Dan Patrick

You just have to understand.

It's not like most people.

Kobe had that same gene.

It was incredible.

What surprised me, DP, and I didn't understand it,

until I got into the league.

They were willing to do much more than the other players.

I'd come back and be yelling at the young players every year and say, what's wrong with this picture?

The best guy in the league goes home and he improves his left hand or he becomes a better three-point shooter.

And you go home and you go to the Bahamas, you have a good time, you come back, you work on your game a little bit.

the best players in the league are out working you in the summer.

I mean, it's not an accident that these guys do what they do.

Kobe did that one of the Olympics.

I think it was 08.

I think it was Mike Kay's first time coaching.

And I remember a lot of the other players on the team seeing what he was doing.

Tim Grover was his workout guy.

And before practice even started, he'd have been up in the morning, worked out for two hours.

And then they'd be sitting at breakfast and Kobe'd come in sweating and go, where was he?

And he was...