Biography of an Athlete
1st semester homework
17.Sam Xin Bey
Kobe Bean Bryant
Kobe Bean Bryant
• Date of birth-August 23, 1978
• Birth Place-Philadelphia Pennsylvania, United Status
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• Kobe Bryant started to play basketball when he was only three years old. He was inspired by his
father who was a basketball player before and decided to follow his father’s footsteps. By the way,
Lakers is his favorite team since he was young until now.
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• Kobe Bryant goes for HIIT(High-intensive-interval-training)which includes sprints for 100 yards
and 200 until 400 yards of walking or jogging. Kobe Bryant manages to make 700 until 1000 shots
per day. Kobe also goes for 20 minutes of dribbling practice, 10 minutes of defensive slides and 90
minutes of shoot around.
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• Kobe Bryant picks soccer as his favorite sport over basketball
• Kobe Bryant has made quite the career out of basketball.
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• 1996-2016
• Los Angeles Lakers/All teams
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• 5 time NBA Champion-2000,2001,2002,2009,2010
• 17 Time NBA All-Star 17 consecutive selections
• 1997 Slam Dunk Champion
• 20 seasons with Lakers Most seasons with one NBA team
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• Considered one of the top shooting guards in NBA history, Kobe, who gave himself the nickname
Black Mamba.
• Won the Most Valuable Player(MVP) award in 2008 along with two Finals MVP awards in 2009
and 2010.
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• Kobe Bryant admitted many
times throughout his career that his
idol was Michael Jordan.
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• Kobe Bryant was a role model on and off the basketball court. Kobe Bryant always made sure
to acknowledge his own role models and the people he learned from throughout his life. Kobe
Bryant also paid it forward as a mentor for countless others.
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• Understanding the evolution of your sport provides valuable perspective
• Motivation period
• Gratitude and grace
• Avoid entitlement
• Value your sport in context
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• Kobe Bryant was an inspiration to the world, not just basketball and left behind a lasting
legacy.
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Following his retirement from the NBA in
2016, Kobe Bryant quickly built a thriving
second career based on his variety of
interests. He started an interesting series on
ESPN+ called Details breaking down key
players and games in-depth from his
experience and perspective. Notably, he
created a production company, Granity
Studios. He developed a short film “Dear
Basketball” that won an Academy Award in
2017. Since then, he created a series of books
for children, The Wizenard Series, designed to
inspire kids.
2017- academy award for best animated short
film
