KAPONO

Sports, animals, Christian, family oriented, traveler, love of comedy, and respect for all my fellow humans. Born and raised in LB California.

[Timeless Wisdom @Ewerex77]

Be real bro

[🇺🇸 Zoo_Loose 🦁🦍🐻🐃🐺🦅 @WejuggernautEnt]

I told y’all SC just signed the next “Megatron”

#WRU #FightOn ✌🏾🗡️

[Josh Chambers @JoshChambers]

Novak Djokovic says Kobe Bryant taught him to stop avoiding the painful tape and to deliberately rewatch the moments that made him uncomfortable because that’s where you learn

“I had a three-year period where I didn’t win a Slam. I was winning some big tournaments, but I couldn’t win a Slam. These two guys were beating me in every big match, Federer and Nadal.”

“I changed rackets, team members. I did everything I could to find the right formula. I was struggling physically as well. I was very thorough in my analysis of the matches afterwards, even though I don’t necessarily like to watch matches that I lost.”

“Kobe Bryant used to talk about this a lot. When I was talking to him personally about that, he said, even if it’s just specific intervals of the match that you lost, you definitely look at that. You need to analyze that.”

“You need to go through that cramping feeling because that’s where you learn from those mistakes. That’s where you have an opportunity to rectify that the next tournament or next match. That helped a lot.”

[eric sondheimer @latsondheimer]

First game of the season and photographer Craig Weston captures Quentin Hale's one-handed catch for Corona Centennial. What can he do for an encore?

[Yahoo Sports @YahooSports]

Phenix City Alabama Little League pitcher Kinley Rasmus struck out 8 batters against Washington, tying Mo'ne Davis for the most strikeouts by a girl pitcher in a Little League World Series game ⚾

Rasmus is the niece of former MLB outfielder Colby Rasmus and daughter of Cory Rasmus, who also played in the majors.

[Jimmy O'Brien @Jomboy_]

Pitcher asks to play outfield because his arm hurts then he throws a ball as hard as he can, a breakdown

[Lakers Nation @LakersNation]

#Lakers are heading to Slovenia!

📸: @Lakers

[Jon Gordon @JonGordon11]

Culture or Chaos.
It’s your choice. Build your culture so you aren’t always dealing with chaos.

[CeCe @cecegkh]

The difference between men and boys.

There always comes the day they have to test the ‘old man’ around them and they quickly find out what that grown man strength means.

My son tried it once….and only once with his dad! 😂

[Oh No He Didn't @ohnohedidnt24]

Shaq on the Buss siblings reportedly selling their share of the Lakers:

"I have great admiration for the Buss family. Learned a lot of business acumen from watching them. And I can remember how much Mr. Buss paid for the team. So if the rumors are true on how much they sold it for I think it was a monumental business move. It will be different not knowing that the Buss family is there with the Lakers, but I want to wish them well, want to congratulate them. Thank you for the great memories that they gave me. But from a business standpoint, for what they purchased it for to what they're selling it for...you get the golf clap"

[Josh Chambers @JoshChambers]

Sean McVay says one of the biggest mistakes young leaders make is trying to be liked and respected at the same time

“Cooper Kupp changed my life. It’s uniquely special because my first year as a head coach coincided with his rookie year. I’m a better human, I’m a better coach, I’m a better person because of my relationship and the influence Cooper Kupp’s had on me.”

“We’ve had to have some honest conversations. And here’s the reality: you have a responsibility to the collective. It doesn’t mean you’re right. I’ve been wrong before. I’ll be wrong again. It doesn’t change my love, my appreciation, my gratitude for everything that he’s meant.”

“Sometimes decisions that you try to make for the collective don’t necessarily fit with people that are so special.”

“You try to say it’s business, it’s personal, it all is intermixed. I don’t think you can separate it. Tough decisions have to be made.”

“One of the things I’d like to think I’ve gotten better about, when I was a young coach, and I’m still a young coach, you’re so worried about being liked. Oftentimes when you have those difficult conversations, you try to be liked and respected at the same time, and then people are like, ‘What the heck did you really just say?’”

“There’s no good way to deliver tough information other than with some empathy, but being direct and open and honest.”

[Dave McMenamin @mcten]

Lakers senior VP of finance, Joe McCormack, called for an emergency meeting of the Buss siblings last Monday to discuss a dissolution of the family trust and seeking unanimous approval to lock down all family shares for four years under a new trust, sources told ESPN.

[Dr. Nicole LePera @Theholisticpsyc]

Some people are good at lying because they believe their lies.

In psychology this is called: self deception theory.

How it works:

[Yahoo Sports @YahooSports]

The Buss family released a statement after selling its remaining 17.8% ownership stake in the Los Angeles Lakers to new majority owners Josh Kushner and Bob Iger.

[Ben Verlander @BenVerlander]

INCREDIBLE Shohei Ohtani news

I’m being told that once again Shohei Ohtani is stepping up for people and causes in need and is donating well over 7 figures to different organizations listed below:

- Venezuela Earthquake relief
- Canadian Wildfire relief
- Kumamoto Earthquake relief

All of his donations are going directly to those in need.

Incredible generosity from an incredible human being.

[Wise Michael Jordan @itsMichaelJ]

When Jason Kidd really said “hit me” and turned a cup of soda into a timeout. Elite coaching. 💀