Kobe Bryant and his process that led to success on the court is no secret. In fact, it’s one of the reasons why athletes across sports hail the Lakers legend as a true icon. Once he retired from the hardwood, the focus was firmly on family, until the art of storytelling influenced him. This was not a set-in-stone path, yet with his first project, Dear Basketball, he won an Oscar. That was not by chance, but Mamba’s ability to pay attention to every small detail, and to not back down from his demands.

This sounds familiar to his behavior on the court. The behavior remained the same as he took his steps in the creative writing field. “ He actually was so passionate about storytelling that when he took his book ideas to publishers, what they would do is they would sort of put him in the coo

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