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man: One of the most terrifying
dreams for me

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was a dream of me being
on a basketball court,

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stadium's full, and I'm
attacking the basket,

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and I can't get off
the ground.

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I can't jump.
Like, I'm stuck.

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Like, I'm cemented

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to the floor.

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I was conscious of the fact
that I was dreaming.

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And so now, I'm trying
to control my dream.

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"You can jump
through it,

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"you can push
through it.

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"You can get to
that basket."

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And no matter how hard I tried,
my legs were too heavy.

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Can't jump.

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[crowd cheering]

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sports announcer:
A year that's given us

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more than a share
of disappointment

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has also provided us
with numerous thrills,

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and Laker fans are looking
for more here tonight

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with three games remaining
and destiny in the Laker hands

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to get back into the playoffs
where they usually do well.

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stadium announcer:
Are you ready?!

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Bryant: Our warm-ups are
always just kind of

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doing the mental check
of my body.

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Like, what's tight?

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What's pulling on me?
What's not pulling on me?

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How do I loosen it up?
How to get things going.

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And, um, my body
felt...

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a little stiff.

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announcer: Kobe's got four
seconds on the shot clock.

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He spins, turns,
fall away...short.

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Taken by Jarrett Jack.

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Bryant: And I remember getting
loosed up, getting going,

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and then finally, the game,
kinda working myself

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into a lather, and, um...

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my body felt good.

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announcer: Here he comes.

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Around the back, spinning,
shooting, scoring!

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I had never worked so much
in my entire career

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in terms of preparation

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and getting my body
physically ready,

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night in and night out,

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and I'd been playing some
of my best basketball.

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announcer: Bryant attacking
base line, and he runs into

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a stone wall of Festus Ezeli,
and he's holding his left knee.

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Battling through,
trying to make the playoffs,

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playing all these minutes.

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As he has it, spin it,
in trouble.

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Oh, he's limping,
he's hurting.

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Kobe's hurting.

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These minutes might be just
absolutely adding up.

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announcer 2: Oh, there's no
question they're adding up.

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No question.

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Bryant: What I always try to do
through injuries is

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not think about it
because

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when the game itself is
more significant

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than the injury,

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you don't feel
the injury.

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The injury won't get
in the way because

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it's not important
to you.

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announcer: Kobe, 3...yes!

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Big one, Bryant,
from outside.

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107, 104.

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Three-point game,
five minutes left.

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Kobe, guarded by the rookie,
Harrison Barnes,

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Kobe, one-one-one,
isolated.

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For the tie...

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he's got it!

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It's 107, all.

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The Mamba is looking
like the Mamba.

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[crowd chanting]

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Bryant again going
to work, falls down.

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Again, he's struggling.

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He's gonna stay down there
for a bit.

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As soon as I need
to move,

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[snaps]
I knew it.

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announcer: I mean,
that's the Achilles.

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I shouldn't say that.

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That's a foot injury.

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[buzzer]

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It feels like the
shock absorbers

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in the back of your foot
are just gone,

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just nothing there.

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So when you walk,
it's like...

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it feels like your
calf muscle

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is touching
the floor.

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I could feel it
rolling up the back

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of my calf as if it
was just kind of

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slipping up further
and further.

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I remember feeling
the silence.

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I remember feeling
the fear.

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Thirty-five years old,
17, 18 years in the league.

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I'm like, "This could be
a wrap."

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And that's what the
silence was.

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It was like,

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"This could really be
a wrap for you."

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announcer: He could barely
make it to the free-throw line.

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Bryant tonight
with 32 points,

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five rebounds,
four assists,

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and he is hurting.

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But the Lakers
down by two,

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and they want him
and need him

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at the free-throw
line.

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[net swishes]

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Got it.

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[crowd cheers]

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[dribbling ball]

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[ball bounces]

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So Kobe Bryant
cannot continue.

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[buzzer]

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stadium announcer:
Metta World Peace
replacing Kobe Bryant

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announcer: And the crowd...

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[crowd cheering, applause]

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the ovation, and I would
assume he'd go

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straight to the locker room.

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Bryant: My family walks in.

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It's Vanessa and
our daughters,

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and, um,

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you know, I'm already--
you know, I've been crying.

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and, um...

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well, I had tears
in my eyes.

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I don't think I was
crying yet.

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I was more upset.

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Like, this could be
the end.

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In a locker room,
on the court,

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around my teammates,

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I've always tried
to be very strong

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and be invincible.

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Not be Clark Kent,
but be Superman.

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And then your family
comes in,

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and now that
is home.

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That's where you
can be you.

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And, um, I just
let it go.

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I mean, I couldn't
hold onto it anymore,

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you know?

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And you don't,
you know--

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Looking at my daughters'
faces, I mean,

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they were genuinely
afraid, right,

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because they had never--
they could feel something,

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they could feel
the tension,

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but they didn't really
know exactly why.

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And as a parent,
the first thing

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that comes to your mind when
you see your kids afraid

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is you want them
to not be afraid.

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Right? You wanna
give them strength.

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You wanna give
them courage.

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You wanna reassure
them.

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And the only way
I could reassure them

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is by telling them,

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"Hey, Daddy's okay,"
you know?

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"It's going to be
all right.

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"It's a little setback,
but we'll be fine."

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Right?

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"This is what we
talk about all the time.

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"You know, you have a bump
in the road, you fall,

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"you get back up, and you
go after it again.

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"Right? That's what we do."

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And so, even at the time
I didn't believe it myself,

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I felt like it was important
to say that to them

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because I felt they
needed to hear that.

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And as a parent, you can't just
talk the talk,

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you gotta walk the walk,

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and you gotta be brave,

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and, uh,

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in these types of situations,
if not for yourself,

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then for your kids.

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reporter: Kobe, are you
convinced that--

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They told us probable
torn Achilles,

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they're gonna do
an MRI.

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Are you pretty convinced
that's what it is?

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Yeah.

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reporter 2: If anyone's
gonna get through this,

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it's probably you, right?

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[subdued laughter]

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Bryant: [sighing]
Oh, man. Shit.

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reporter 3: You've had tons
of personal and

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professional challenges
in your career.

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Is this at the
top of the list?

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Yeah, you know,
um,

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but it's fueling me,
it's fueling me.

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I can feel it
already.

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You know, I can
feel it already.

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It's just,
you know,

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players at this stage
of their career,

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you know, they pop
an Achilles and,

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you know, the pundits say
they never come back the same.

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So, I can hear it
already,

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and it's pissing me
off right now

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just thinking about it
right now, so...

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reporter 4: So, this isn't
the last game

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that we'll see
you play.

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Really?

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I'm just asking.

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Well, no, I'm not
trying to be rude.

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Really?

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I'm sorry.

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I'm just trying--

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It's appropriate that you ask
that question from down there.

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[laughter]

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Bryant: This injury
was Mount Everest
for me, personally,

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because I knew what the long
road was gonna be.

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So at that point,
you have to make a decision.

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You have to make
a choice.

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Doctor: Oh, it looks
beautiful.

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It goes up there,
it goes down below.

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Doctor 2: Can I have
a suture-removal?

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Doctor: It's fabulous.
No swelling, huh?

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Doctor 2: Nice tension
in it.

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Doctor: Yeah,
great tension.

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Kobe, the tension
is just perfect.

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Bryant: It is?

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Oh, yeah.

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Doctor 2:
Beautiful.

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Doctor:
Yeah, it's beautiful.

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Doctor 2: Can you feel me
touching you here?

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Yeah.

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That's sural nerve.

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Doctor: Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Even his healing--

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He's got good healing
capabilities.

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[talking indistinctly]

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He's got this
medial nerve.

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Doctor 2: This looks
absolutely beautiful.

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Doctor: Yeah.

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Beautiful.

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Doctor 2: If you could
just hold that.

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Okay, and then that,
just open up the Kling.

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Point your whole foot up
towards the ceiling.

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That's it.

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And relax.

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Up.

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Good.

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Looks pretty
good.

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Push it up.

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Just hold it
up there.

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Hold it up,
hold it up,
hold it up.

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Go ahead and
move your finger.

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Let him hold
it himself.

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And let
it relax.

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Doctor: Wow.

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Bryant: Shut these naysayers
up once and for all.

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[laughter]

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announcer: Bryant puts it
on the floor,

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gets inside...oh!

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[indistinct commentary]

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Jellybean!

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He made like
Darryl Dawkins.

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Bryant arms the
building-shaker.

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Look at this,
way up there.

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He slams it down.

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Look at his body,
how high he is
in the air.

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That's incredible.

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Bryant: He used to be
really sore from playing.

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You know?

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So, he would have his kids
walk on his back,

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which I thought was
really fun,

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standing on your
father's back

259
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and you're cracking his back
as you're walking on top of him.

260
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I always thought that
was pretty, pretty cool.

261
00:12:56,000 --> 00:13:00,250
I used to walk on his
hamstrings and stuff.

262
00:13:07,082 --> 00:13:09,582
He's a ball-handling guard
at six-ten

263
00:13:09,582 --> 00:13:11,542
that can shoot
the long ball.

264
00:13:11,542 --> 00:13:14,625
And he had all
the skills.

265
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He had all
the skills.

266
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Fans loved him.

267
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He could do virtually
anything.

268
00:13:27,792 --> 00:13:30,207
[announcer speaking in
Italian]

269
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Bryant: So, he played in
the NBA for eight years,

270
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and decided if he wanted to
further his career

271
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and play the way
he wanted to play,

272
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he should make the transition
to play overseas and play in
Italy.

273
00:13:47,792 --> 00:13:49,207
So, he took us
with him.

274
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[speaking Italian]

275
00:13:56,375 --> 00:14:00,291
I was six, and at six,
you just go with the flow.

276
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You're moving to a place
where you don't

277
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speak the language
at all.

278
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You have friends there,
and now, after two years,

279
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you bounce to
another city.

280
00:14:07,417 --> 00:14:09,000
Now, you have to
start again.

281
00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:10,041
And then two years later,
it repeats itself.

282
00:14:10,041 --> 00:14:12,582
Two years later,
that repeats itself.

283
00:14:12,582 --> 00:14:14,582
And now, you really don't
know anybody,

284
00:14:14,582 --> 00:14:17,375
and you have to figure things
out all over again.

285
00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:22,792
I was more than happy
just to tag along,

286
00:14:22,792 --> 00:14:25,125
just to be around
that atmosphere,

287
00:14:25,125 --> 00:14:27,000
be around the game
and be a ball boy,

288
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just kind of be
in the mix.

289
00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:33,582
I would sit under the basket
the entire game,

290
00:14:33,582 --> 00:14:35,582
and I would have one of those
big, like, sweeper,

291
00:14:35,582 --> 00:14:37,625
like, court-sweeper
things.

292
00:14:37,625 --> 00:14:39,457
Something happened on
the court,

293
00:14:39,457 --> 00:14:40,625
somebody slipped
on some sweat,

294
00:14:40,625 --> 00:14:42,165
I was really anal about
making sure I got

295
00:14:42,165 --> 00:14:44,332
every little,
every last drop up.

296
00:14:44,332 --> 00:14:47,250
It was rush to
be that close.

297
00:14:49,582 --> 00:14:52,125
I used to try to sleep
with my clothes on.

298
00:14:52,125 --> 00:14:54,667
You know, if he needed
to get to practice,

299
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I didn't want to make him
feel like I was

300
00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:58,082
gonna make him late
or something.

301
00:14:58,082 --> 00:14:59,834
I mean, they would do,
like, two practices a day

302
00:14:59,834 --> 00:15:02,291
and that sort of stuff,
and I'd wanna go.

303
00:15:02,291 --> 00:15:04,125
I'd beg to go, but he
wouldn't let me go.

304
00:15:08,125 --> 00:15:10,250
So, I would disappear

305
00:15:10,250 --> 00:15:12,250
and go play
basketball.

306
00:15:15,207 --> 00:15:16,875
The thing that was always
the most constant
was the game.

307
00:15:16,875 --> 00:15:19,125
And that was my
refuge.

308
00:15:19,125 --> 00:15:21,375
That was the place
where I could go

309
00:15:21,375 --> 00:15:24,375
and have complete familiarity
no matter where I was,

310
00:15:24,375 --> 00:15:26,166
whether it was Rieti,
Reggio Calabria,

311
00:15:26,166 --> 00:15:28,625
Reggio Emilia, Pistoia--
it didn't matter.

312
00:15:28,625 --> 00:15:30,125
Whether I got along
with kids,

313
00:15:30,125 --> 00:15:31,166
didn't get along
with the kids,

314
00:15:31,166 --> 00:15:32,082
didn't matter because
I always had my ball.

315
00:15:32,082 --> 00:15:34,667
So, I can always pick up
my basketball,

316
00:15:34,667 --> 00:15:35,667
I can always
hop on my bike,

317
00:15:35,667 --> 00:15:36,792
I can always go
to the park,

318
00:15:36,792 --> 00:15:37,332
and I can always
shoot.

319
00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:39,792
Right?

320
00:15:39,792 --> 00:15:41,457
And, um,

321
00:15:41,457 --> 00:15:43,917
that gave me a great
source of comfort.

322
00:15:49,834 --> 00:15:50,709
announcer: Twenty-foot
jumper's not hot enough,

323
00:15:50,709 --> 00:15:51,750
and the rebound
to Scott,

324
00:15:51,750 --> 00:15:53,000
Scott to Magic Johnson,

325
00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:54,792
Magic in the front,
good transition.

326
00:15:54,792 --> 00:15:55,667
Bounce down
the middle!

327
00:15:55,667 --> 00:15:57,125
Slam dunk!

328
00:15:57,125 --> 00:15:58,000
It's gonna be stolen,
I think, by the Doctor.

329
00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:00,917
Yes, he's got it.
Here he comes.

330
00:16:00,917 --> 00:16:03,917
Hey, rock the baby to sleep
with slam dunk!

331
00:16:03,917 --> 00:16:04,625
Herridge back out
to Dennis,

332
00:16:04,625 --> 00:16:05,958
Dennis looks
for Gaines,

333
00:16:05,958 --> 00:16:06,708
gives it to him,

334
00:16:06,708 --> 00:16:07,667
over to Bird.

335
00:16:07,667 --> 00:16:09,792
Bird's three-pointer
and away...good!

336
00:16:09,792 --> 00:16:10,332
[crowd cheering]

337
00:16:14,708 --> 00:16:16,291
My mom's father,
Grandpa Cox,

338
00:16:16,291 --> 00:16:20,582
he used to record
all the games.

339
00:16:20,582 --> 00:16:24,375
And he used to
box them up

340
00:16:24,375 --> 00:16:25,875
and send us copies
of them.

341
00:16:25,875 --> 00:16:28,250
And I would sit there
at home

342
00:16:28,250 --> 00:16:31,875
and watch these games
over and over and over

343
00:16:31,875 --> 00:16:33,375
and over and over
and over and over.

344
00:16:33,375 --> 00:16:34,542
announcer: Beautiful defense
for the Lakers...

345
00:16:34,542 --> 00:16:37,582
The pass to Magic...
Kareem slams!

346
00:16:37,582 --> 00:16:41,040
[indistinct commentary]

347
00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:44,250
And gets it away
to Jordan!

348
00:16:47,667 --> 00:16:49,082
Underneath, and he's in!

349
00:16:49,082 --> 00:16:49,917
One second left!

350
00:16:49,917 --> 00:16:52,792
Bryant: I saw NBA game.

351
00:16:52,792 --> 00:16:54,667
I saw other players
around him.

352
00:16:55,250 --> 00:16:57,040
Everybody was there,

353
00:16:57,040 --> 00:16:58,792
and I could see it
clear as day.

354
00:17:00,582 --> 00:17:02,207
It was a place that
I could go to

355
00:17:02,207 --> 00:17:05,250
and not be alone.

356
00:17:05,250 --> 00:17:06,750
announcer: Right down to
the base,

357
00:17:06,750 --> 00:17:08,290
he shoots,
he scores!

358
00:17:08,290 --> 00:17:09,458
And he's back.
Sixteen by Battle.

359
00:17:09,458 --> 00:17:12,916
Bryant: I remember I realized
that I had to learn

360
00:17:12,916 --> 00:17:14,333
how to go coast-to-coast
because that's

361
00:17:14,333 --> 00:17:18,290
what John Battle from the
Atlanta Hawks did.

362
00:17:19,083 --> 00:17:20,250
John Battle.

363
00:17:20,250 --> 00:17:22,125
Most people probably don't
know who John Battle is,

364
00:17:22,125 --> 00:17:25,000
but I do because from watching
him get a rebound,

365
00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:26,040
go coast-to-coast with
his left hand,

366
00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:28,040
even though he was
right-handed,

367
00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:30,750
"Whoa, I need to
do that."

368
00:17:30,750 --> 00:17:32,040
announcer: Battle left to
right...

369
00:17:33,666 --> 00:17:35,834
Perpetual motion, he is
difficult to stay with.

370
00:17:35,834 --> 00:17:36,959
Moves left, moves right,

371
00:17:36,959 --> 00:17:37,959
gets himself open
for the shot.

372
00:17:37,959 --> 00:17:40,333
I want to do what
those guys do on TV.

373
00:17:40,333 --> 00:17:42,625
It was this, like,
mythical thing.

374
00:17:42,625 --> 00:17:43,959
announcer: Three-point...

375
00:17:43,959 --> 00:17:45,834
Oh, Battle gets
it away!

376
00:17:45,834 --> 00:17:46,666
He made it!
He made it!

377
00:17:46,666 --> 00:17:49,375
He made it!

378
00:17:49,375 --> 00:17:53,208
[indistinct commentary]

379
00:17:53,208 --> 00:17:55,208
...and this game
was history.

380
00:17:55,208 --> 00:17:57,125
John Battle...

381
00:18:06,375 --> 00:18:09,250
an on radio: Six to nine months
is the very earliest,

382
00:18:09,250 --> 00:18:11,875
and in all probability,
it's a year,

383
00:18:11,875 --> 00:18:12,500
and the real
question,

384
00:18:12,500 --> 00:18:13,290
which you hit on is:

385
00:18:13,290 --> 00:18:15,583
will he ever be
the same?

386
00:18:15,583 --> 00:18:17,666
And many of our best
basketball players,

387
00:18:17,666 --> 00:18:19,583
Isaiah Thomas, Shaq,
Barkley,

388
00:18:19,583 --> 00:18:22,165
all retired after
this injury.

389
00:19:47,500 --> 00:19:48,500
[balls continuing
to drop]

390
00:20:13,125 --> 00:20:14,709
Bryant: The game for me has
always been about passion

391
00:20:14,709 --> 00:20:17,666
until probably about
the age of...

392
00:20:19,458 --> 00:20:21,709
age of thirteen.

393
00:20:21,709 --> 00:20:22,250
So, it was all about,
kind of, love.

394
00:20:22,250 --> 00:20:24,083
It was fun, you know.

395
00:20:24,083 --> 00:20:26,083
I went out and played
and just had a good time.

396
00:20:34,290 --> 00:20:37,250
Once we moved back
to America for good,

397
00:20:37,250 --> 00:20:42,416
when I was thirteen
years old,

398
00:20:42,416 --> 00:20:44,750
I kind of moved in
about November or so

399
00:20:46,083 --> 00:20:48,583
in the school year,
Bala Cynwyd middle school,

400
00:20:48,583 --> 00:20:51,250
and it was different.

401
00:20:51,250 --> 00:20:53,583
I mean, I didn't
understand the slang.

402
00:20:53,583 --> 00:20:54,458
I was a little
Italian boy.

403
00:20:54,458 --> 00:20:57,250
I didn't understand
the fashion.

404
00:20:58,125 --> 00:21:00,250
And I couldn't
spell.

405
00:21:00,250 --> 00:21:04,290
So, the teacher told my mother
that I was probably dyslexic.

406
00:21:04,290 --> 00:21:08,959
It was like somebody
took me and dropped me

407
00:21:08,959 --> 00:21:11,290
in a bucket,
in a tub

408
00:21:11,290 --> 00:21:15,165
of ice-cold water 'cause it
shocked the shit out of me.

409
00:21:18,625 --> 00:21:20,208
I didn't know anybody.

410
00:21:20,208 --> 00:21:22,000
Very awkward,
skinny-looking,

411
00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:23,875
barely spoke.

412
00:21:23,875 --> 00:21:25,375
Sitting at a lunch table
all by myself,

413
00:21:25,375 --> 00:21:26,208
no friends.

414
00:21:26,208 --> 00:21:29,750
And I was upset that
I had moved.

415
00:21:29,750 --> 00:21:32,416
And I had all this,
you know,

416
00:21:32,416 --> 00:21:34,208
resentment and anger
inside of me

417
00:21:34,208 --> 00:21:37,333
that I hadn't really
let out.

418
00:21:48,165 --> 00:21:51,333
It was never
viewed as,

419
00:21:51,333 --> 00:21:53,500
"I'm going to control
this thing."

420
00:21:53,500 --> 00:21:55,541
It was more like,
"You know what?

421
00:21:55,541 --> 00:21:57,250
"I'm just gonna

422
00:21:57,250 --> 00:21:58,750
"delay the eruption.

423
00:21:58,750 --> 00:22:01,165
"I'm just gonna
push it to the side

424
00:22:01,165 --> 00:22:03,750
"and then use it
to my benefit

425
00:22:03,750 --> 00:22:06,000
"for what it is
that I love doing,

426
00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:07,583
"which is playing
the game."

427
00:22:07,959 --> 00:22:10,000
[buzzer]

428
00:22:12,541 --> 00:22:15,208
And once I
discovered that,

429
00:22:15,208 --> 00:22:16,666
everything about
the game changed...

430
00:22:25,375 --> 00:22:29,750
because now I understood that
I could really lose myself

431
00:22:29,750 --> 00:22:30,583
through the game.

432
00:22:30,583 --> 00:22:32,040
And no matter what
affected me,

433
00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:34,625
no matter what
happened in life,

434
00:22:34,625 --> 00:22:38,040
I could always step
on the basketball court

435
00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:42,208
and let my game
speak to that.

436
00:22:42,208 --> 00:22:43,541
You know, step on
that court and

437
00:22:43,541 --> 00:22:45,250
just absolutely erupt.

438
00:22:51,125 --> 00:22:53,791
[crowd cheering]

439
00:22:56,541 --> 00:22:58,541
announcer: ...Kobe Bryant.

440
00:22:59,666 --> 00:23:02,541
Bryant: And that feeling of
playing with that rage

441
00:23:02,541 --> 00:23:04,083
was new to me.

442
00:23:04,083 --> 00:23:05,791
But I fucking
loved it.

443
00:23:41,125 --> 00:23:44,208
There's a choice that we
have to make as people,

444
00:23:44,208 --> 00:23:46,040
as individuals.

445
00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:47,125
If you wanna be
great at something,

446
00:23:47,125 --> 00:23:49,000
there's a choice that
you have to make.

447
00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:53,000
We all can be masters
at our craft.

448
00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:54,959
But you have to
make a choice.

449
00:23:54,959 --> 00:23:57,875
What I mean by
that is,

450
00:23:57,875 --> 00:23:58,458
there are inherent
sacrifices that

451
00:23:58,458 --> 00:24:00,165
come along with that,

452
00:24:00,165 --> 00:24:01,541
family time,

453
00:24:01,541 --> 00:24:03,375
hanging out
with your friends,

454
00:24:03,375 --> 00:24:05,375
being a great friend,
right?

455
00:24:05,375 --> 00:24:09,583
Being a great,
um, um, um...

456
00:24:09,583 --> 00:24:12,500
son, nephew, whatever
the case may be.

457
00:24:12,500 --> 00:24:14,541
There's sacrifices that come
along with making it.

458
00:24:15,750 --> 00:24:17,709
[crowd counting down]

459
00:24:17,709 --> 00:24:19,000
announcer: Counting it down.

460
00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:22,458
It is over, unfortunately,
for the Cathedral Prep players.

461
00:24:22,458 --> 00:24:25,916
Lower Merion prevails and
wins the state championship

462
00:24:25,916 --> 00:24:29,666
by the final score
of 48 to 43.

463
00:24:29,666 --> 00:24:31,583
The celebration is on
for the Aces.

464
00:24:31,583 --> 00:24:34,500
Look at the media chasing
Kobe Bryant.

465
00:24:34,500 --> 00:24:36,333
They want a shot
of him because

466
00:24:36,333 --> 00:24:38,040
this game just
may be

467
00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:40,165
this young man's
last game

468
00:24:40,165 --> 00:24:42,625
before heading
to the NBA.

469
00:24:42,625 --> 00:24:43,834
interviewer: In your
heart of hearts,

470
00:24:43,834 --> 00:24:46,165
do you think you're
good enough right now

471
00:24:46,165 --> 00:24:47,416
to play in the NBA
next year?

472
00:24:47,416 --> 00:24:48,083
[laughs]

473
00:24:48,083 --> 00:24:49,959
Uh,

474
00:24:49,959 --> 00:24:51,709
it's good to have
self-confidence.

475
00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:58,791
Bryant: I wanna learn
how to become

476
00:24:58,791 --> 00:25:01,165
the best basketball
player in the world.

477
00:25:01,165 --> 00:25:02,375
And if I'm gonna
learn that,

478
00:25:02,375 --> 00:25:04,583
I gotta learn
from the best.

479
00:25:04,583 --> 00:25:07,208
Kids go to school to be
doctors or lawyers

480
00:25:07,208 --> 00:25:07,916
and so forth
and so on.

481
00:25:07,916 --> 00:25:09,290
That's where
they study.

482
00:25:09,290 --> 00:25:10,208
That's the place
for them to study,

483
00:25:10,208 --> 00:25:11,709
My place to study
is from the best.

484
00:25:11,709 --> 00:25:13,791
[crowd cheering]

485
00:25:16,458 --> 00:25:19,709
I, Kobe Bryant,
have decided

486
00:25:19,709 --> 00:25:22,834
to skip college and take my
talent to the NBA.

487
00:25:22,834 --> 00:25:24,375
[loud applause]

488
00:25:25,541 --> 00:25:28,834
I knew that I was not
going to be stopped.

489
00:25:28,834 --> 00:25:30,750
So at the age
of eighteen,

490
00:25:30,750 --> 00:25:32,208
this was my life.

491
00:25:33,083 --> 00:25:35,125
Right?

492
00:25:35,125 --> 00:25:37,916
So, you can't possibly
become better than me

493
00:25:37,916 --> 00:25:41,125
because you're not spending
the time on it that I do.

494
00:25:41,125 --> 00:25:43,040
Even if you wanna spend
the time on it,

495
00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:44,583
you can't because
you have other things.

496
00:25:44,583 --> 00:25:46,916
You have other
responsibilities

497
00:25:46,916 --> 00:25:48,959
that are taking you
away from it.

498
00:25:50,125 --> 00:25:50,791
So, I already won.

499
00:27:00,791 --> 00:27:02,375
man: Been a
long road?

500
00:27:02,375 --> 00:27:03,416
Bryant: Yep.

501
00:27:03,416 --> 00:27:04,250
I bet.

502
00:27:04,250 --> 00:27:06,375
I love the comment
that you made

503
00:27:06,375 --> 00:27:07,500
that you're starting
to feel almost

504
00:27:07,500 --> 00:27:10,040
like you did in the
very first year,

505
00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:12,333
some of that
education.

506
00:27:12,333 --> 00:27:13,333
Of course.

507
00:27:13,333 --> 00:27:15,625
It's gotta be

508
00:27:15,625 --> 00:27:17,165
one of the
hardest times

509
00:27:17,165 --> 00:27:19,040
you've ever
worked out.

510
00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:21,916
I bet.

511
00:27:22,875 --> 00:27:23,709
Well, I have a ton
of respect for you.

512
00:27:23,709 --> 00:27:25,165
Hope to see you
back out there.

513
00:27:25,165 --> 00:27:26,959
Thank you.

514
00:27:26,959 --> 00:27:27,834
Soon. I know I will.

515
00:27:27,834 --> 00:27:29,333
[laughs]

516
00:27:41,959 --> 00:27:44,125
man: Jerry? Have Jerry
come up for us.

517
00:27:44,125 --> 00:27:45,541
Jerry: Excuse me.

518
00:27:49,916 --> 00:27:50,333
We'll put the rich guy
in the middle.

519
00:27:50,333 --> 00:27:51,959
[laughter]

520
00:27:56,083 --> 00:27:57,791
[reporters talking,
cameras flashing]

521
00:28:04,165 --> 00:28:05,625
Bryant: Growing up
in Italy,

522
00:28:05,625 --> 00:28:08,083
I was such a
big Laker fan.

523
00:28:08,083 --> 00:28:10,541
Like, a massive
Laker fan.

524
00:28:10,541 --> 00:28:13,791
I knew everything
about them.

525
00:28:13,791 --> 00:28:15,750
I was obsessed
with Magic.

526
00:28:16,666 --> 00:28:18,750
I used to work
on my sky hook

527
00:28:18,750 --> 00:28:19,709
every single day.

528
00:28:19,709 --> 00:28:23,290
And then--
To be like Kareem.

529
00:28:23,290 --> 00:28:27,709
And then, I worked on the baby
hook to be like Magic.

530
00:28:27,709 --> 00:28:30,583
And, uh, I worked
on my runners

531
00:28:30,583 --> 00:28:32,666
to be like
James Worthy.

532
00:28:32,666 --> 00:28:33,959
My left-hand
hook runners,

533
00:28:33,959 --> 00:28:35,208
right-hand hook
runners,

534
00:28:35,208 --> 00:28:37,250
my pull-up jump
shot in transition

535
00:28:37,250 --> 00:28:38,625
like Byron Scott,

536
00:28:38,625 --> 00:28:42,541
and scoring 40, 50,
60 points, 80 points.

537
00:28:42,541 --> 00:28:43,791
I'd have those
dreams.

538
00:28:43,791 --> 00:28:49,165
And so, a hundred
percent of the time

539
00:28:49,165 --> 00:28:50,625
when I imagined
these things,

540
00:28:50,625 --> 00:28:52,583
I had on a Laker
uniform.

541
00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:55,000
Golden jersey,
baby.

542
00:29:00,290 --> 00:29:04,416
This was, like,

543
00:29:04,416 --> 00:29:05,541
dream come true.

544
00:29:05,541 --> 00:29:07,208
announcer: Elden Campbell
back on the floor

545
00:29:07,208 --> 00:29:11,583
with Rooks and Kobe Bryant
making his first appearance

546
00:29:11,583 --> 00:29:12,875
in Madison Square
Garden.

547
00:29:12,875 --> 00:29:14,834
Eighteen years of age,
and he'll go

548
00:29:14,834 --> 00:29:15,834
to the free throw line.

549
00:29:15,834 --> 00:29:17,625
Now, let's give you
some perspective.

550
00:29:17,625 --> 00:29:20,583
This is the third
game of the season.

551
00:29:20,583 --> 00:29:25,208
A year ago at this time
in his third game for
Lower Merion High School,

552
00:29:25,208 --> 00:29:27,834
Kobe Bryant was leading
the Lower Merion Aces

553
00:29:27,834 --> 00:29:30,834
to victory over
Haverford High School.

554
00:29:33,875 --> 00:29:38,333
There is his first point
in the NBA.

555
00:29:38,333 --> 00:29:39,625
And it comes at the age

556
00:29:39,625 --> 00:29:42,333
of 18 years, 2 months,
and a couple of days.

557
00:29:42,333 --> 00:29:44,541
All season, I was just
waiting and waiting

558
00:29:44,541 --> 00:29:45,458
for my opportunity
to come.

559
00:29:45,458 --> 00:29:47,750
I wanted to prove that
I was better than

560
00:29:47,750 --> 00:29:50,333
they thought I was,
you know?

561
00:29:50,333 --> 00:29:51,458
I wanted to prove
to myself

562
00:29:51,458 --> 00:29:53,040
that I'm better than
they think I was.

563
00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:54,834
And I was mentally
preparing myself

564
00:29:54,834 --> 00:29:57,791
and visualizing the moment
that would come where,

565
00:29:57,791 --> 00:29:59,208
you know, I'm--

566
00:30:01,709 --> 00:30:03,875
I lead the Los Angeles
Lakers to a victory.

567
00:30:03,875 --> 00:30:04,959
announcer: Knight comes
off the back

568
00:30:04,959 --> 00:30:06,458
to Shaq for the rebound.

569
00:30:06,458 --> 00:30:08,916
[indistinct]

570
00:30:08,916 --> 00:30:09,959
Kobe, don't
do that.

571
00:30:09,959 --> 00:30:10,709
You know you're gonna
wear out your pants

572
00:30:10,709 --> 00:30:12,083
if you plan on
doing that.

573
00:30:12,834 --> 00:30:15,000
There are times I'd
sit the bench

574
00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:15,875
for seven straight
games and then play

575
00:30:15,875 --> 00:30:17,959
the last twenty
seconds of a game

576
00:30:17,959 --> 00:30:20,290
and then look around and see
other players in the league

577
00:30:20,290 --> 00:30:22,791
that are out there playing
and performing

578
00:30:22,791 --> 00:30:24,791
and setting the
league on fire.

579
00:30:26,290 --> 00:30:27,083
announcer: ...the crowd
is into it...

580
00:30:28,791 --> 00:30:29,625
Yes!

581
00:30:30,916 --> 00:30:32,290
Comes the way out
and goes right down
the middle...

582
00:30:32,290 --> 00:30:33,875
I knew I could play
with these guys

583
00:30:33,875 --> 00:30:35,290
because I had seen
them up-close.

584
00:30:35,290 --> 00:30:37,040
I knew I could

585
00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:38,416
compete with them,

586
00:30:38,416 --> 00:30:41,083
but I wasn't getting the
opportunity to show it.

587
00:30:41,083 --> 00:30:42,165
announcer: There's Kobe on
the bench,

588
00:30:42,165 --> 00:30:44,165
itching, itching
to get in.

589
00:30:44,165 --> 00:30:47,666
One of the things
I always used to do

590
00:30:47,666 --> 00:30:52,125
is get in my car and drive
around the campus of UCLA.

591
00:30:56,500 --> 00:30:58,959
I'd see kids hanging out
at fraternity houses

592
00:30:58,959 --> 00:31:01,250
and just walking
around.

593
00:31:01,250 --> 00:31:03,666
I just wanted to
feel that.

594
00:31:03,666 --> 00:31:05,083
You know?

595
00:31:05,083 --> 00:31:06,040
Just wanted to
feel that.

596
00:31:07,583 --> 00:31:08,834
And then I'd
even wonder,

597
00:31:08,834 --> 00:31:11,583
"Fuck, did I make
the wrong choice, man?

598
00:31:11,583 --> 00:31:13,834
"Did I fuck up?

599
00:31:13,834 --> 00:31:17,040
"I could be going to college
and laughing and hanging out

600
00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:19,040
"with these kids, man,

601
00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:19,709
"and having a good time
and enjoying it.

602
00:31:19,709 --> 00:31:21,165
"But, no, here I am."

603
00:31:21,165 --> 00:31:24,709
announcer: It's game five
in the best of seven,

604
00:31:24,709 --> 00:31:25,959
Western Conference
Semi-final.

605
00:31:25,959 --> 00:31:28,791
The Utah Jazz leading this
series three games to one.

606
00:31:28,791 --> 00:31:31,791
Lakers do not have
a time-out.

607
00:31:31,791 --> 00:31:33,750
Eleven-point,
three to play in regulation.

608
00:31:33,750 --> 00:31:35,834
You see the storm...

609
00:31:35,834 --> 00:31:37,500
Before each series,
we got a binder,

610
00:31:37,500 --> 00:31:39,750
and it had all the plays and
the players and their
statistics,

611
00:31:39,750 --> 00:31:44,375
and I mean, I really
studied it.

612
00:31:44,375 --> 00:31:45,791
Like, I really
studied it.

613
00:31:45,791 --> 00:31:46,959
And I didn't know most
of the players

614
00:31:46,959 --> 00:31:49,290
took the books and,
you know,

615
00:31:49,290 --> 00:31:52,416
just kind of left them
in their rooms or whatever.

616
00:31:52,416 --> 00:31:54,125
But I really
studied them.

617
00:31:54,125 --> 00:31:55,834
Like, I knew the sets,
I knew the percentages.

618
00:31:55,834 --> 00:32:00,000
I knew, you know,
and

619
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:02,875
I just tried to be
as prepared as possible

620
00:32:02,875 --> 00:32:04,834
because this was,
like...

621
00:32:05,458 --> 00:32:07,375
I didn't wanna
mess up.

622
00:32:07,375 --> 00:32:09,375
announcer: This has been
a game for Los Angeles.

623
00:32:09,375 --> 00:32:11,125
that, obviously,
they need to win.

624
00:32:11,125 --> 00:32:13,208
A loss and they're eliminated
from the playoffs,

625
00:32:13,208 --> 00:32:14,250
and here we go.

626
00:32:14,250 --> 00:32:15,959
Kobe Bryant will
take it.

627
00:32:16,666 --> 00:32:18,416
Bryant right
by Russell,

628
00:32:18,416 --> 00:32:20,208
five seconds left.

629
00:32:20,208 --> 00:32:20,709
Four, Bryant drives...

630
00:32:20,709 --> 00:32:23,416
shot on the way.

631
00:32:23,416 --> 00:32:24,625
No good.
We go to overtime.

632
00:32:24,625 --> 00:32:26,791
announcer 2: I've gotta say
this, for an 18-year-old

633
00:32:26,791 --> 00:32:29,750
to take this shot when it's
on the line,

634
00:32:29,750 --> 00:32:31,165
let's give him some
credit for that.

635
00:32:31,165 --> 00:32:32,625
Fisher wide open
to Kobe Bryant.

636
00:32:32,625 --> 00:32:35,333
[indistinct commentary
and crowd cheering]

637
00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:39,000
Let's see how strong
he is because

638
00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:41,458
that hurts confidence,
both in Kobe

639
00:32:41,458 --> 00:32:43,333
and his teammates
running the ball.

640
00:32:43,333 --> 00:32:44,916
He has shot two
air balls in a row.

641
00:32:44,916 --> 00:32:47,416
He's got to come up and
play like it's nothing.

642
00:32:47,416 --> 00:32:49,458
You just missed a shot,
that's all that happened.

643
00:32:52,208 --> 00:32:53,500
Van Exel straight
away to Bryant.

644
00:32:53,500 --> 00:32:54,875
Bryant for three...

645
00:32:54,875 --> 00:32:56,583
it's short.
Air ball.

646
00:32:57,916 --> 00:33:01,125
Three times he
shot air balls.

647
00:33:01,125 --> 00:33:02,375
Bryant: I'm just gonna
keep on going,

648
00:33:02,375 --> 00:33:03,625
no matter what.

649
00:33:03,625 --> 00:33:04,834
You can fail ten times,
and that eleventh time

650
00:33:04,834 --> 00:33:06,875
is when you're
great.

651
00:33:06,875 --> 00:33:08,458
You fail eleven times
and the twelfth time

652
00:33:08,458 --> 00:33:09,791
is gonna be great.

653
00:33:09,791 --> 00:33:11,791
But eventually,
it's gonna happen.

654
00:33:11,791 --> 00:33:13,875
announcer: Fifteen seconds
to go, a chance to tie.

655
00:33:13,875 --> 00:33:15,834
Van Exel with it.

656
00:33:19,458 --> 00:33:20,834
Bryant for the tie...

657
00:33:20,834 --> 00:33:22,040
another air ball!

658
00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:23,916
It's over,
it's over.

659
00:33:23,916 --> 00:33:25,709
I do believe
it's over.

660
00:33:25,709 --> 00:33:27,625
It's all over.

661
00:33:27,625 --> 00:33:29,916
Bryant: We flew back
to L.A. that night.

662
00:33:29,916 --> 00:33:32,666
And I got home,
it was probably,

663
00:33:32,666 --> 00:33:33,666
like, three in
the morning.

664
00:33:33,666 --> 00:33:36,000
And I went down
to the high school,

665
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:39,541
which is down the
street from my house.

666
00:33:39,541 --> 00:33:41,709
And the janitor let
me in the gym,

667
00:33:41,709 --> 00:33:43,125
and I shot
all day.

668
00:33:44,959 --> 00:33:46,290
All day.

669
00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:49,250
I mean, all day.

670
00:33:49,250 --> 00:33:52,416
And this was right after
that playoff game.

671
00:33:52,416 --> 00:33:55,666
And, um, I didn't
leave the gym.

672
00:33:55,666 --> 00:33:57,625
I just kept shooting and
shooting and shooting

673
00:33:57,625 --> 00:33:58,834
and shooting and shooting
and shooting

674
00:33:58,834 --> 00:34:00,583
and practicing
and practicing.

675
00:34:00,583 --> 00:34:05,333
And I got a chance to
let out the steam of

676
00:34:05,333 --> 00:34:08,083
disappointing my teammates
and millions of fans.

677
00:34:08,083 --> 00:34:11,166
I got a chance to
let all that out

678
00:34:11,166 --> 00:34:13,791
instead of bottling
it up

679
00:34:13,791 --> 00:34:15,875
and envision that moment
over and over and over

680
00:34:15,875 --> 00:34:17,208
and over and over.

681
00:34:17,208 --> 00:34:20,083
That was a huge summer
for me because

682
00:34:24,375 --> 00:34:25,041
I felt like everybody had
written me off

683
00:34:25,041 --> 00:34:27,041
after those air
balls.

684
00:34:27,041 --> 00:34:28,875
I was really excited when
the schedule came out

685
00:34:28,875 --> 00:34:29,875
and I saw we had Utah.

686
00:34:29,875 --> 00:34:31,250
announcer: Tonight in the
season opener,

687
00:34:31,250 --> 00:34:33,250
the Los Angeles Lakers
host the Utah Jazz.

688
00:34:37,375 --> 00:34:39,166
The ball to Kobe,
comes underneath,

689
00:34:39,166 --> 00:34:40,166
lays it up and in
with a 360 curve.

690
00:34:42,375 --> 00:34:44,875
The hips were flying,
the feet were moving,

691
00:34:44,875 --> 00:34:48,416
the arms were going,
and he put in a flutter ball.

692
00:34:48,416 --> 00:34:49,458
Kobe with the ball.

693
00:34:49,458 --> 00:34:51,333
He just made a great
move a second ago.

694
00:34:51,333 --> 00:34:56,083
[indistinct commentary]

695
00:34:56,083 --> 00:34:57,750
He went underneath
and brought it back

696
00:34:57,750 --> 00:34:59,125
with the left hand,
did he not?

697
00:34:59,125 --> 00:35:00,000
announcer 2: Yes, he did.

698
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:01,916
announcer: 87-77.

699
00:35:01,916 --> 00:35:02,833
announcer 2:
That's called
being ambidextrous.

700
00:35:02,833 --> 00:35:06,458
I came from really
big in the clutch,

701
00:35:06,458 --> 00:35:07,541
really big in
the clutch.

702
00:35:07,541 --> 00:35:10,333
And I remember just
feeling like,

703
00:35:10,333 --> 00:35:13,541
feeling really,
like, vindicated.

704
00:35:13,541 --> 00:35:15,083
Like, for me, it was
a really big deal.

705
00:35:15,083 --> 00:35:18,375
For the veterans, they probably
didn't give a shit about it.

706
00:35:18,375 --> 00:35:19,750
It was just another regular
season game.

707
00:35:19,750 --> 00:35:21,083
But for me, it was
a big deal.

708
00:35:23,916 --> 00:35:25,041
announcer: Yeah, count it.

709
00:35:25,041 --> 00:35:26,250
Basket is good.

710
00:35:26,250 --> 00:35:28,541
announcer 2: Did you see
him finish that play, Chick?

711
00:35:28,541 --> 00:35:29,750
Chick: Yes, I did.

712
00:35:32,375 --> 00:35:33,375
You have come
so far in one year.

713
00:35:33,375 --> 00:35:37,500
That's because you work
so hard in the summer?

714
00:35:37,500 --> 00:35:38,458
I definitely did.

715
00:35:38,458 --> 00:35:40,125
I was a student
of the game.

716
00:35:40,125 --> 00:35:41,750
I tried to understand
things that

717
00:35:41,750 --> 00:35:43,166
I wasn't doing very well
last season

718
00:35:43,166 --> 00:35:45,875
and try to add them
to my game.

719
00:35:45,875 --> 00:35:47,083
And it's difficult
because you have to

720
00:35:47,083 --> 00:35:48,041
break habits,

721
00:35:48,041 --> 00:35:49,166
so that was the
hardest adjustment.

722
00:35:49,166 --> 00:35:51,541
But this year,
you're getting
more minutes.

723
00:35:51,541 --> 00:35:54,125
Obviously, a guy can
play better when he's
not looking

724
00:35:54,125 --> 00:35:56,333
over his shoulder to see
if the coach is gonna
take him out.

725
00:35:56,333 --> 00:35:57,375
Well, when you play
more minutes,

726
00:35:57,375 --> 00:35:58,458
you naturally
get better

727
00:35:58,458 --> 00:36:00,125
because that's experience
out there on the court.

728
00:36:00,125 --> 00:36:01,125
You're gonna get
all kinds of
endorsements,

729
00:36:01,125 --> 00:36:02,291
which you're
already getting.

730
00:36:02,291 --> 00:36:06,375
You gotta get somebody
that sells toothpaste.

731
00:36:06,375 --> 00:36:07,625
You've got
beautiful teeth.

732
00:36:07,625 --> 00:36:08,875
Oh, thank you
very much.

733
00:36:08,875 --> 00:36:10,333
Appreciate it.

734
00:36:10,333 --> 00:36:11,666
Chick: Well, he might
be only 18 years and
five months old,

735
00:36:11,666 --> 00:36:14,291
but this guy can do
everything that the
veterans can do

736
00:36:14,291 --> 00:36:16,125
and do it better,
perhaps, yeah?

737
00:36:16,125 --> 00:36:18,875
Here we go,
change of direction.

738
00:36:18,875 --> 00:36:20,916
Slam dunk!

739
00:36:20,916 --> 00:36:23,750
How good is
this kid?

740
00:36:23,750 --> 00:36:27,291
Bryant: The most important
this is you must put everybody

741
00:36:27,291 --> 00:36:29,083
on notice that you're here
and you're for real.

742
00:36:29,083 --> 00:36:30,708
I'm not a player that's just
gonna come and go.

743
00:36:30,708 --> 00:36:32,958
I'm not a player that's gonna
make an all-star team

744
00:36:32,958 --> 00:36:35,125
one time, two times.

745
00:36:35,125 --> 00:36:37,333
I'm here to be an
all-time great.

746
00:36:37,333 --> 00:36:38,333
[crowd erupts in cheers]

747
00:36:39,916 --> 00:36:42,208
Once I made that
commitment and

748
00:36:42,208 --> 00:36:44,916
said, "I want to be one
of the greatest ever,"

749
00:36:45,666 --> 00:36:48,000
then the game became
everything for me.

750
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:49,250
announcer: Kobe Bryant
is guarded by Michael Jordan.

751
00:36:49,250 --> 00:36:51,750
Pulls away from Michael,
oh!

752
00:36:51,750 --> 00:36:53,666
Kobe Bryant.

753
00:36:53,666 --> 00:36:54,791
Even Michael Jordan
will tell you that

754
00:36:54,791 --> 00:36:58,208
Kobe Bryant is the
future of the NBA.

755
00:36:58,208 --> 00:36:59,208
You realize how
good he is.

756
00:36:59,208 --> 00:37:01,125
He's actually in his
second year of college,

757
00:37:01,125 --> 00:37:02,708
and certainly,
he's learned
a lot.

758
00:37:02,708 --> 00:37:04,291
He's certainly gonna
learn a lot more.

759
00:37:04,291 --> 00:37:06,125
He's gonna be a lot better
if he keeps improving.

760
00:37:06,125 --> 00:37:07,625
He's been voted by
the fans to start

761
00:37:07,625 --> 00:37:09,833
in next Sunday's
all-star game,

762
00:37:09,833 --> 00:37:11,083
making him the
youngest player in

763
00:37:11,083 --> 00:37:13,250
NBA all-star
history.

764
00:37:13,250 --> 00:37:14,500
announcer: He's got the
ball in his hands again.

765
00:37:14,500 --> 00:37:16,125
To Garnett,
back to Kobe!

766
00:37:16,125 --> 00:37:18,541
You ever seen a
young man

767
00:37:18,541 --> 00:37:20,875
like Kobe Bryant,
so confident

768
00:37:20,875 --> 00:37:22,208
at his age
and so mature?

769
00:37:22,208 --> 00:37:23,041
No.

770
00:37:23,041 --> 00:37:23,458
No, never.

771
00:37:23,458 --> 00:37:24,875
I think that

772
00:37:24,875 --> 00:37:26,041
he'll show you
things that

773
00:37:26,041 --> 00:37:27,583
a lot of--you're talking
about a 19-year-old--

774
00:37:27,583 --> 00:37:30,416
a lot of the guys, 25 and 30,
35, can't even do.

775
00:37:33,333 --> 00:37:36,041
announcer: Faked the
wrap-around,
Pete Maravich.

776
00:37:36,041 --> 00:37:38,333
He faked a wrap-around
pass behind his back

777
00:37:38,333 --> 00:37:39,583
and sets the crowd
on fire.

778
00:37:59,666 --> 00:38:03,250
It's like that scene in the
movie where everything just

779
00:38:03,250 --> 00:38:06,291
magically happens
the right way.

780
00:38:06,291 --> 00:38:06,875
announcer: Bryant...

781
00:38:06,875 --> 00:38:09,083
to Shaq!

782
00:38:10,333 --> 00:38:12,250
Everything was
clicking.

783
00:38:12,250 --> 00:38:14,916
You know, playing the
best basketball

784
00:38:14,916 --> 00:38:17,500
of my career, the physical
aspect, the mental aspect,

785
00:38:19,333 --> 00:38:21,291
starting my family--

786
00:38:21,291 --> 00:38:23,416
everything's just
rolling.

787
00:38:23,416 --> 00:38:24,791
announcer: Kobe!

788
00:38:25,791 --> 00:38:27,916
Here's Bryant,
six on the shot clock,

789
00:38:27,916 --> 00:38:28,500
Reggie defending.

790
00:38:28,500 --> 00:38:30,625
Kobe, five seconds.

791
00:38:30,625 --> 00:38:31,791
Off to Kobe Bryant,

792
00:38:31,791 --> 00:38:34,666
both teams battling for
their collective lives.

793
00:38:34,666 --> 00:38:36,000
Kobe's outside hitter!

794
00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:37,583
[crowd cheering]

795
00:38:37,583 --> 00:38:43,166
And the Lakers are
the 2000 NBA Champions!

796
00:38:47,625 --> 00:38:49,416
[whooping, hollering]

797
00:38:54,375 --> 00:38:55,208
Bryant: I can remember
winning the championship

798
00:38:55,208 --> 00:38:59,041
and kinda being
like,

799
00:38:59,041 --> 00:39:00,458
"Okay, now what?

800
00:39:00,458 --> 00:39:02,291
"What happens now?

801
00:39:02,291 --> 00:39:03,958
"What happens now?

802
00:39:03,958 --> 00:39:06,291
"Holy shit, that champagne
burns like a motherfucker."

803
00:39:06,291 --> 00:39:07,666
[laughs]

804
00:39:08,250 --> 00:39:09,250
"All right, let's celebrate.

805
00:39:09,250 --> 00:39:10,833
"Let's wave the champagne
bottles around,

806
00:39:10,833 --> 00:39:11,166
"just don't drop it."

807
00:39:11,166 --> 00:39:12,625
[laughs]

808
00:39:12,625 --> 00:39:14,500
Seriously, somebody
would drop it.

809
00:39:14,500 --> 00:39:15,833
And then outside
of that,

810
00:39:15,833 --> 00:39:16,458
it was like,
"Okay, now what?"

811
00:39:18,250 --> 00:39:19,083
announcer: Back-to-back
titles

812
00:39:19,083 --> 00:39:21,416
for the Los Angeles
Lakers.

813
00:39:24,791 --> 00:39:26,250
Kobe Bryant is just
22 years old.

814
00:39:26,250 --> 00:39:28,416
There's nothing
he can't do.

815
00:39:28,416 --> 00:39:29,666
He already has
the total package.

816
00:39:29,666 --> 00:39:33,833
Shaquille O'Neal,
unprecedented what
he has done.

817
00:39:33,833 --> 00:39:35,833
Here's a guy who
is dominating,

818
00:39:35,833 --> 00:39:37,583
maybe more than any
player in NBA history.

819
00:39:37,583 --> 00:39:38,416
And the beautiful
thing is that

820
00:39:38,416 --> 00:39:41,666
they're just
getting started.

821
00:39:41,666 --> 00:39:43,250
We're gonna get another
one next year...again!

822
00:39:43,250 --> 00:39:46,791
Back-to-back-
to-back!

823
00:39:46,791 --> 00:39:47,875
[loud cheering]

824
00:39:47,875 --> 00:39:49,000
When you make a
choice and say,

825
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:53,041
"Come hell or high water,
I'm going to be this,"

826
00:39:53,041 --> 00:39:56,708
then you should not be
surprised when you are that.

827
00:39:56,708 --> 00:39:57,708
You should not be
something that's...

828
00:39:59,708 --> 00:40:04,083
that feels intoxicating
or out-of-character

829
00:40:04,083 --> 00:40:05,875
because you had seen
this moment for so long.

830
00:40:05,875 --> 00:40:08,041
That played in your mind
for so long that

831
00:40:08,041 --> 00:40:09,625
when that moment
comes,

832
00:40:11,208 --> 00:40:12,250
it's like,
"Of course it's here,"

833
00:40:12,250 --> 00:40:13,250
because it's been
here the whole time

834
00:40:13,250 --> 00:40:14,583
because it's been up here
the whole time.

835
00:40:17,666 --> 00:40:19,208
That's what it
feels like,

836
00:40:19,208 --> 00:40:20,458
at least for me.

837
00:40:21,333 --> 00:40:22,500
announcer: The Los Angeles
Lakers

838
00:40:22,500 --> 00:40:27,458
have made it three
straight championships.

839
00:40:27,458 --> 00:40:31,083
They are a team
for the ages.

840
00:40:32,250 --> 00:40:35,041
man on TV: Seven hundred and
fifty dollars. Good luck.

841
00:40:35,041 --> 00:40:36,125
Donna?

842
00:40:36,125 --> 00:40:37,166
Donna: 2100.

843
00:40:37,166 --> 00:40:39,500
man: Actual retail price
is...

844
00:40:40,208 --> 00:40:42,833
2,999!

845
00:40:42,833 --> 00:40:43,416
Donna!

846
00:40:43,416 --> 00:40:45,708
[Donna screaming]

847
00:40:54,416 --> 00:40:55,666
Oh, my God!

848
00:40:58,833 --> 00:41:03,750
[laughs]

849
00:41:03,750 --> 00:41:06,125
She's having an
exorcism.

850
00:41:11,708 --> 00:41:14,083
woman on TV: Everyone loves
a delicious baked potato,

851
00:41:14,083 --> 00:41:17,083
but cooking them in the oven
takes 45 minutes.

852
00:41:17,083 --> 00:41:18,583
And when you cook them
in the microwave,

853
00:41:18,583 --> 00:41:20,625
they come out mushy
and dry.

854
00:41:20,625 --> 00:41:23,583
Introducing Potato Express,
the fastest, easiest way

855
00:41:23,583 --> 00:41:25,625
to cook perfect
baked potatoes

856
00:41:25,625 --> 00:41:26,583
in just four minutes.

857
00:41:43,416 --> 00:41:44,166
physical therapist:
Does it hurt?

858
00:41:44,166 --> 00:41:45,958
No, it feels a lot
better.

859
00:41:45,958 --> 00:41:47,625
[inaudible]

860
00:41:50,083 --> 00:41:51,333
No.

861
00:41:52,416 --> 00:41:53,416
When I wake up in
the morning, though,

862
00:41:53,416 --> 00:41:54,583
it's tight right at
the attachment

863
00:41:54,583 --> 00:41:55,541
of the tendon and
the calcaneus.

864
00:41:55,541 --> 00:41:57,291
physical therapist:
Down there?

865
00:41:57,291 --> 00:41:58,666
Bryant: Yep.

866
00:41:59,958 --> 00:42:01,750
I don't even know how
to spell "calcaneus,"

867
00:42:01,750 --> 00:42:03,541
but I know what the
fuck it is.

868
00:42:03,541 --> 00:42:05,750
[laughs]

869
00:42:09,625 --> 00:42:10,750
You gotta be able
to communicate

870
00:42:10,750 --> 00:42:12,416
what the hell's wrong
with you.

871
00:42:27,875 --> 00:42:29,958
[indistinct talking]

872
00:42:33,083 --> 00:42:34,958
[laughter]

873
00:42:37,625 --> 00:42:37,833
man: Go and...

874
00:42:40,208 --> 00:42:41,250
Playback!

875
00:42:41,250 --> 00:42:42,958
[rap music starts]
rapper: Come on.

876
00:42:42,958 --> 00:42:44,583
Right.

877
00:42:45,208 --> 00:42:46,458
Uh, uh-huh.

878
00:42:47,375 --> 00:42:48,166
What's happening,
y'all?

879
00:42:48,166 --> 00:42:50,791
Welcome to my first
video shoot.

880
00:42:50,791 --> 00:43:00,666
♪

881
00:43:00,666 --> 00:43:02,083
For those that don't
know,

882
00:43:02,083 --> 00:43:07,708
yes, I had a budding
music career

883
00:43:07,708 --> 00:43:08,750
as a rapper.

884
00:43:08,750 --> 00:43:10,416
It, uh...

885
00:43:11,291 --> 00:43:12,625
um...

886
00:43:13,166 --> 00:43:13,833
didn't last long,

887
00:43:15,291 --> 00:43:17,583
but I did

888
00:43:17,583 --> 00:43:20,083
make a video.

889
00:43:20,083 --> 00:43:24,541
And on the video
set is where I first

890
00:43:24,541 --> 00:43:26,208
met Vanessa.

891
00:43:26,208 --> 00:43:27,625
We've got these
lovely young ladies

892
00:43:27,625 --> 00:43:29,708
that I haven't even
met yet.

893
00:43:29,708 --> 00:43:30,916
How you
doin'?

894
00:43:30,916 --> 00:43:32,083
Hi.
Kobe.

895
00:43:32,083 --> 00:43:32,958
How are you?
Nice to meet you.

896
00:43:32,958 --> 00:43:33,666
Trinidad.

897
00:43:33,666 --> 00:43:34,666
Trinidad.
How you doin'?

898
00:43:34,666 --> 00:43:36,416
Tomasina.
Tomasina.

899
00:43:37,458 --> 00:43:38,083
And...
Vanessa.

900
00:43:38,083 --> 00:43:40,250
Hi.

901
00:43:40,250 --> 00:43:43,041
I wasn't some big-time
basketball player

902
00:43:43,041 --> 00:43:45,291
at the time, either,
so it was like, you know,

903
00:43:46,958 --> 00:43:48,958
"It's a pleasure
to meet you."
[laughs]

904
00:43:48,958 --> 00:43:56,875
[music playing]

905
00:44:03,166 --> 00:44:04,833
It was a two-day
video shoot,

906
00:44:04,833 --> 00:44:07,125
and I was always
looking for her.

907
00:44:07,125 --> 00:44:08,916
Like, I wanted to know
where she was.

908
00:44:08,916 --> 00:44:10,833
And I would finish a take
and then go to my trailer,

909
00:44:10,833 --> 00:44:13,458
but I'd wonder where
she is the entire time

910
00:44:13,458 --> 00:44:15,541
and then come out of the
trailer and just wanna

911
00:44:15,541 --> 00:44:17,291
talk to her some more
in between takes

912
00:44:17,291 --> 00:44:18,541
and stuff like that.

913
00:44:18,541 --> 00:44:19,708
And she wrote her
phone number down

914
00:44:19,708 --> 00:44:20,958
at the the time where you
still had to write

915
00:44:20,958 --> 00:44:23,583
phone numbers down,
and, um,

916
00:44:23,583 --> 00:44:24,750
I called her the
very next day,

917
00:44:24,750 --> 00:44:27,458
and we talked
for hours.

918
00:44:28,375 --> 00:44:30,208
Vanessa, say "what's up"
to the camera.

919
00:44:30,208 --> 00:44:31,291
Hello.

920
00:44:32,583 --> 00:44:35,000
She was just...
beautiful.

921
00:44:37,791 --> 00:44:39,416
And we literally did
everything together.

922
00:44:39,416 --> 00:44:40,916
Everything together.

923
00:44:40,916 --> 00:44:42,625
And I thought I was a big
dork because I loved,

924
00:44:42,625 --> 00:44:46,291
I loved Disneyland.
[laughs]

925
00:44:46,291 --> 00:44:48,291
I love the Disney movies
and things like that,

926
00:44:48,291 --> 00:44:51,500
but I never really had a chance
to go to the park much,

927
00:44:51,500 --> 00:44:53,625
and she was a big
Disney fan, too.

928
00:44:53,625 --> 00:44:55,208
And we used to hang out
at Disneyland,

929
00:44:55,208 --> 00:44:56,166
we used to go
to Magic Mountain.

930
00:44:56,166 --> 00:44:59,166
She became my
best friend, you know?

931
00:44:59,166 --> 00:45:01,375
And for me, it was
very different

932
00:45:01,375 --> 00:45:02,708
to have somebody that
I was so close to

933
00:45:02,708 --> 00:45:05,666
because I had been
so used to growing up

934
00:45:05,666 --> 00:45:08,416
in isolation, really,
and moving around

935
00:45:08,416 --> 00:45:10,333
from place to place

936
00:45:10,333 --> 00:45:13,583
and making new friends
all the time.

937
00:45:13,583 --> 00:45:15,958
So, I never really

938
00:45:15,958 --> 00:45:16,791
opened up to anybody
because I knew

939
00:45:16,791 --> 00:45:20,041
I was just gonna
inevitably move.

940
00:45:20,041 --> 00:45:22,208
But now, being in
Los Angeles

941
00:45:22,208 --> 00:45:24,625
and feeling like I'm gonna be a
Laker for the rest of my life,

942
00:45:24,625 --> 00:45:26,833
and I just met this
beautiful woman

943
00:45:26,833 --> 00:45:30,708
that I just see the world
the same way with,

944
00:45:32,791 --> 00:45:34,708
we decided
to get married.

945
00:45:34,708 --> 00:45:36,916
I proposed,
she said "yes."

946
00:45:38,375 --> 00:45:39,958
We're both so young,
right?

947
00:45:39,958 --> 00:45:41,958
So, I'd wake up,
and I'd go train,

948
00:45:41,958 --> 00:45:43,333
and I'd come back,
and she'd still be

949
00:45:43,333 --> 00:45:45,208
in the bed sleeping,
like 18-year-olds do, man.

950
00:45:45,208 --> 00:45:48,541
She'd sleep 'til, like, 12,
1 o'clock in the afternoon, man.

951
00:45:48,541 --> 00:45:49,791
And then I'd lay down
with her,

952
00:45:49,791 --> 00:45:52,833
and I'd go to sleep
again, too.

953
00:45:52,833 --> 00:45:55,208
And then, uh,
we'd wake up

954
00:45:55,208 --> 00:45:57,583
and just, you know,
do what kids do,

955
00:45:57,583 --> 00:45:59,833
do what kids do.

956
00:45:59,833 --> 00:46:01,250
I'd take her to
the batting cage,

957
00:46:01,250 --> 00:46:02,083
we'd go hit
some balls.

958
00:46:02,083 --> 00:46:04,750
And we'd play
miniature golf.

959
00:46:04,750 --> 00:46:05,833
You know?

960
00:46:05,833 --> 00:46:06,875
Go to the movies.

961
00:46:06,875 --> 00:46:07,833
We'd go out
to eat.

962
00:46:07,833 --> 00:46:12,125
It was just--It was
a beautiful time, man.

963
00:46:24,083 --> 00:46:24,750
We had Natalia,
it was like,

964
00:46:24,750 --> 00:46:27,333
such a beautiful moment.

965
00:46:28,750 --> 00:46:29,791
You know?

966
00:46:29,791 --> 00:46:30,916
Because we were starting
our own family.

967
00:46:30,916 --> 00:46:35,625
And I found so much
enjoyment in just being with

968
00:46:35,625 --> 00:46:38,416
our baby girl.

969
00:46:39,458 --> 00:46:41,500
It was great putting
together the nursery,

970
00:46:41,500 --> 00:46:45,666
and you know,
the crib,

971
00:46:45,666 --> 00:46:48,958
and all those weird
Baby Einstein

972
00:46:48,958 --> 00:46:51,041
Baby Mozart videos where

973
00:46:51,041 --> 00:46:55,458
you're kind of just
hypnotizing your kid.

974
00:46:55,458 --> 00:46:57,875
Like, we went through
all of that, um,

975
00:46:57,875 --> 00:46:59,916
all of that stuff,
and...

976
00:46:59,916 --> 00:47:01,958
and, um...

977
00:47:02,750 --> 00:47:05,375
You know, when you're
young,

978
00:47:05,375 --> 00:47:08,541
you really have the tendency
to think about

979
00:47:08,541 --> 00:47:12,208
your own personal
journey.

980
00:47:12,208 --> 00:47:15,000
And for us,

981
00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:17,541
it was about taking
two young people

982
00:47:17,541 --> 00:47:21,000
and trying to
figure out

983
00:47:21,000 --> 00:47:23,000
our journey together

984
00:47:23,000 --> 00:47:25,916
and try to
grow together,

985
00:47:25,916 --> 00:47:28,041
which is a
challenge.

986
00:47:29,166 --> 00:47:31,083
But when you
have a kid,

987
00:47:31,083 --> 00:47:35,125
then it becomes even
bigger than that

988
00:47:35,125 --> 00:47:39,625
because now you have
the responsibility of

989
00:47:39,625 --> 00:47:43,875
this little life that
you have to mold.

990
00:47:50,541 --> 00:47:52,791
Going through this time

991
00:47:52,791 --> 00:47:54,583
made me ask a lot
of questions.

992
00:47:54,583 --> 00:47:55,625
Um...

993
00:47:58,083 --> 00:47:59,833
and really try to figure out
what's important in life

994
00:47:59,833 --> 00:48:01,333
and what's...

995
00:48:05,083 --> 00:48:07,125
You know, everything that
I've kind of been holding

996
00:48:09,250 --> 00:48:11,250
as significant,

997
00:48:11,250 --> 00:48:14,250
the championships,

998
00:48:14,250 --> 00:48:15,500
the endorsements,

999
00:48:16,500 --> 00:48:17,666
um...

1000
00:48:18,833 --> 00:48:20,125
maybe that's not the
most important thing.

1001
00:48:23,125 --> 00:48:25,333
I lost sight of

1002
00:48:25,333 --> 00:48:26,708
what is the most
important thing

1003
00:48:26,708 --> 00:48:28,125
and that's family.

1004
00:48:28,125 --> 00:48:30,125
It's a man's job
to protect your family.

1005
00:48:30,125 --> 00:48:32,083
It's the man's job to look out
for your family.

1006
00:48:32,083 --> 00:48:33,333
It's the man's job
to always be

1007
00:48:33,333 --> 00:48:35,833
the anchor of stability
for the family.

1008
00:48:36,958 --> 00:48:38,583
And, uh...

1009
00:48:38,583 --> 00:48:41,083
in that aspect,
I failed miserably.

1010
00:48:48,416 --> 00:48:50,583
I'd wake up in the
morning and

1011
00:48:50,583 --> 00:48:51,833
not know if, like,
today's the day

1012
00:48:51,833 --> 00:48:54,708
where, like,
I lose my family.

1013
00:48:54,708 --> 00:48:57,125
Is this the day
where it's a wrap?

1014
00:48:57,125 --> 00:48:58,041
You know?

1015
00:48:58,041 --> 00:49:01,166
Like, she's just had
enough.

1016
00:49:03,958 --> 00:49:05,291
One of the things
that she said,

1017
00:49:05,291 --> 00:49:08,041
she said, "You know,

1018
00:49:08,041 --> 00:49:11,541
"during that time,
I hated your guts.

1019
00:49:13,208 --> 00:49:15,666
"But it wasn't
about you.

1020
00:49:15,666 --> 00:49:16,875
"It was about Natalia.

1021
00:49:16,875 --> 00:49:19,541
"It was about
the fact that

1022
00:49:19,541 --> 00:49:22,916
"I didn't want--

1023
00:49:22,916 --> 00:49:24,250
"I wanted to do everything
possible to try to

1024
00:49:24,250 --> 00:49:26,708
"figure this thing out because I
didn't want her growing up

1025
00:49:26,708 --> 00:49:30,250
"in a broken home."

1026
00:49:30,250 --> 00:49:31,708
And things would have
been really easy for her

1027
00:49:31,708 --> 00:49:35,250
to leave, actually,

1028
00:49:35,250 --> 00:49:37,333
especially during
that time.

1029
00:49:37,333 --> 00:49:39,083
It would've been
much easier to leave.

1030
00:49:40,583 --> 00:49:43,666
You leave, you take
half the money,

1031
00:49:43,666 --> 00:49:45,791
you have your
daughter,

1032
00:49:45,791 --> 00:49:47,750
life's, life's--

1033
00:49:48,166 --> 00:49:49,041
She's good.

1034
00:49:51,916 --> 00:49:54,125
But she didn't
do that.

1035
00:49:57,416 --> 00:50:01,125
We were expecting,
and, um,

1036
00:50:03,125 --> 00:50:04,125
um...

1037
00:50:05,541 --> 00:50:07,125
expecting our second
child during that time.

1038
00:50:07,125 --> 00:50:09,916
There was just
so much,

1039
00:50:09,916 --> 00:50:11,791
so much stress.

1040
00:50:11,791 --> 00:50:14,916
Um, she actually,
she, um, you know,

1041
00:50:14,916 --> 00:50:16,291
she, uh...

1042
00:50:16,291 --> 00:50:17,875
we actually miscarried.

1043
00:50:17,875 --> 00:50:21,625
And, um,
you know...

1044
00:50:24,083 --> 00:50:24,166
and, uh...

1045
00:50:27,083 --> 00:50:28,291
you know...

1046
00:50:30,625 --> 00:50:32,625
that's something...

1047
00:50:36,791 --> 00:50:39,625
I have a real hard
time dealing with that,

1048
00:50:39,625 --> 00:50:42,250
you know, because

1049
00:50:42,250 --> 00:50:43,791
I felt like it was
just my fault.

1050
00:50:43,791 --> 00:50:46,000
You know what
I mean?

1051
00:50:51,083 --> 00:50:52,916
Like, we should be
building our family.

1052
00:50:52,916 --> 00:50:54,375
Because of my mistake...

1053
00:50:58,791 --> 00:51:00,833
because of this
tough year,

1054
00:51:00,833 --> 00:51:03,333
um, we're not, um,

1055
00:51:04,708 --> 00:51:07,291
we lost a baby,
you know?

1056
00:51:07,291 --> 00:51:08,125
And...

1057
00:51:10,625 --> 00:51:12,750
um...

1058
00:51:15,458 --> 00:51:17,750
it's, uh...

1059
00:51:26,375 --> 00:51:27,500
um...

1060
00:51:30,958 --> 00:51:31,333
we, uh,

1061
00:51:35,458 --> 00:51:36,083
try to justify
the fact that,

1062
00:51:36,083 --> 00:51:38,500
you know, it's,
uh...

1063
00:51:39,916 --> 00:51:43,000
you know, realize how common
miscarriages are

1064
00:51:43,000 --> 00:51:45,250
and, like, these
things happen,

1065
00:51:45,250 --> 00:51:47,375
and, like,

1066
00:51:47,375 --> 00:51:48,375
um...

1067
00:51:50,375 --> 00:51:52,041
it's part of
the process,

1068
00:51:54,041 --> 00:51:56,333
but the reality is it
happened because of me.

1069
00:51:58,041 --> 00:51:59,208
That's the reality
of it.

1070
00:52:01,375 --> 00:52:03,250
And, uh,

1071
00:52:04,416 --> 00:52:07,291
that's something I have
to deal with.

1072
00:52:07,291 --> 00:52:09,416
That's something I gotta
carry forever.

1073
00:52:21,416 --> 00:52:24,250
At two o'clock, three o'clock
in the morning,

1074
00:52:24,250 --> 00:52:25,375
I would drive.

1075
00:52:25,375 --> 00:52:27,250
I'd leave the house
and I'd go to the park.

1076
00:52:29,875 --> 00:52:32,375
And I'd just sit
in the court.

1077
00:52:35,833 --> 00:52:36,375
I'd just sit there.

1078
00:52:39,041 --> 00:52:41,000
I was sitting
on the basketball,

1079
00:52:41,000 --> 00:52:43,958
and I was just
looking out.

1080
00:52:43,958 --> 00:52:44,916
I was looking up
at the stars,

1081
00:52:44,916 --> 00:52:46,458
I was looking
at the basket

1082
00:52:46,458 --> 00:52:47,458
and just kind of
looking around.

1083
00:52:47,458 --> 00:52:49,958
And, um,

1084
00:52:49,958 --> 00:52:51,666
and then I saw
myself.

1085
00:52:51,666 --> 00:52:53,125
I saw myself,

1086
00:52:53,125 --> 00:52:55,250
eight-year-old self
sitting in front of me

1087
00:52:55,250 --> 00:52:57,583
on a ball.

1088
00:52:57,583 --> 00:53:00,625
And then I thought,

1089
00:53:00,625 --> 00:53:02,333
"What would I
say to me?"

1090
00:53:02,791 --> 00:53:05,958
Knowing now

1091
00:53:05,958 --> 00:53:09,000
all the pain

1092
00:53:09,000 --> 00:53:12,333
that I would
go through...

1093
00:53:15,541 --> 00:53:17,916
that my family
would go through,

1094
00:53:17,916 --> 00:53:20,166
I don't know
if I'd

1095
00:53:20,166 --> 00:53:22,333
keep playing
the game.

1096
00:53:36,458 --> 00:53:38,125
man on radio: Even despite
his great competitive nature,

1097
00:53:38,125 --> 00:53:41,791
his will to win,
his work ethic,

1098
00:53:41,791 --> 00:53:43,208
you can't expect him
to be the same

1099
00:53:43,208 --> 00:53:47,666
dominant force at
36 and 37

1100
00:53:47,666 --> 00:53:50,541
as he was at
26 and 27.

1101
00:53:50,541 --> 00:53:52,833
As Mark Jackson always
said to me,

1102
00:53:52,833 --> 00:53:54,666
"Father Time is
undefeated."

1103
00:53:54,666 --> 00:53:56,208
And it's the truth.

1104
00:54:14,041 --> 00:54:15,208
[groans softly]

1105
00:55:38,250 --> 00:55:42,083
In 2003, I went
from a person that

1106
00:55:42,083 --> 00:55:44,416
was at the top
of his game,

1107
00:55:44,416 --> 00:55:48,000
had everything
coming

1108
00:55:48,000 --> 00:55:50,916
to, a year later,

1109
00:55:50,916 --> 00:55:54,541
having absolutely
no idea

1110
00:55:54,541 --> 00:55:56,208
where life is going,

1111
00:55:56,208 --> 00:55:58,791
or if you're going to
be able to even

1112
00:55:58,791 --> 00:56:02,708
be a part of life as
we all know it.

1113
00:56:02,708 --> 00:56:05,500
[crowd chanting,
"Kobe sucks"]

1114
00:56:12,291 --> 00:56:14,250
I hear everything that
the crowd is saying,

1115
00:56:14,250 --> 00:56:17,833
and I hear, um,

1116
00:56:17,833 --> 00:56:19,541
I hear it.

1117
00:56:19,541 --> 00:56:21,291
So, it's like this
place where

1118
00:56:21,291 --> 00:56:24,041
it was my refuge

1119
00:56:24,041 --> 00:56:28,000
is now being
bombarded with

1120
00:56:28,000 --> 00:56:33,125
all kinds of things
that they would say.

1121
00:56:33,125 --> 00:56:35,625
And I had to
separate myself

1122
00:56:35,625 --> 00:56:38,375
because going through
that time

1123
00:56:38,375 --> 00:56:40,708
I felt like there's
so many things

1124
00:56:40,708 --> 00:56:43,791
coming at once and just
becoming very, very confusing.

1125
00:56:43,791 --> 00:56:45,791
I had to organize
things.

1126
00:56:45,791 --> 00:56:49,125
So, I created the
"Black Mamba."

1127
00:56:49,125 --> 00:56:52,041
announcer: Kobe...
got it at the buzzer!

1128
00:56:52,916 --> 00:56:56,125
Mamba, as he's known as,
the killer black snake,

1129
00:56:56,125 --> 00:56:58,958
has the killer look
in his eyes right now.

1130
00:56:58,958 --> 00:57:02,291
So, Kobe has to deal
with these issues,

1131
00:57:02,291 --> 00:57:05,083
all the personal
challenges.

1132
00:57:05,083 --> 00:57:08,833
The Black Mamba

1133
00:57:08,833 --> 00:57:11,833
steps on the court and
does what he does.

1134
00:57:11,833 --> 00:57:14,500
announcer: Kobe, three,
at the buzzer !

1135
00:57:14,500 --> 00:57:16,166
The Mamba.

1136
00:57:16,166 --> 00:57:18,041
See the venom that
he's spewing.

1137
00:57:18,041 --> 00:57:19,500
Bryant: I mean,
it was...

1138
00:57:19,500 --> 00:57:22,166
fuck everyone.

1139
00:57:22,166 --> 00:57:26,000
I'm destroying everybody
that stepped on the court.

1140
00:57:26,000 --> 00:57:27,166
announcer: Kobe with it,
guarded by Patterson,

1141
00:57:27,166 --> 00:57:28,291
staying outside the arc,
dribbling.

1142
00:57:28,291 --> 00:57:30,791
Patterson keeps his feet.

1143
00:57:30,791 --> 00:57:31,250
Kobe...oh!

1144
00:57:31,250 --> 00:57:34,416
He made it!

1145
00:57:34,416 --> 00:57:35,125
He threw it in!

1146
00:57:35,125 --> 00:57:38,958
He's torching whomever...

1147
00:57:38,958 --> 00:57:39,916
One second remaining
in the regular season.

1148
00:57:39,916 --> 00:57:41,125
Out to Kobe...

1149
00:57:43,291 --> 00:57:46,166
Oh! What a way
to play!

1150
00:57:46,166 --> 00:57:48,333
Are you kiddin' me?!

1151
00:57:48,333 --> 00:57:51,333
And the Lakers have won
the Pacific Division title.

1152
00:57:51,333 --> 00:57:54,458
I had all this
pent up

1153
00:57:54,458 --> 00:57:57,291
frustration that I just
needed to let out.

1154
00:58:03,041 --> 00:58:04,583
It was an avalanche,
man.

1155
00:58:04,583 --> 00:58:05,458
And, you know,
there was nothing

1156
00:58:05,458 --> 00:58:06,583
that was going to
get in the way.

1157
00:58:06,583 --> 00:58:08,958
There was nothing that
was gonna stop me.

1158
00:58:11,416 --> 00:58:13,166
announcer: Kobe Bryant!

1159
00:58:17,458 --> 00:58:19,208
It's the battle that's
going on within me

1160
00:58:19,208 --> 00:58:20,208
that I'm carrying with me
to these games competitions,

1161
00:58:20,208 --> 00:58:22,333
so it's not about you.

1162
00:58:22,333 --> 00:58:24,166
It's not about anybody
else.

1163
00:58:24,166 --> 00:58:25,666
You're not making
me go.

1164
00:58:25,666 --> 00:58:27,833
I'm driving this thing,
man, and you just so happen

1165
00:58:27,833 --> 00:58:31,625
to be a person that's in
the way that's, you know,

1166
00:58:31,625 --> 00:58:34,375
that may get demolished
in the process.

1167
00:58:34,375 --> 00:58:42,083
[indistinct
commentary]

1168
00:58:42,083 --> 00:58:44,000
announcer: Kobe's got
57.

1169
00:58:45,375 --> 00:58:47,291
Sixty-seven
points!

1170
00:58:48,250 --> 00:58:49,208
Yes!

1171
00:58:50,125 --> 00:58:50,875
That makes
seventy.

1172
00:58:50,875 --> 00:58:53,708
[cheering,
commentary]

1173
00:59:07,250 --> 00:59:09,541
And an 81-point
game!

1174
00:59:09,541 --> 00:59:11,708
Ladies and Gentlemen,
you have witnessed

1175
00:59:11,708 --> 00:59:14,083
the second-greatest
scoring performance

1176
00:59:14,083 --> 00:59:16,708
in NBA history.

1177
00:59:19,208 --> 00:59:20,000
Some people sit
there and say,

1178
00:59:20,000 --> 00:59:21,666
"Y'all keep talking
about Kobe

1179
00:59:21,666 --> 00:59:24,625
"being the greatest player
in the game today.

1180
00:59:24,625 --> 00:59:27,500
"Y'all don't realize that
Kobe trying to be

1181
00:59:27,500 --> 00:59:30,208
arguably the greatest
ever."

1182
00:59:30,208 --> 00:59:32,291
Your response?

1183
00:59:32,291 --> 00:59:34,250
I gotta get a couple
more rings.

1184
00:59:34,250 --> 00:59:34,916
host: Mmm-hmm.

1185
00:59:34,916 --> 00:59:36,625
Are you
going to?

1186
00:59:36,625 --> 00:59:37,625
You know what?

1187
00:59:37,625 --> 00:59:39,375
I won't rest
until we do.

1188
00:59:39,375 --> 00:59:41,666
I wanted to prove
to myself

1189
00:59:41,666 --> 00:59:43,333
that I could win
under, you know,

1190
00:59:43,333 --> 00:59:46,625
a different role,
so to speak.

1191
00:59:46,625 --> 00:59:49,833
Looking at these incredible
teams that have been assembled,

1192
00:59:49,833 --> 00:59:52,541
and there's always
a dynamic duo.

1193
00:59:52,541 --> 00:59:56,333
And when that duo
went separate ways,

1194
00:59:56,333 --> 01:00:00,333
one was never able to
win without the other.

1195
01:00:00,333 --> 01:00:02,291
And I just felt like
it was really important

1196
01:00:02,291 --> 01:00:06,666
for myself, as well as for the
challenge from others,

1197
01:00:06,666 --> 01:00:09,791
just to prove that I can
lead this team my way.

1198
01:00:09,791 --> 01:00:12,041
I can put my DNA
on the team

1199
01:00:12,041 --> 01:00:14,625
and carry them
to a championship.

1200
01:00:14,625 --> 01:00:17,333
announcer: The buzz is back
in Boston.

1201
01:00:17,333 --> 01:00:18,708
Celtics fans have
waited 21 years

1202
01:00:18,708 --> 01:00:20,666
for this moment,
a chance to play

1203
01:00:20,666 --> 01:00:22,625
for their 17th championship.

1204
01:00:22,625 --> 01:00:24,958
[chanting "Beat L.A."]

1205
01:00:27,750 --> 01:00:29,166
But look who's standing
in the way,

1206
01:00:29,166 --> 01:00:30,791
the NBA's MVP,
Kobe Bryant and the Lakers.

1207
01:00:30,791 --> 01:00:34,000
The greatest rivalry in the
history of the sport

1208
01:00:34,000 --> 01:00:35,708
is ready for its
next chapter.

1209
01:00:35,708 --> 01:00:36,375
commentator: Kobe's led the
league in scoring,

1210
01:00:36,375 --> 01:00:38,666
he's won all-star MVPs,

1211
01:00:38,666 --> 01:00:39,541
he's won championships.

1212
01:00:39,541 --> 01:00:40,958
But he's different this
year, Magic.

1213
01:00:40,958 --> 01:00:41,458
What's the best advice
you gave him

1214
01:00:41,458 --> 01:00:43,291
before the season?

1215
01:00:43,291 --> 01:00:44,541
Well, I pulled him
aside and said,

1216
01:00:44,541 --> 01:00:45,791
"Hey, if you wanna be
considered like
Michael Jordan,

1217
01:00:45,791 --> 01:00:48,666
"you have to now make
your teammates better,

1218
01:00:48,666 --> 01:00:50,625
"you have to become
a better leader,

1219
01:00:50,625 --> 01:00:52,791
"and then you have to
trust your teammates."

1220
01:00:52,791 --> 01:00:53,666
He's taken the guys
out to dinner

1221
01:00:53,666 --> 01:00:55,833
three or four times
this year.

1222
01:00:55,833 --> 01:00:57,041
He never did
that before.

1223
01:00:57,041 --> 01:00:58,125
No, never did
that before.

1224
01:00:58,125 --> 01:00:59,208
Look at him now.

1225
01:00:59,208 --> 01:01:01,958
That's why they're
in the championships.

1226
01:01:08,583 --> 01:01:09,625
announcer: Gets inside,
and the finish.

1227
01:01:09,625 --> 01:01:11,833
Bryant: We weren't naturally
assholes.

1228
01:01:11,833 --> 01:01:15,750
We ran into a team that
was, though.

1229
01:01:15,750 --> 01:01:18,083
They were just
much, much tougher,

1230
01:01:18,083 --> 01:01:20,666
much meaner,
much nastier.

1231
01:01:22,250 --> 01:01:24,041
And they whooped
us pretty good.

1232
01:01:26,083 --> 01:01:29,416
[buzzer, cheering]

1233
01:01:29,416 --> 01:01:32,083
announcer: After a 22-year
absence,

1234
01:01:32,083 --> 01:01:36,333
the Boston Celtics are
NBA Champions once again.

1235
01:01:36,333 --> 01:01:39,083
[cheering, music]

1236
01:01:44,250 --> 01:01:47,541
I overcompensated
for how I

1237
01:01:47,541 --> 01:01:48,750
drove my teammates.

1238
01:01:48,750 --> 01:01:49,833
It was, um,

1239
01:01:49,833 --> 01:01:52,916
thinking maybe I was
too hard on them,

1240
01:01:52,916 --> 01:01:55,666
and so, throughout
the course of the year,

1241
01:01:55,666 --> 01:01:57,666
I didn't challenge
them enough.

1242
01:01:57,666 --> 01:02:01,625
It was just about not being
as gregarious,

1243
01:02:01,625 --> 01:02:03,291
putting my arm around
you even when you fuck up,

1244
01:02:03,291 --> 01:02:06,041
"Oh, you're doing great,
you're doing great."

1245
01:02:06,041 --> 01:02:08,708
That's just not me.

1246
01:02:14,125 --> 01:02:15,250
reporter: Kobe, you won
the MVP,

1247
01:02:15,250 --> 01:02:16,541
you led the team to
the finals.

1248
01:02:16,541 --> 01:02:19,083
How do you characterize
this season?

1249
01:02:21,541 --> 01:02:23,833
Well, I mean, the goal was
to win a championship.

1250
01:02:23,833 --> 01:02:28,333
It wasn't to win MVP
or anything like that.

1251
01:02:28,333 --> 01:02:29,125
It was to win a
championship,

1252
01:02:29,125 --> 01:02:31,958
so from that aspect,
we failed.

1253
01:02:31,958 --> 01:02:35,083
If I'm gonna go down,
I'm gonna go down my way

1254
01:02:35,083 --> 01:02:37,250
and leading my way.

1255
01:02:37,250 --> 01:02:39,750
And this team is gonna
have my personality,

1256
01:02:39,750 --> 01:02:40,666
they're gonna have
my grit.

1257
01:02:40,666 --> 01:02:42,541
They're gonna have
my fight,

1258
01:02:42,541 --> 01:02:46,125
they're gonna have my will and
my competitive spirit.

1259
01:02:47,833 --> 01:02:49,666
So, when we step on
that basketball court,

1260
01:02:49,666 --> 01:02:51,791
you're not facing me and
just my competitive fire,

1261
01:02:51,791 --> 01:02:54,791
but you're facing, you know,
twelve of those.

1262
01:02:55,916 --> 01:02:59,000
And the challenge became:
how do I get that done?

1263
01:03:04,666 --> 01:03:07,625
For me, it is that ferocity or
that anger, rage,

1264
01:03:07,625 --> 01:03:10,208
and I can carry
that with me.

1265
01:03:10,208 --> 01:03:13,500
Now, I have to instill this to
the rest of my guys

1266
01:03:13,500 --> 01:03:14,833
and to the rest of
my teammates.

1267
01:03:16,833 --> 01:03:19,000
Using the darker
emotions,

1268
01:03:19,000 --> 01:03:24,708
the anger or resentment
or frustration and

1269
01:03:24,708 --> 01:03:32,958
sadness and using that
as a weapon,

1270
01:03:32,958 --> 01:03:37,875
using that as a
form of offense.

1271
01:03:38,916 --> 01:03:40,166
It's a scar.

1272
01:03:40,166 --> 01:03:41,291
It's pain.

1273
01:03:41,291 --> 01:03:42,583
It's a bad memory.

1274
01:03:43,416 --> 01:03:44,208
Some people are
probably afraid

1275
01:03:44,208 --> 01:03:45,916
to tap into that
side of them,

1276
01:03:45,916 --> 01:03:48,083
but it's such a
powerful thing.

1277
01:03:48,083 --> 01:03:50,583
Because once they
own it themselves,

1278
01:03:50,583 --> 01:03:52,375
then the sky
is the limit

1279
01:03:52,375 --> 01:03:54,958
because they're going
to drive themselves

1280
01:03:54,958 --> 01:03:56,958
and pull it from
who they are

1281
01:03:56,958 --> 01:03:57,833
and all of their
life experiences

1282
01:03:57,833 --> 01:04:00,416
and things that
have motivated them.

1283
01:04:00,416 --> 01:04:06,958
[indistinct argument]

1284
01:04:08,541 --> 01:04:10,125
I just started
driving them,

1285
01:04:10,125 --> 01:04:12,083
needling them.

1286
01:04:12,083 --> 01:04:12,583
Right?

1287
01:04:12,583 --> 01:04:13,875
Pushing them.

1288
01:04:17,875 --> 01:04:19,041
announcer: The smoke has
cleared

1289
01:04:19,041 --> 01:04:20,666
and two remain
standing.

1290
01:04:20,666 --> 01:04:23,958
the Lakers and Magic tipping
off the '09 NBA Finals
in L.A.

1291
01:04:23,958 --> 01:04:26,208
announcer 2: Kobe Bryant
as focused

1292
01:04:26,208 --> 01:04:28,750
as I have ever seen him
in his entire career.

1293
01:04:28,750 --> 01:04:31,291
You talk about a guy
with one mindset,

1294
01:04:31,291 --> 01:04:31,958
that's to win.

1295
01:04:31,958 --> 01:04:35,166
[clicking with
his mouth]

1296
01:04:36,125 --> 01:04:37,083
Pau.

1297
01:04:37,083 --> 01:04:38,333
Pau: Yo. What's up?

1298
01:04:38,333 --> 01:04:39,583
Ready?

1299
01:04:42,125 --> 01:04:44,875
announcer: Bryant looks inside,
finds Gasol.

1300
01:04:44,875 --> 01:04:46,625
Gasol...count it!

1301
01:04:46,625 --> 01:04:49,083
They had to embrace
the villain nature

1302
01:04:49,083 --> 01:04:50,750
that's in all
of us.

1303
01:04:50,750 --> 01:04:52,708
It gave them a platform
to unleash.

1304
01:04:52,708 --> 01:04:55,958
announcer: Another steal.
Odom to Gasol,

1305
01:04:55,958 --> 01:04:56,791
back to Odom.

1306
01:04:56,791 --> 01:04:57,833
Up and under and
banks in.

1307
01:04:57,833 --> 01:05:00,875
What a run
for the Lakers.

1308
01:05:05,291 --> 01:05:06,083
...spins it away.

1309
01:05:06,083 --> 01:05:07,791
Beautiful pass.
Gasol!

1310
01:05:07,791 --> 01:05:08,916
Right-hand dunk.

1311
01:05:08,916 --> 01:05:10,416
87-84.

1312
01:05:23,500 --> 01:05:25,750
Derek Fisher with
another clutch 3!

1313
01:05:33,500 --> 01:05:35,416
The buzzer sounds,
it's official:

1314
01:05:35,416 --> 01:05:37,708
The Lakers are NBA
Champions once again.

1315
01:05:37,708 --> 01:05:40,166
Congratulations,
Kobe Bryant,

1316
01:05:40,166 --> 01:05:42,666
your fourth NBA
Championship.

1317
01:05:42,666 --> 01:05:44,458
How are you different
as a man and a player

1318
01:05:44,458 --> 01:05:45,875
than you were seven
years ago,

1319
01:05:45,875 --> 01:05:46,833
the last time you
won a championship?

1320
01:05:46,833 --> 01:05:48,833
I think you just
get better,

1321
01:05:48,833 --> 01:05:50,458
you just grow as a person,
you grow as a man,

1322
01:05:50,458 --> 01:05:52,250
and, you know, you just
try to figure out

1323
01:05:52,250 --> 01:05:53,166
the best way to
lead these guys.

1324
01:06:19,833 --> 01:06:22,625
announcer: The most storied
NBA rivalry, renewed:

1325
01:06:22,625 --> 01:06:25,166
the Lakers and Celtics.

1326
01:06:26,375 --> 01:06:30,375
Kobe Bryant, hungry for
title number five, personally,

1327
01:06:30,375 --> 01:06:32,541
but number sixteen
for his franchise.

1328
01:06:32,541 --> 01:06:35,458
The Lakers have kind of
played flag football.

1329
01:06:35,458 --> 01:06:37,708
They better get ready for
tackle football tonight

1330
01:06:37,708 --> 01:06:40,375
because the Boston Celtics
are gonna hit them.

1331
01:06:40,375 --> 01:06:42,500
How are the Lakers
going to react?

1332
01:06:43,458 --> 01:06:45,333
Pierce and Artest already
battling.

1333
01:06:45,333 --> 01:06:49,458
It took 27 seconds for
these two to go at it a bit.

1334
01:06:49,458 --> 01:06:52,041
The proposition of losing
to these guys in the finals

1335
01:06:52,041 --> 01:06:55,416
again and knowing what
that means as a Laker fan

1336
01:06:55,416 --> 01:06:58,500
and having watched Jerry West
lose to the Celtics

1337
01:06:58,500 --> 01:07:00,166
over and over and
over again

1338
01:07:00,166 --> 01:07:01,166
and the duel between
Magic and Bird,

1339
01:07:01,166 --> 01:07:04,583
and now I am part of
this incredible rivalry

1340
01:07:04,583 --> 01:07:07,166
and what's gonna be
said about us,

1341
01:07:07,166 --> 01:07:10,208
this team, is that we lost
to the Celtics twice.

1342
01:07:12,208 --> 01:07:13,750
I don't think so.

1343
01:08:10,166 --> 01:08:11,500
announcer: Artest,
that's a 3.

1344
01:08:11,500 --> 01:08:11,958
Bam!

1345
01:08:11,958 --> 01:08:14,291
[crowd cheering]

1346
01:08:14,291 --> 01:08:17,457
Lakers by six with
a minute to play!

1347
01:08:19,833 --> 01:08:31,625
[indistinct
commentary]

1348
01:08:31,625 --> 01:08:35,207
The Lakers win
back-to-back titles!

1349
01:08:35,207 --> 01:08:39,542
The L.A. Lakers are
the 2010 NBA Champions.

1350
01:08:56,417 --> 01:08:58,082
After we did that,
we have a bond now

1351
01:08:58,082 --> 01:09:00,667
that unites us
forever.

1352
01:09:01,833 --> 01:09:02,917
Forever.

1353
01:09:02,917 --> 01:09:05,291
We have a bond that'll
never be broken because...

1354
01:09:10,000 --> 01:09:11,000
the lion looked us
in the face,

1355
01:09:11,000 --> 01:09:13,625
and we looked back.
[laughs]

1356
01:09:34,041 --> 01:09:36,582
The challenge was not
only to win one,

1357
01:09:36,582 --> 01:09:38,250
but it was to win
multiple wins

1358
01:09:38,250 --> 01:09:41,708
and to be able to sit at
the same lunch table

1359
01:09:41,708 --> 01:09:43,875
with my muses,

1360
01:09:43,875 --> 01:09:46,917
Michael, Magic.

1361
01:09:46,917 --> 01:09:49,917
I wanna be able to sit down
at the same table with them

1362
01:09:49,917 --> 01:09:52,207
and belong there.

1363
01:09:52,207 --> 01:09:56,542
And I'm very proud to be
able to say I can do that.

1364
01:10:05,667 --> 01:10:06,917
commentator: I do think with
Kobe there is

1365
01:10:06,917 --> 01:10:09,166
a whole lot of pride in it,
just as there's pride

1366
01:10:09,166 --> 01:10:10,417
in a lot of players,

1367
01:10:10,417 --> 01:10:13,833
but that if his level dips,
and he's just another guy,

1368
01:10:13,833 --> 01:10:16,750
eh, I don't think he wants any
part of that at all.

1369
01:10:38,792 --> 01:10:40,958
[grunts in frustration]

1370
01:10:43,500 --> 01:10:44,667
Ah!

1371
01:11:48,542 --> 01:11:49,500
It's constant stretching,

1372
01:11:49,500 --> 01:11:50,291
it's constant ice baths,

1373
01:11:50,291 --> 01:11:54,667
it's constant modalities
and

1374
01:11:54,667 --> 01:11:57,750
massage and eating
the right things,

1375
01:11:57,750 --> 01:12:00,041
drinking the
right things.

1376
01:12:00,041 --> 01:12:01,625
It's a lifestyle,
you know?

1377
01:12:01,625 --> 01:12:03,833
It's a full-time
commitment.

1378
01:12:05,166 --> 01:12:07,332
And, you know, I'm no
spring chicken.

1379
01:12:07,332 --> 01:12:07,833
You know?

1380
01:12:07,833 --> 01:12:10,207
But that's okay.

1381
01:12:10,207 --> 01:12:11,500
I can figure my
way around it.

1382
01:12:32,582 --> 01:12:35,207
commentator: This is going
to be, for all intents
and purposes,

1383
01:12:35,207 --> 01:12:38,082
the first time we have
seen Kobe Bryant

1384
01:12:38,082 --> 01:12:39,457
since tearing
the Achilles.

1385
01:12:41,542 --> 01:12:44,041
This is, hopefully,
the foundation

1386
01:12:44,041 --> 01:12:45,250
for Kobe moving
forward,

1387
01:12:45,250 --> 01:12:47,875
recovering from
that injury,

1388
01:12:47,875 --> 01:12:48,875
and as he will
tell you,

1389
01:12:48,875 --> 01:12:51,291
he is stoked out of his mind
to be there.

1390
01:12:55,332 --> 01:12:57,082
Bryant: I can feel
energy in the building,

1391
01:12:57,082 --> 01:12:59,917
the sounds of the
cameras flashing,

1392
01:12:59,917 --> 01:13:02,082
the smell, the popcorn,

1393
01:13:02,082 --> 01:13:05,082
the sounds of people
walking around,

1394
01:13:05,082 --> 01:13:08,082
preparing for the game.

1395
01:13:11,582 --> 01:13:14,750
You can feel the intensity
in the air.

1396
01:13:14,750 --> 01:13:15,833
Whoo!

1397
01:13:19,082 --> 01:13:22,457
Bryant: There's an energy that
you can tap into,

1398
01:13:22,457 --> 01:13:25,166
like a frequency that
you can tap into.

1399
01:13:25,166 --> 01:13:25,708
What time is it?

1400
01:13:25,708 --> 01:13:26,082
others: Game time!

1401
01:13:26,082 --> 01:13:27,582
all: Whoo!

1402
01:13:27,582 --> 01:13:29,917
Bryant: And once you
feel it,

1403
01:13:29,917 --> 01:13:32,250
then everything
becomes you

1404
01:13:32,250 --> 01:13:34,332
and you become
everything.

1405
01:13:34,332 --> 01:13:39,375
[cheering and yelling]

1406
01:13:49,500 --> 01:13:50,082
stadium announcer:
And the other guard,

1407
01:13:50,082 --> 01:13:51,082
here's number 24.

1408
01:13:51,082 --> 01:13:54,166
Six-six, 19 seasons,

1409
01:13:54,166 --> 01:13:56,000
from Lower Merion
High School...

1410
01:13:56,000 --> 01:13:57,500
Kobe Bryant.

1411
01:14:03,625 --> 01:14:04,958
Bryant: I love
what I do.

1412
01:14:04,958 --> 01:14:05,792
It's as simple
as that.

1413
01:14:05,792 --> 01:14:07,582
There's...

1414
01:14:10,125 --> 01:14:11,125
I get so much
enjoyment

1415
01:14:11,125 --> 01:14:12,750
from it.

1416
01:14:27,082 --> 01:14:29,041
The game has made me
a better man,

1417
01:14:29,041 --> 01:14:30,582
a better husband,
a better father,

1418
01:14:30,582 --> 01:14:31,917
you know, a better friend,

1419
01:14:31,917 --> 01:14:33,708
you know, a better teacher.

1420
01:14:36,417 --> 01:14:40,375
It's helped me figure
out who I am.

1421
01:14:44,082 --> 01:14:46,750
[fans yelling for Kobe]

1422
01:14:47,000 --> 01:14:49,375
Hes been my confidante,
he's been my best friend,

1423
01:14:49,375 --> 01:14:51,125
psychiatrist, everything.

1424
01:14:56,207 --> 01:14:58,667
It's the seed that started
everything for me.

1425
01:14:58,667 --> 01:15:00,375
Everything grew
from this ball.

1426
01:15:00,375 --> 01:15:03,708
[coach talking
in the background]

1427
01:15:06,457 --> 01:15:08,000
announcer: In his 19th year
in the NBA,

1428
01:15:08,000 --> 01:15:10,207
that man right there,
Kobe Bryant,

1429
01:15:10,207 --> 01:15:16,207
stands at 32,291 points,
one behind Michael Jordan

1430
01:15:16,207 --> 01:15:18,125
for third all-time
on the scoring list.

1431
01:15:18,125 --> 01:15:19,792
The crowd on its feet.

1432
01:15:19,792 --> 01:15:21,792
[crowd cheering]

1433
01:15:35,542 --> 01:15:36,750
Step aside, MJ,

1434
01:15:36,750 --> 01:15:38,582
the Mamba has moved
right on by you.

1435
01:15:38,582 --> 01:15:42,082
Kobe Bryant has passed
Michael Jordan,

1436
01:15:42,082 --> 01:15:43,457
and is now number three

1437
01:15:43,457 --> 01:15:49,417
on the NBA's all-time
scoring list.

1438
01:16:00,958 --> 01:16:02,125
Bryant: As I sit
here now,

1439
01:16:02,125 --> 01:16:04,291
when I take off my shoe
and I look down at my scar,

1440
01:16:04,291 --> 01:16:06,082
I see beauty
in it

1441
01:16:06,082 --> 01:16:07,082
because I see all
the hard work,

1442
01:16:07,082 --> 01:16:08,250
all the sacrifices.

1443
01:16:08,250 --> 01:16:09,375
I see the journey that
it took to get back

1444
01:16:09,375 --> 01:16:13,082
to this point of
being healthy.

1445
01:16:13,082 --> 01:16:14,500
And I see the beauty
in that struggle.

1446
01:16:14,500 --> 01:16:18,250
That's what makes
it beautiful.

1447
01:16:26,582 --> 01:16:27,291
announcer: Kobe!
Don't ya know,

1448
01:16:27,291 --> 01:16:29,625
as he goes base line.

1449
01:16:31,000 --> 01:16:33,207
Wow, yeah, that
right arm.

1450
01:16:33,207 --> 01:16:34,917
It's just there.

1451
01:16:34,917 --> 01:16:37,457
That's on his
shooting shoulder.

1452
01:16:37,457 --> 01:16:39,750
But it's just a sore
right shoulder

1453
01:16:39,750 --> 01:16:40,582
is what the Lakers
are calling it.

1454
01:16:42,833 --> 01:16:44,708
Kobe has gone back
to the locker room

1455
01:16:44,708 --> 01:16:45,750
with the help
of Ryan,

1456
01:16:45,750 --> 01:16:48,375
and that will be the
topic of conversation

1457
01:16:48,375 --> 01:16:49,582
throughout the next
day or so...

1458
01:17:01,582 --> 01:17:04,750
[indistinct
conversations]

1459
01:17:05,750 --> 01:17:07,958
Let's see what kind of
strength you have here.

1460
01:17:07,958 --> 01:17:09,500
Go ahead and
slip that off.

1461
01:17:11,917 --> 01:17:13,708
That's where the
damage is to
your cuff.

1462
01:17:13,708 --> 01:17:17,582
Let me see you
raise it to
the side.

1463
01:17:17,582 --> 01:17:21,250
Don't let me
rotate it down,
resist me.

1464
01:17:21,250 --> 01:17:22,457
Any pain?

1465
01:17:22,457 --> 01:17:23,207
Uh-uh.

1466
01:17:23,207 --> 01:17:24,166
And keep your
elbow pointed

1467
01:17:24,166 --> 01:17:25,332
out towards me.

1468
01:17:25,332 --> 01:17:27,000
Now, I wanna feel how
much pressure you can put.

1469
01:17:27,000 --> 01:17:28,291
Push in on your
arm, good.

1470
01:17:28,291 --> 01:17:30,166
All right.
Good, good, good.

1471
01:17:30,166 --> 01:17:30,792
Okay.
[laughs]

1472
01:17:32,582 --> 01:17:33,708
This dark area here,

1473
01:17:33,708 --> 01:17:35,417
that's the rotator
cuff cable.

1474
01:17:35,417 --> 01:17:37,917
It's not attaching
to bone here.

1475
01:17:37,917 --> 01:17:39,375
So, there's only
direction that

1476
01:17:39,375 --> 01:17:41,750
this tear's
gonna go.

1477
01:17:41,750 --> 01:17:43,833
It's gonna
get worse.

1478
01:17:43,833 --> 01:17:45,332
This is not
gonna get better.

1479
01:17:45,332 --> 01:17:48,500
This tear's a pretty
big tear already.

1480
01:17:49,542 --> 01:17:51,958
Your normal daily
function, you know,

1481
01:17:51,958 --> 01:17:54,542
aside from basketball,
you know, raising your arm,

1482
01:17:54,542 --> 01:17:56,708
doing activities of
daily living,

1483
01:17:56,708 --> 01:17:59,792
certainly lifting,
lifting your kids,

1484
01:17:59,792 --> 01:18:01,041
you know,
playing around,

1485
01:18:01,041 --> 01:18:02,457
that sort of thing
with the arm

1486
01:18:02,457 --> 01:18:04,582
in this position
is gonna get tougher.

1487
01:18:04,582 --> 01:18:07,708
I think that this is
gonna need to be fixed

1488
01:18:07,708 --> 01:18:10,582
because it will cause
a problem for you.

1489
01:18:11,875 --> 01:18:14,375
And we like to try
to fix these things

1490
01:18:14,375 --> 01:18:18,667
when you're younger
and the tear is smaller.

1491
01:18:18,667 --> 01:18:20,833
And what's best for
your shoulder is

1492
01:18:20,833 --> 01:18:21,457
to get is fixed
soon.

1493
01:18:21,457 --> 01:18:22,250
Bryant: Oh, my God,

1494
01:18:22,250 --> 01:18:23,457
I just don't know
if I wanna deal

1495
01:18:23,457 --> 01:18:25,082
with another fucking
nine months of some shit.

1496
01:18:25,082 --> 01:18:26,291
No, I know.

1497
01:18:26,291 --> 01:18:27,375
I know,

1498
01:18:27,375 --> 01:18:28,750
and it seems that,
you know,

1499
01:18:28,750 --> 01:18:30,332
with the way your
injuries have happened,

1500
01:18:30,332 --> 01:18:31,708
your...

1501
01:18:32,708 --> 01:18:33,917
the second part of
your season

1502
01:18:33,917 --> 01:18:35,250
and your off-season
has been dominated

1503
01:18:35,250 --> 01:18:37,250
by rehab
and....

1504
01:18:37,250 --> 01:18:39,750
[inaudible]

1505
01:18:50,833 --> 01:18:51,917
Bryant: At what point
do you feel like

1506
01:18:51,917 --> 01:18:54,082
you're holding on,
holding on, holding on

1507
01:18:54,082 --> 01:18:56,041
to something that's
not there?

1508
01:18:56,041 --> 01:18:59,250
At what point do your
determination and your drive

1509
01:18:59,250 --> 01:19:01,917
become unreasonable?

1510
01:19:01,917 --> 01:19:03,792
Or something that's
just not possible?

1511
01:19:34,917 --> 01:19:35,833
When do you know?

1512
01:19:35,833 --> 01:19:37,207
Like, when does
that moment happen

1513
01:19:37,207 --> 01:19:39,625
when you know now
is the time to let go,

1514
01:19:39,625 --> 01:19:43,375
this is the moment
to walk away?

1515
01:19:43,375 --> 01:19:45,125
Do you ever truly
know that?

1516
01:19:45,125 --> 01:19:46,417
I mean, I don't think,

1517
01:19:46,417 --> 01:19:48,207
I don't know
if you do.

1518
01:19:48,207 --> 01:19:48,875
I don't know if there's
ever a moment

1519
01:19:48,875 --> 01:19:50,792
which is the
right moment.

1520
01:19:50,792 --> 01:19:53,792
I don't know if that
moment ever comes.

1521
01:20:55,375 --> 01:20:57,917
Who determines when
it's up for you?

1522
01:21:00,166 --> 01:21:01,457
When we say,
"This cannot be
accomplished,

1523
01:21:01,457 --> 01:21:03,667
"this cannot be done,"

1524
01:21:03,667 --> 01:21:06,166
then we are shortchanging
ourselves.

1525
01:21:14,792 --> 01:21:15,582
My brain,

1526
01:21:15,582 --> 01:21:18,625
it cannot process
failure.

1527
01:21:18,625 --> 01:21:24,207
It will not
process failure

1528
01:21:24,207 --> 01:21:27,000
because if
I have to--

1529
01:21:27,000 --> 01:21:28,958
If I sit there and
have to face myself

1530
01:21:28,958 --> 01:21:31,041
and tell myself,
you know,

1531
01:21:31,041 --> 01:21:34,041
"You're a failure,"

1532
01:21:34,041 --> 01:21:37,542
I think that's
a worse--

1533
01:21:37,542 --> 01:21:40,958
That's almost worse
than death.

1534
01:22:34,917 --> 01:22:39,417
♪

1535
01:22:39,417 --> 01:22:43,250
♪ Your love is bright
as ever ♪

1536
01:22:45,000 --> 01:22:47,958
♪ Even in the
shadows ♪

1537
01:22:51,082 --> 01:22:53,417
♪ Baby, kiss me
♪

1538
01:22:55,000 --> 01:22:56,000
[both laughing]

1539
01:22:56,000 --> 01:22:57,875
♪ Before they turn
the lights out ♪

1540
01:22:58,542 --> 01:23:01,875
[talking and
laughing]

1541
01:23:02,708 --> 01:23:05,457
♪ Your heart is glowing
♪

1542
01:23:06,792 --> 01:23:11,041
♪ And I'm crashing
into you
♪

1543
01:23:13,457 --> 01:23:15,708
♪ Baby, kiss me ♪

1544
01:23:17,082 --> 01:23:19,375
♪ Before they turn
the lights out
♪

1545
01:23:20,082 --> 01:23:23,582
♪ Before they turn
the lights out ♪

1546
01:23:23,582 --> 01:23:24,958
♪ Baby, love me lights out
♪

1547
01:23:24,958 --> 01:23:27,958
♪ In the darkest night hour
♪
[laughing]

1548
01:23:31,332 --> 01:23:34,500
♪ I search through
the crowd ♪

1549
01:23:36,041 --> 01:23:37,792
♪ Your face is all
that I see ♪

1550
01:23:37,792 --> 01:23:40,500
♪ I'll give you
everything ♪

1551
01:23:40,500 --> 01:23:43,708
♪ Baby, love me
lights out ♪

1552
01:23:43,708 --> 01:23:46,250
♪ Baby, love me
lights out ♪

1553
01:23:46,250 --> 01:23:54,250
♪ Baby, love me
lights out ♪