The President Responds To The Kobe Tragedy

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48. The guy could do more than just bounce a basketball. People who knew him well have been talking

all day about his work ethic, his charity work, his activism with young inner city kids; but mainly his hard work ethic and leading by example. No he wasn't perfect; but who among us is? So yes, go ahead and beat your head up against a wall. You deserve it. Several people mentioned his need to be the hardest worker on the court. As he said, he was born with talent, but he made sure he worked hard everyday as if he had none. People also mentioned how hard he worked in practice. One guy from another team recalled coming in to practice on the Laker's court one day really early and saw Koby on the other side of the court also working out. He said that he went ahead with his regular practice workout, and much later noticed that Koby was still there working out. He said he asked Koby about it later, "Why he was still there working out?" The other player said he had noticed Koby when he first got there and he said that he appeared to have been having a really hard work out even then, and he looked really good. So why was he still there? Koby said he told him that "You are not going to come in here on my court and work harder than me. No one is."

Sounds like the guy not just had a great work ethic to me, but was a great guy overall.