NBA, every mention
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Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where NBA comes up
Kobe Bryant (Mamba Mentality)
- ▶ 5:01 David Senra It's mentioned by his high school coach, and it's again mentioned in the NBA as well.
- ▶ 6:02 David Senra Kobe came into the NBA with a desire and talent to become one of the greatest players of all time.
- ▶ 7:25 David Senra By the time I reached the league, I had a short learning curve.
- ▶ 25:33 David Senra At the end of my first season in the NBA, we had made it to the semifinals, up against Utah, but in the deciding fifth game, I let four, I let fly four air balls, and we lost our chance at the title.
The Biography of Kobe Bryant
- ▶ 0:07 David Senra I just want to be the man, he told me, reaffirming his goal of making himself into the NBA's top player.
- ▶ 2:33 David Senra And we see this demonstrated because way before he even gets to the NBA, Kobe believed that he was going to be one of the greatest basketball players to ever live. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 7:48 David Senra If he wasn't playing the game, then he was watching videotape of NBA stars. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 9:36 David Senra So it says one of the counselors was looking over the applications and noticed that under career plans, Kobe had listed NBA. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 15:06 David Senra So one of the things that makes Kobe's story unique is the fact he jumped right from high school to the NBA.
- ▶ 17:31 David Senra Okay, so we're still not to the NBA in the story yet. 8 times in the scene
- ▶ 23:14 David Senra Ok, so now we get to the point where Kobe is going to the NBA, he's already made the decision, and this part is really important to understand, is that imitation precedes creation.
- ▶ 27:42 David Senra Like when you look at the NBA logo, that's Jerry West.
- ▶ 29:23 David Senra You either won the NBA championship, or you did not. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 43:42 David Senra And so it says in making his exit, Bryant never even bothered to phone Sonny and thank him for the experience, which had included money for his parents and guaranteed millions for Bryant before he ever played an NBA game.