Kobe Bryant’s 4 AM Obsession

Kobe Bryant entered the NBA at seventeen and nobody wanted him. Charlotte drafted

him thirteenth then immediately traded him because his agent threatened he'd refuse to play

anywhere else. His rookie year he barely saw the court, just a skinny kid

everyone doubted. But Kobe had something nobody else did. Every morning at four AM he was in

the gym while the world slept, studying film obsessively, breaking down every move and defensive

scheme. He promised himself that if he outworked everyone, he'd become unstoppable.

By his second season he became the youngest All Star ever. Three championships with Shaq followed,

proving doubters wrong. When Shaq left and everyone said he couldn't win alone,