Book Review: The Mamba Mentality

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Episode 687 - Book Review: The Mamba Mentality

As I’ve said before, I’m no fan of Kobe Bryant the basketball player. I am, however, a fan of Kobe the man. Kobe was a man with purpose. He was intentional with everything he did.  In his book, The Mamba Mentality, he summed it up as: To be able to constantly try to be the best version of yourself. It’s a constant quest to try and be better today than you were yesterday. 

He wrote,

Listen to your body and warm up with a purpose; starting close to the goal then moving out as you feel yourself getting warmed up. When you ask a dumb question, you are risking embarrassment at the time and not in the future.

I like how the book was essentially a picture book with tidbits of information from those who had impacted his life over the years. He quoted Muhammad Ali as saying, “you have to work hard in the dark to shine bright in the light.”