After his Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Miami Heat, what did Kobe Bryant do? Go out and party? Get back to the hotel and rest his aching body? Call his family?
Nope.
Gladiator and warrior Bryant did what is the most rare of rare in the NBA. He stayed in the road arena and worked on his game. Not for 30 minutes, but for an hour and a half. Players might do that at home, get an after-game workout in, but on the road? Never.
If you ever wanted to know what separates Bryant from the pack, this is it. At the end of this workout, he quoted the Greek legend Achilles, “I want what all men want. I just want it more.”
Whether you like him or not, Bryant is unlike nearly anything the league has ever seen. He won’t stop working, can’t stop.
After a tight loss that really didn't mean anything in the grand scheme of the season, the loss meant everything to Bryant. It said, “Got more work to do.”
Bryant played well last night, scoring 24 points, but was outplayed by the Heat’s Dwyane Wade in the final—and most important—fourth quarter. That’s normally when Bry ...
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Los Angeles Lakers: Why Kobe Bryant Wants What All Men Want but Wants It More
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