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American basketball player (1978–2020)
Kobe Bean Bryant ( KOH-bee; August 23, 1978 – January 26, 2020) was an American professional basketball player. Nicknamed "the Black Mamba", he played his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Bryant was a five-time NBA champion, two-time NBA Finals MVP, the 2008 NBA MVP, and two-time gold medal recipient on the 2008 and 2012 U.S. Olympic teams. He is regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time. The son of NBA player Joe Bryant and his wife Pam, he was born in Philadelphia and spent part of his childhood in Ital...
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“Of all Gladwell's books, "Blink" was my favorite. I struggled with "Outliers" but realized something later about the message he was trying to pass on. It wasn't a template for success. Many people admire the outliers in society and want to be like them without outlier behavior.”
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