Throwback to one of my favorite Danny Hurley Quotes
“Society has gotten soft in a lot of ways... The real world is tough and cruel... I'm preparing my players for life."
(Via @RealDanZak 🎥)
Love his athletic prime but man. Visually Kobe’s game and shotmaking was aging beautifully into his early 30’s. I wish we got to see his game mature more into the mid 2010’s like how we’ve seen Bron & KD’s game mature today.
Damian Lillard says too many highly regarded young players are surrounded by “yes men” that tell them they are great
Once they get to the next level, when their talent isn’t enough to get them through, they struggle with working hard and being stable 🗣️
Kobe says the teammates he clashed with were the ones who didn’t demand excellence from themselves
“The people that I’ve always had issues or problems with are the people that don’t demand excellence for themselves. I won’t tolerate that.”
“When the career is said and done, they’re not going to be looking at you, a player on his team, and saying you didn’t win a championship. They’re going to be looking here.”
“So it’s my responsibility to make sure everybody’s holding themselves accountable. I’m holding you accountable. If we just played a back-to-back and we have practice the next day, your ass better be there, taped, ready to go.”
“Because I’m there and I’m ready, and I just got finished lifting weights for two hours. So I hold guys to a higher standard.”
“I don’t sugarcoat stuff. Never have. Never will. That tends to rub some people the wrong way. But all those guys are still close to this day. Extremely close.”
Kobe Bryant – 2012 Playoffs tape
His final playoff run ends in the WCSF to the team that reached the finals. Kobe unfortunately isn’t appreciated how he should be, got caught in MJ/Bron talks, but this is god-level talent so I could never be mad at anyone if he’s their 🐐