Mamba Mondays Week 1 | How To Become The Best

To be the best, you have to study the best and compete against the best. Becoming the best is a privilege that you have to earn from hard work and dedication.

Kobe Bryant is one of the best to ever play basketball. He made it a goal early to become the best. He then studied the best and he couldn’t wait to compete against the best.

In one of his first interviews, Kobe said that he dissected the games of all the greats so that he could take different parts of their game and put them into his game so that he could be a well-rounded athlete.

Kobe also knew that ups and downs were a part of the process. He knew that playing in the NBA was going to be a roller coaster full of ups and downs that was going to take a lot of mental and physical toughness, but he was willing to get in there and learn.

Life is full of ups and downs, and so is being an athlete. Learn from others and learn from your mistakes.

It’s okay to be nervous or to have a little fear, but don’t let nervousness or fear keep you from being the best you can be.

Be excited to compete against the best because to be the best, you have to beat the best.

“I always try to dissect different players, even at an early age. Whether it was Magic, Michael, Pippen - whoever - I try to take different parts of their game and put them into my game so that I can be a well-rounded athlete.”

This Week:

1 - Find someone who does something better than you and learn something from them. It could be a teammate, a coach, or a professional athlete that you study on YouTube.

2 - Challenge someone to a 1 on 1 game. It could be a shooting game, a 1 on 1 game, a race, a push-up challenge, etc. Learn how to compete with people who are better than you.