New York Giants’ Xavier McKinney Reveals How Kobe Bryant Helped Him ‘Build as a Player’
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Kobe Bryant was not just an NBA legend. He was also a sporting icon, who represented everything positive about the discipline. For Kobe, sports were not just games, but something that needs a lot of discipline, focus, dedication, and hard work. Hence, Kobe thought that everything important in life can be learned through sports.
As a sporting icon, Kobe Bryant made it a point to practice the principles he preached. And whoever came to Kobe with an intention to learn, almost never went back without important lessons for them as players and as people.
Recently, NFL Star Safety Xavier McKinney was recalling his first meeting with Kobe. He was so impressed with Kobe that in just one meeting, he felt like he changed him as a person.
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NFL Star Safety reveals the life lesson Kobe Bryant taught him
While reminiscing his meeting with Kobe, he said, “That time was really special, man. Obviously, he’s one of the all-time greats, and I love basketball so I watch a lot of basketball.”
“He has a great mind, great mindset, and just getting a good feel of who he was as a person, just explaining it, getting the opportunity to actually pick his brain and see how he was as a competitor and what his thoughts kind of were going into practices, going into games. That’s something I cherish forever.”
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Further, he added, “I actually asked him a question that day of how he prepares, how he studies film, and he just let me know a lot of great things of different factors of watching film and getting one up on the opponent just by body language. It was something that I’ll never forget. RIP to Kobe. He really helped me build as a player and as a person when I got to listen to him.”
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Bryant’s impact on the American society
Kobe’s impact on American society was not just for his accomplishments in basketball. He also represented every moral and virtue that one would imbibe to become an ideal citizen. His life principles revolved around what you can do for the world and not what the world does for you.
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Indeed a legendary soul. Even in his absentia, every person who has ever gotten to know Kobe, probably remembers him for something he has changed in their life forever. RIP Mamba.
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