Kobe Bryant

5 statements across 4 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Aug 18, 2020 by Apolo Ohno · said 41 times in 11 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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Aug 18, 2020 positive
Insight
Ohno: Clutch athletes demand final plays because they believe they dictate outcomes
“And I think that that's the belief and confidence in alpha that comes with, if there's anyone going to be responsible for the outcome of this, I believe I can dictate that outcome.”
Apolo Ohno Aug 18, 2020 ▶ 53:08 #90 Apolo Ohno: Process Versus Prize
Apr 20, 2021 positive
Insight
Duckworth: Elite athletes like Kobe and Brady intentionally maintain underdog mindsets
“Some of the most successful people, right? Like the you know, people like Kobe Bryant, like were able to maintain an underdog mindset or even Tom Brady, right? Long past the time where they, you could actually legitimately say that you're an underdog. They are…”
Angela Duckworth Apr 20, 2021 ▶ 11:25 #109 Angela Duckworth: Grit and Human Behavior
Sep 21, 2021 positive
Opinion
Chris Bosh: Michael Jordan was the most fundamentally sound player ever
“Kobe Bryant does not get enough credit for how fundamentally sound he was, and the most technical of the technicians was Michael Jordan. He was the most fundamentally sound player I've ever seen.”
Chris Bosh Sep 21, 2021 ▶ 22:28 #120 Chris Bosh: Hunger and Greatness
Nov 28, 2023
Assertion Contradicted
Kobe Bryant kept his 'Black Mamba' alter ego secret for five years
“Even Kobe, we created it in 2004. He didn't tell the world about it until 2009 when he won the world championship, when they, or when they won the NBA championship, even Beyonce with Sasha fierce, wasn't revealed to the world really until 2008 when she was ret…”
Todd Herman Nov 28, 2023 ▶ 1:27:51 Todd Herman: Unleashing Your Secret Identity
Nov 28, 2023 neutral
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Kobe Bryant created 'Black Mamba' alter ego during 2003 Colorado legal crisis
“We came together during the time of him going through the allegations of sexual assault in in Colorado. That's why, that's where we built the Black Mamba from was in that moment. Cause he felt like he was losing his edge.”
Todd Herman Nov 28, 2023 ▶ 49:13 Todd Herman: Unleashing Your Secret Identity
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