The Daily Motivation
Kobe Bryant: From Scoring Zero Points to State Champion in Two Years
21 Jun 2025
Order my newest book Make Money Easy! https://lewishowes.com/moneyyouCheck out the full episode: greatness.lnk.to/1784"Whether you score zero or score 60, I'm gonna love you no matter what. Now that is the most important thing that you can say to a child." - Kobe Bryant's dadPicture an 11-year-old Kobe Bryant, all knees and elbows with oversized knee pads, playing in Philadelphia's legendary Sonny Hill League where Wilt Chamberlain once dominated. For an entire summer, he didn't score a single point. Not a free throw, not a lucky shot, not even a breakaway layup. Zero. While other kids relied on natural athleticism, Kobe was crying after games, devastated by his failure. But his father's response in that moment of crushing defeat planted the seed for everything that followed - unconditional love that gave him the security to fail and the fire to prove himself anyway.What happened next reveals the mathematics of greatness that most people never calculate. While other kids practiced maybe two hours twice a week, Kobe obsessively trained two to three hours every single day, methodically building a menu of skills - first shooting, then creating shots, then speed. He focused on fundamentals while others coasted on talent. The transformation was staggering: by age 14, just two years later, he wasn't just good - he was the best player in the entire state of Pennsylvania. Kobe breaks down exactly how he engineered this quantum leap and why the simple math of daily obsession beats sporadic talent every time.Sign up for the Greatness newsletter: http://www.greatness.com/newsletter Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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