your favorite Kobe memory

[tamaraw08]

For me his greatest playoff game happened in San Antonio, game 1 WCF 2001. Spurs were the favorites, having the best record, fans forget how awesome the D-Rob/Duncan tandem coached by Pops.
I was so nervous, felt, they would have lost the series if they didn't win on the road. Kobe just dominated the game, I can still remember Shaq saying "I love you"twice during the post game interview.
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[Beethoven]

Not t o be religious all up in here, but I have been struggling for awhile on my direcition past couple of years (not work wise or socially, but on what I want to do to contribute to community or society..yeah perhaps in a Christian centric way, you know, in the name of Jesus and all that ...and i guess a bit in those other areas too i guess lol since i can always improve) and have been stalled always thinking it is God who is closing my doors or not opening opportunities for me or asking me to wait. Recently , coincidentally but not that i want to explain in detail here, but a few people i know have been saying things to me that are very similar in critique/advise , all independently , and it is about vision and mapping out my vision by hashing it out with God. Bringing it to Him in detail . .. That kind of mindset is something where i have to be active in , not just lax and spectator like on my end, but having the faith that the vision will manifest if i show by my work i put into it everyday preparing for that day.
All of a sudden i see dwight (whom I disliked all this time til this season) and his interviews where he talked about 'having a vision of the championship' and how that gets him to prepare everyday for it. having faith in that vision. That had a lot of impact when i heard him say that , like wow. im having the player i disliked the most, teach me something about faith and vision.
And now Kobe s mamba Mentality...never even gave it a thought in the past years. I knew about it. but never relaly looked hard into it. If i don't see the end product (and when i see how far away that end product is), i get easily discouraged and cut corners again and show a bad attitude and binge on ice cream etc (all metaphors lol) but him saying that when you dont want to get out of bed to do the work , when you dont see any resuilts anywhere, but you still go in when it is dark and no one is watching or acknowledging you and you still go do the work...that is the dream. For Kobe that wa s the dream. wow. what a mindset. I mean the bible talks about these things but i never really get hit by it until something is relate -able you know? tldr here and i said before im not going to filter my thoughts on this thread...so this religious mumbo jumbo you can mod it if it is not compliant to any realgm rules.
whati m saying is this year (one step at a time i guess) this month, i want to do mamba mentaility w just going to the gym ONCE. if i go, i go all out Mamba mentality... if i skip a bag of doritos after dinner, and i feel like it is hopeless bc what the hell is one bag of doritos going to add or subtract??? but ill mamba mentality it and say dammit im going to not eat this bag TODAY. **** it. today i m going to smile and be a gentleman and address all this user's difficult issues and even though the user aint nice really to me, Mamba mentality it and just show my best self and close out that service ticket by honoring God , honoring the mamba mentality aspect of it. Have a vision everyday every step of the way and whether i win the trophy or label or not at the end, i was a champion mind set laboring to the end. i realized now that God has never prevented me . or closed any doors or stalled any opportunities for me. It was always me He was waiting on. .He s ready to bless and to lead but i just never owned up to a good attitude or a good mentaility or did my homework to have him coach me through it.

[NippySudz]

The biggest thing I'll remember about Kobe is the mamba mentality and him being focus, work ethic and fearlessness to every day Life.

I would study for hours in school using his philosophy.

I still can't believe he's gone. I was a big fan of Kobe. the Lakers are not my team, I have other players who were favorites of mine, Kobe is the only guy since I've watched basketball who's merch I've ever bought.

That's the level of respect I had for this guy. I had a bunch of Nike mamba shirts etc.

I still want to believe he went on vacation and doesn't want to be bothered.

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[snaquille oatmeal]

Not t o be religious all up in here, but I have been struggling for awhile on my direcition past couple of years (not work wise or socially, but on what I want to do to contribute to community or society..yeah perhaps in a Christian centric way, you know, in the name of Jesus and all that ...and i guess a bit in those other areas too i guess lol since i can always improve) and have been stalled always thinking it is God who is closing my doors or not opening opportunities for me or asking me to wait. Recently , coincidentally but not that i want to explain in detail here, but a few people i know have been saying things to me that are very similar in critique/advise , all independently , and it is about vision and mapping out my vision by hashing it out with God. Bringing it to Him in detail . .. That kind of mindset is something where i have to be active in , not just lax and spectator like on my end, but having the faith that the vision will manifest if i show by my work i put into it everyday preparing for that day.
All of a sudden i see dwight (whom I disliked all this time til this season) and his interviews where he talked about 'having a vision of the championship' and how that gets him to prepare everyday for it. having faith in that vision. That had a lot of impact when i heard him say that , like wow. im having the player i disliked the most, teach me something about faith and vision.
And now Kobe s mamba Mentality...never even gave it a thought in the past years. I knew about it. but never relaly looked hard into it. If i don't see the end product (and when i see how far away that end product is), i get easily discouraged and cut corners again and show a bad attitude and binge on ice cream etc (all metaphors lol) but him saying that when you dont want to get out of bed to do the work , when you dont see any resuilts anywhere, but you still go in when it is dark and no one is watching or acknowledging you and you still go do the work...that is the dream. For Kobe that wa s the dream. wow. what a mindset. I mean the bible talks about these things but i never really get hit by it until something is relate -able you know? tldr here and i said before im not going to filter my thoughts on this thread...so this religious mumbo jumbo you can mod it if it is not compliant to any realgm rules.
whati m saying is this year (one step at a time i guess) this month, i want to do mamba mentaility w just going to the gym ONCE. if i go, i go all out Mamba mentality... if i skip a bag of doritos after dinner, and i feel like it is hopeless bc what the hell is one bag of doritos going to add or subtract??? but ill mamba mentality it and say dammit im going to not eat this bag TODAY. **** it. today i m going to smile and be a gentleman and address all this user's difficult issues and even though the user aint nice really to me, Mamba mentality it and just show my best self and close out that service ticket by honoring God , honoring the mamba mentality aspect of it. Have a vision everyday every step of the way and whether i win the trophy or label or not at the end, i was a champion mind set laboring to the end. i realized now that God has never prevented me . or closed any doors or stalled any opportunities for me. It was always me He was waiting on. .He s ready to bless and to lead but i just never owned up to a good attitude or a good mentaility or did my homework to have him coach me through it.

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[Beethoven]

One of the cutest things I've seen recently (in light of this tragedy) is seeing my wife cry for kobe one time.

She's not one to cry for someone she doesnt know personally and while she is extremely saddened (and affected in ways) by his death (and more so for Gigi and her mom and sisters) , she never shed a tear ,

until a moment on access sportsnet when they were showing all the tweets from various players and people , they showed Dwight Howard tweeting about kobe, i forgot what he said, but it was accompanied by a picture of him hugging kobe w his hand on dwight's backside of his head like they were embracing like brothers...

My wife started bawling for about a good two minutes ..it startled me bc it was all of a sudden and very loud ...like straight out bawling.

I had to go give her tissues and hug her for a few mins. She said she is so happy that Dwight and kobe reconciled their relationship , and that kobe was able to see the Dwight he envisioned on the Lakers , before he passed.

[snaquille oatmeal]

Thank you much easier to read

[Beethoven]

I've been pretty good at applying mamba Mentality past week at home and at work in ways that may not be of any matter to those who hear it but is pretty huge in my perspective.

There's plenty of "messes" in my life. Disorg, clutter, and crap in many aspects of my life. Lot of it financial and social (outside of home). And the knowledge of that gets me down and i give up by already spending another 5 bux on crap here and there , junk food, having a mentality of give up w people i socialize w at work etc ...

it helped to just keep that phrase mamba Mentality in my head and just try to have victories throughout the day no matter how negligible. I feel better today and sense a bit of a different person in me today for some perhaps placebo-like reason but i feel it.

[Beethoven]

I've been sticking to the motto of mamba Mentality pretty much the last couple weeks everyday (except for a couple days ) applying it to almost every aspect of my day (maybe except for exercising haven't started that yet ..well, i do a lot of walking at work that means something i guess) Basically starting off my day before work (which i have done before on and off somewhat ) consistently by reading and meditating for my spiritual end of things and it really got me some results slow and sure but small but real.

I am able to overcome better certain social interactions at work and my triggered pride (and knee jerk people judging) doesn't get in the way i treat people more graciously in response to those i usually choose not to bc of their less than stellar ways of interacting w others or me and just let it go, relinquish that , keep humble , and this has sort of empowered me (saying it here as if the action empowered me for easier reading on a general website. But you know .. God ) I'm really excited where this year takes me.
I'm getting back to certain things again i used to give up on over and over (like actually grinding out actual piano practice , or actually grinding out studying thebible) and this is a big thing since i haven't wasted time perusing any hobby websites or clothing sites or amazon or eBay and Willy nilly just buy stuff i see that i want. I haven't bought anything i don't need past few weeks that is a big accomplishment for me. That consumerism part of me hopefully if not slowly dying away but just to keep it in check going forward perennially. See where that leads me financially miracles can still happen when you bite your lip and hold off on spending money no matter how small the amount may be bc i felt , "what the hell."


I've also rekindled a couple of relationships that were a bit stagnant past couple years it was good to have met and let past go and have a good relation again. And it was the right timing coincidentally since, one of them, he just got a fiancee ( gf but seriously moving towards it) and she greeted me excitedly by saying how much she had heard about me and my wife. I know she heard only good bc this chap is just that. He keeps it at a higher standard. I should learn. and he is younger than me.

Anyways. Just constantly humbling myself is the key in really focusing in on what is truly my purpose and how i can be a benefit to any person in care and love. It is tiring but hey God allows the laker mamba Mentality concept to help me get over the hump so to speak each and every day, each and every hour maybe even.

[NippySudz]

Patrick patterson is a pure straight dumbass. Disrespecting the lakers, Kobe Bryant, and the victims like that.

There is no true animosity between the two teams(well, maybe amongst the fans but not the players or organization) and patrick patterson finds some way to say some **** comment abbout having to make up the clippers/lakers game.

Disrespectful **** punk. Get him off the clippers. **** that guy.

[Beethoven]

What he said?

[Jakay]

He had this little stretch, I want to say around 2009, where he suddenly started busting out this behind the back pseudo 360 dunk now and again. It was sweet, always loved that dunk cause no one else did it.