Kobe Bean Bryant was an American professional basketball player. He was considered as a shooting guard in the basketball arena. Bryan played his entire 20-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with Los Angeles Lakers. He entered the NBA directly after passing high school and won five NBA championships.?
Kobe Bryant stats has recorded 18-time All Star, 15-time member of the All-NBA Team, 12-time member of the All-Defensive Team,? and in the year 2008 NBA's Most Valuable Player (MVP). He has been widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time. Bryant led the NBA in scoring during two seasons ranks fourth on the league's all time regular season scoring and he ranks fourth in all time post scoring list.?
Kobe Bryant was the first guard in NBA history to play at least 20 seasons.?
Kobe Bryant Education:?
Bryant was the son of former NBA Player Job Bryant. He has attended Lower Merion High School in Pennsylvania, where he was recognized as the top high-school basketball player in the country.?
After completing graduation, he declared for the 1996 NBA draft and was selected by the Charlotte Hornets with the 13th overall pick, Then the Hornets then traded him to the Lakers. As a rookie in the basketball team, Bryant has earned the title and reputation of High-flyer. He was also named an All-Star by his second season.?
Bryant Early Life and Family:?
Kobe Bryant? was born in Philadelphia, the youngest of the three children and only son of former NBA player Jobe Bryant and Pamela Cox Bryant. He was also the maternal nephew of basketball player John “Chubby” Cox. The name Kobe was derived from the famous beef of Kobe, Japan which his parents saw on a restaurant menu. His middle name, “Bean”was derived from his father’s nickname “Jellybean”. Bryant was raised as a Roman Catholic. When Bryant was six, his father retired from NBA and moved his family to Rieti in Italy to continue playing professional basketball at a lower level. Kobe was a blessed learner and due to his early encounter with the Italian language, he adapted the language fluently.?
He was especially fond of Reggio Emilia, which he considered a loving place and where his best childhood memories were made. With the influence of his father he started playing 3 years old and the Lakers had been his favourite team since then. His grandfather used to send him NBA games videos for study. During the summer he used to come to the United States to play in a basketball summer league.?
Kobe Bryant Wife and Children:?
Kobe Brayant’s wife was Vanessa Bryant, they met in 1999 when Vanessa was just 17 and Bryant was 21-years-old. Kobe proposed to her after six months of meeting her, they did not sign any agreement . Kobe and Vanessa had four children, Natalia Diamante (17), Gianna Maria-Onore (13), Bianka Belle (3) and Capri Kobe (less than one-year-old)?
Kobe Bryant death:?
The retired N.B.A star, 41, and his daughter Gianna were among nine people in a helicopter that crashed near Calabasa, Calif on January 26.?
There were reports that Kobe and his daughter were on their way to a basketball tournament in Thousand Oaks.?
This news of the death of the sports star has immensely impacted the social media and here are the reactions of the celebrities on social platforms.?
On Kobe's death Akshay Kumar shared a picture of the star with his daughter and shared his condolences,?
"Speechless... The world has lost a Legendary Athlete R.I.P The 'Black Mamba' of Basketball, Kobe Bryant along with his daughter, Gianna who tragically lost their lives in a Helicopter crash on their way to coach his Daughters team in California yesterday... My Heart goes out to their Family ??
What you have done for so many kids including my niece whom you inspired to play basketball every day of her childhood, may you both comfort each other in Heaven...
Love & Prayers ??"?
Indian Cricketer and captain of the Indian team, Virat Kohli on Instagram reacted to this tragedy with these words,?
"Absolutely devastated to hear this news today. So many childhood memories of waking up early and watching this magician doing things on the court that I would be mesmerized by. Life is so unpredictable and fickle. His daughter Gianna passed away too in the crash. Iam absolutely Heartbroken. Rest in peace. Strength and condolences to the family ?"??
Indian cricket star and batsman Rohit Sharma also took Instagram and shared his condolences for the former basketball player,?
1.??“The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great at whatever they want to do.”
2.?“I can’t relate to lazy people. We don’t speak the same language. I don’t understand you. I don’t want to understand you.”
3.?“Everything negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise.”
4.?“If you’re afraid to fail, then you’re probably going to fail.”
5.?“I don’t want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.”
6.?“I’ll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it’s sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.”
7.?“Once you know what failure feels like, determination chases success.”
8.?“If you do not believe in yourself?no one will do it for you.”
9.?“I have self-doubt. I have insecurity. I have a fear of failure. I have nights when I show up at the arena and I’m like, ‘My back hurts, my feet hurt, my knees hurt. I don’t have it. I just want to chill.’ We all have self-doubt. You don’t deny it, but you also don’t capitulate to it. You embrace it.”
10.?“My brain… it cannot process failure. It will not process failure. Because if I sit there and have to face myself and tell myself,?‘You’re a failure’… I think that’s almost worse than death”?