are close friends and I'll just take vacations just to take vacations or just hang out just to hang out like I'm not. I never did that, why didn't you do it so well? Because when I retired, I didn't want to have to say I wish I had done more. I don't want you to know, my God, you know you have a lot of people gambling away their hard-earned money to come see you act, act, act, it's your job. being in shape it's your job to be strong enough to perform at that level every night and as a competitor I'm not, I'm not bending over like I'm not, oh my god my back hurts, it hurts, we gotta play with vince. carter and toronto raptors tonight this actually happened we had a game against toronto in 2000 um and vince was tearing up the league my back was screwed but the perception of it like

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missed the game against toronto and vince carter because my La back was really disconcerting me, but people will say, "Oh, he's bending over." Vince, excuse me, no, I don't think so, so I would be on the layup line, like okay, there are a lot of days where you know you can rest and recover today.

It's not one of them your back can bother you any other day that doesn't bother me today we're going to have to see me today yeah oh man yeah if you're thinking about a big investment you have to do what is the decision making process There you call first you do your own research you take so much time you call an advisor is there a system? You know it's pretty simple for me is do you understand the business? business that you can help in some way, what are the barriers to entry to that business and then the entrepreneurs themselves, the company itself, have a culture that you believe is sustainable, are these leaders, people in whom you believe, They are people who are obsessive and in turn have created a culture of obsession, so I tend to look at those four factors and that's it, that's big, by the way, I don't know if you understood correctly, that's pretty massive, um same. determination what your current work schedule is like today is different because I personally am not writing every word of the novels I am not animating the movies what I have to do now is make sure that the people we bring in are challenging themselves themselves to do the best work that they think they can do, that's what I'm there for, to constantly look in the mirror and evaluate themselves and challenge themselves if we have a project and you say okay, I can do that, that can't be done. is the project we want the projects that say I don't know if I can animate that I don't know how to write that story I don't know how to do that those are the things we want because through that curiosity you will reach a level that you didn't think was possible and that's why I'm running the studio, that's what I'm doing, you're playing the Golden State Warriors.

The score is 107 109. You are close to entering. in the playoffs, you know exactly what's going on in the game, you go up, you're about to take your shot and all of a sudden an Achilles boom happens, he went and made the free throws and then you got off the stage, yeah, you you operated Well, I went to the coach's room, my kids are there and you know they're looking at you and stuff and I look at them and I'm like you know it's okay, daddy's going to be okay, everything's going to be okay. everything will be fine it will be fine it will be fine as a parent you have to lead by example you have to lead by example this this is another obstacle this obstacle cannot define me it is not going to me it is not going to Be responsible for me walking away from the game that I love.

I'm going to walk away on my own terms and that's when the decision was made that you know what I'm doing.