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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.”
The statistically optimal city size for athletic development is 250,000 people
“Statistically speaking, the best size of city or town to live in to develop your sporting skillset is around a quarter of a million people, because at a quarter of a million people, the level of competition can be well above average in that area. The quality o…”
Approximately 20% of society cannot form visual pictures in their mind
“Reality is there's about 20% of society that can't form visual pictures in their mind.”
Athletes aiming for 'average' deliver their best performance 77% of the time
“77% of the time that was their best performance of the week. Why? Because they relaxed into it. They weren't forcing anything. There was more of an allowing mindset that was there.”
Google searches for 'imposter syndrome' surged alongside Instagram's launch in 2010
“In 2010, when Instagram came around, you can see it literally in Google search algorithm. Imposter syndrome starts to take off.”
Children lack personal identity until roughly age seven and a half
“Our concept of me and myself and stuff is a lot of times carried out and formed before the age of eight. Now, a child has no concept of me. They don't even, they don't think of themselves as having an identity until around seven and a half when the frontal lob…”
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…”