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Diving into the similarities, differences, and lessons we can learn from the lives of the two legends Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant-----Check out my new book Chasing Greatness: Timeless Stories on the Pursuit of ExcellenceSign up for my weekly greatness newsletter sent out every Saturday morning with stories, lessons, and quotes from greats throughout history, and some thoughts from me.-----Show Notes1:15 - Defining Moments5:15 - Obsession vs Controlled Obsession“The most dedicated athlete I've ever worked with by far. Jordan would do the extra work when he needed to. Kobe was always going. His dedication to being the best basketball player, to me, was unparalleled. - Tex Winter8:30 - Confidence + Irrational Belief“His competence was exceeded only by his confidence.” - Lacy Banks on MJ11:57 - Self-Made Motivation“If you look at his path, it's filled with moments of sort of created challenges for himself to raise his level. The thing that amazes me is that the standards he has set are so unbelievably high that it's almost unfair that he has to maintain them.” - Steve Kerr on MJ14:38 - Find Your Team16:16 - Be a Sponge“Kobe was like a sponge. If he wanted to know something, he'd come and ask you…show me how you do this, show me how you do that.”18:15 - Be a Competitor“Jordan came to practice every day like it was Game 7 of the NBA finals. He would destroy you in practice. That's what set the tone of our team.”20:10 - One Big Takeaway“The moment is bigger than the injury. You don't feel the pain.” - Kobe BryantCheck out Roland Lazenby's books Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan: The Life to dive deeper into their stories. 

Diving into the stories, lessons, and greatness of Kobe Bryant from Roland Lazenby's book Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant-----Check out my new book Chasing Greatness: Timeless Stories on the Pursuit of ExcellenceSign up for my weekly greatness newsletter sent out every Saturday morning with stories, lessons, and quotes from greats throughout history, and some thoughts from me.-----Show Notes2:15 - Childhood “Kobe on stage was probably the most focused kid I've ever seen on the court. No bullshit, no taking it easy. He's not going to smile at you. He's going to kill you from bell to bell, no mercy. He didn't give a fuck.” - Sonny Voccaro6:25 - Irrational Belief"I'm going to be that one in a million.” 8:55 - Kobe's Obsession “We worked out twice a day. We'd start at ten in the morning; Kobe was there at eight. We'd get done at twelve; Kobe would stay till two. We'd start again at seve at night; Kobe's be there at five.” We'd finish at nine, he'd stay to eleven. Every day. Non of the pros were doing that.” - Mo Howard15:00 - His Defining Moment “Coach, if you give me the ball, I'll drain it for you.” 21:45 - Imagination and CuriositySports Illustrated said on Kobe, “Perhaps no player has ever made more use of his imagination.”28:15 - Being the Man“I just want to be the man. I don't know how I'm going to get there. I just have to find a way.”30:04 - Unparalleled ConfidenceKobe scored 62 through three quarters in 2006. When assistant Bryan Shaw asked if he wanted to go in in the 4th to get 70, he said, “Nah, I'll get it another time.”33:15 - Work, Work, and More Work“He was on his second workout before anyone else had even showed up. That's when I knew he was a different beast. It told me about his work ethic and his will to be great.” - Dwyane Wade34:55 - Struggle and Pain“The moment is bigger than the injury. You don't feel the pain.”37:42: Lessons Learned“Kobe was like a sponge. If he wanted to know something, he'd come and ask you…show me how you do this, show me how you do that.” - Mo Howard

What I learned from rereading The Mamba Mentality: How I Play by Kobe Bryant. Subscribe to listen to Founders Daily [0:01] If you really want to be great at something, you have to truly care about it.If you want to be great in a particular area, you have to obsess over it.A lot of people say they want to be great, but they're not willing to make the sacrifices necessary to achieve greatness.They have other concerns and they spread themselves out. That's totally fine. After all, greatness is not for everybody.Greatness isn't easy to achieve. It requires a lot of time.[1:08] You can't achieve greatness by walking a straight line.[1:12] Respect to those who do achieve greatness and respect to those who are chasing that elusive feeling.[1:29] Start of what Founders Daily is and why I am making it.[5:58] Start of this episode.[6:10]  May you find the power in understanding the journey of others to help create your own.[6:23] He dedicates a lot of time in this book to the importance of learning from and studying the great people that came before you.[7:31] Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant by Roland Lazenby (Founders #272)[7:52] His dissection of the game was at another level. In my entire career, I've never seen a player as dedicated to being the best. His determination is unparalleled. He unquestionably worked harder than anyone else I have ever played with.[8:07] Kobe knew that to be the best you need a different approach from everyone else.[11:24] If I wanted to implement something new into my game, I'd see it and try incorporating it immediately. I wasn't scared of looking bad or being embarrassed.[12:08] I had a constant craving, a yearning, to improve and be the best. I never needed any external forces to motivate me.[12:31] If something has worked for other greats before you, and if something is working for you, why change it up and embrace some new fad? Stick with what works, even if it's unpopular.[12:47] Kobe mentions reading: Jackie Robinson's autobiography [13:14] Reading is forced meditation.[14:12] I never thought about my daily preparation. It wasn't a matter of whether it was an option or not. It was, if I want to play, this is what I have to do, so l'd just show up and do it.[14:44] I always found that short 15 minute cat naps gave me all the energy I would need for peak performance.[14:52] Your routine can change but your obsession can not.[15:11] You can find an edge by doing things your competitors are not doing.[16:58] I revere the players who made the game what it is, and cherish the chances I had to pick their brains. Anything that I was seeing or going to see, any type of defense or offense or player or team—they had already encountered years before. I talked with them to learn how to deal with those challenges.[19:23] I devoured Bill Russel's autobiography. There were a lot of valuable lessons in there. [19:49] If you wanna win championships, you have to let people focus on what they do best, while you focus on what you do best.[20:28] You train an animal. You teach a person —Sol Price: Retail Revolutionary & Social Innovator by Robert E. Price (Founders #107)[21:31] In our first year together, he (Tex Winter) and I would rewatch every single game together. Preseason, regular season, playoffs. That's a lot of basketball.[22:12] As I learned time and again, success in business often rests on a minute reading of the regulations that  impact your business. —Becoming Trader Joe: How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys by Joe Coulombe. (Founders #188)[24:33] Coach K is really intense. He and I approach winning and losing the same way in that winning is the goal, and losing is, well, losing isn't even on the table.[25:35] Coach K in The Redeem Team documentary: Understand the responsibility. I know I'm not going to fucking lose. I am not going to fucking lose. Not when I'm wearing this (team USA jersey) and not at this time in my career. You're going to have to fucking shoot me. That's how I want you to play.[26:37] These greats won't hang around you if you don't display the same passion as they do. They won't share their time and memories with you if you don't display the same effort and drive for excellence that they did. I was accepted so quickly because everyone saw how hard I worked. They saw how badly I wanted to fulfill my destiny.[27:01] The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King by Rich Cohen. (Founders #255)[29:18] It is to the point where if you know the basics, you have an advantage on the majority of players.[29:33] “There are two things in business that matter, and you can learn this in two minutes- you don't have to go to business school for two years: high gross margins and cash flow. All companies that go out of business do so for the same reason – they run out of money.” —Don Valentine[30:55] I felt that my destiny was already written. I felt I knew that my future was undeniable and no one, not a person or a play, could derail it.[32:01] This is the goal. This is my goal: For almost a decade he did nothing but address weaknesses and add to his game. Now his skill set is completely fleshed out. His game has no weaknesses. He's a nightmare to go up against, and he's worked to achieve that status.[33:36] That's the money right there: That thirst and quest for information and improvement.[33:57] Driven From Within by Michael Jordan and Mark Vancil. (Founders #213)—I use Readwise to organize and remember everything I read. You can try Readwise for 60 days for free by going to https://readwise.io/founders/—“I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — GarethBe like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast

What I learned from reading Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant by Roland Lazenby.  Support Founders' sponsors: Tiny: The easiest way to sell your business. Quick and straightforward exits for Founders. andCapital: Raise, hold, and spend capital all in one place. and Tegus is a search engine for business knowledge that's used by founders, investors, and executives. Try it for free by visiting Tegus.[9:15] Notes from The Redeem Team documentary:30 seconds into the first practice Kobe is diving for loose balls. That set the tone.Players go clubbing. Come back at 5:30am and see Kobe working out. "This motherfucker Kobe was already drenched in sweat. Yeah he's different"— LeBron James. By the end of the week the whole team was on Kobe's schedule.Understand the responsibility. I know I'm not going to fucking lose. I am not going to fucking lose. Not when I'm wearing this (team USA jersey) and not at this time in my career. You're going to have to fucking shoot me. That's how I want you to play. — Coach KAt one point you will have a grandkid on your lap and they will ask you weren't you in the Olympics ? What did you do? You wanna say: Well son, we lost to that fucking Greek team? —Coach KWhen you're in the Olympic village you're around people who are the best in the world at what they do. That is more special that celebrities in LA because this is athlete to athlete — I understand what they put their body through to get here. There's so much respect and mutual admiration. —KobeWhat Kobe told team USA going into the 4th quarter: Just think about the play in front of you.[12:07] At every turn his declarations of future greatness have been met with head shaking and raised eyebrows.[14:33]  It's almost like Kobe's insane level of dedication was like compensation for the bad decision making of his father.[15:15] 4 parts to Kobe's blueprint:Master the fundamentalsImprove your weaknessesStudy the greatsConcentrate[15:12] Listening to Founders is like watching game tape of history's greatest entrepreneurs.[15:40] I used to watch their moves and then I'd add them to my game. It was the beginning of a career-long focus on studying game recordings.[15:48] He would invest long hours each day in breaking down his own performances and those of opponents— far more than what any other NBA player would ever contemplate undertaking.[17:08] Jay Z' autobiography: Decoded by Jay Z.  (Founders #238)[21:22] If you're not good, Jeff will chew you up and spit you out. And if you're good, he will jump on your back and ride you into the ground. —The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Brad Stone. (Founders #179)[21:58] If you're breaking down tape of Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan and so many other greats, you come to consider them your teachers.[22:39] Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight. (Founders #186)[23:00] Jordan and Knight certainly shared a competitive nature that bordered on insanity, Moore added. "If you think Jordan and Kobe are competitive, go meet Phil Knight. He's a no bullshit competitor. It's, 'You play for me or I can't stand you, I will kill you.' That's Phil Knight, full stop. And he's not shy about it.”[29:30]  He studied the game harder than anyone else has ever studied the game.[30:00] One day just before practice, the team was informed that it couldn't have the gym due to flooding.“This is bullshit!” he screamed, slamming a ball off the floor. “This is bullshit! We got practice, I want to practice. This is ridiculous!" (He was in high school)[31:10] Kobe had a closet at home filled with critical research. It held all these VHS tapes of Michael's games. [32:00] Kobe on Michael Jordan: What you get from me— is from him. I don't get five championships without him because he guided me so much and gave me so much great advice.[32:22] Sol Price: Retail Revolutionary & Social Innovator by Robert E. Price. (Founders #107)[35:22] Bryant's workout had been so impressive that for Jerry West, it had revealed his heart. It was there in the skill set alone, in some ways, just the amount of work that a player would have to have done to possess such immaculate moves, the footwork and fakes and execution, the hours that must have been put into that kind of perfection.[37:55] Part of his strategy for keeping his disappointment at bay was to focus on others who had faced far more difficult circumstances. "I read the autobiography of Jackie Robinson," Bryant said. “I was thinking about all the hard times I'd go through this year, and that it'd never compare to what he went through. That just kind of helped put things in perspective."[38:50] Kobe's favorite book was Enders Game by Orson Scott Card. [39:00] The only way he could keep the whole dream going was to work harder and harder and harder, to spin his fantasies around and around until they wrapped him tight in a new reality.[39:45] Estée Lauder: A Success Storyby Estée Lauder. (Founders #217)[41:00] I think that game was vital to how good he became. That level of embarrassment to happen to somebody like him? The next year he came out like a fucking maniac.[41:15] Leading By Design: The Ikea Story by Bertil Torekull. (Founders #104)[46:03] Michael Jordan: The Life by Roland Lazenby. (Founders #212)[47:00] The best book on the emotional toll entrepreneurs experience:  Against The Odds: An Autobiography by James Dyson (Founders #200)[54:15] Highly competitive personalities like Jordan and Bryant could absolutely kill a team atmosphere with displays of ruthlessness or selfishness.[55:22] He stands up, points around the room and says, You motherfuckers don't belong in the same court with me.You're all shit. And he walked out of the locker room.[56:07] 4 ideas from Kobe:Search for your limitsExtreme personal practiceResourcefullness—find a way.Study the greats[57:39] He was one of the rare few who simply cared far more about the game than anyone else.[1:02:24] The Mamba Mentality: How I Play by Kobe Bryant [1:02:53] Why Warren Buffett reads annual reports brought to you by Tegus[1:09:03] Steve Jobs on why marketing is about values brought to you by Capital[1:13:36] Warren Buffett masterclass on how to differentiate your product brought to you by Tiny—“I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — GarethBe like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast

Ricky J. Marc [@RickyJMarc] joins Ethan J. Skolnick [@EthanJSklonick] on Onside Radio to discuss the legacy of the late, great Kobe Bryant, one year after his tragic passing. --- RECOMMENDED READING: Roland Lazenby's Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant. --- RELEVANT RESOURCES: #ReachRicky | Register To Vote | Ricky’s Platform | Wear A Mask | Mask FAQs | Join The Movement | Find Fellowship | Support Black Bookstores. --- With your help, you can help us keep the lights on! Contribute today: Venmo: @RickyJMarc | Cash App: $RickyJMarc.

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Roland Lazenby joins Sport Talk to discuss stories from his biography of Kobe Bryant.

Roland Lazenby joins Sport Talk to discuss stories from his biography of Kobe Bryant.

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews writer and NBA journalist Roland Lazenby author of Michael Jordan: The Life and Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant. My Summer Lair Chapter #69: Who Is Kobe Bryant? Recorded: December 11, 2017 12:30pm (on the phone)

The author of "SHOWBOAT: The Life of Kobe Bryant", Roland Lazenby, joins the show to discuss Kobe being the first guard to go straight from high school to the NBA, Kobe's family life, and his legendary career. Darin Gantt also stops by to talk all things football including Cam Newton playing his best football late in the season, Thomas Davis' suspension, and if the Patriots are still the favorite to win the Super Bowl.

Roland Lazenby (@lazenby) is the author of the biography “Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant”. Roland, a sports journalist, has spent many years covering the NBA and was also my guest last episode, #023, the first ever interview I recorded. In this episode, we talk Kobe Bryant and Roland’s biography on the famous Laker called “Showboat”. We get into Kobe’s attitude, work ethic and a ton of other stuff on winning and his character. We also covered more on Michael Jordan, Phil Jackson, Roland’s own writing career and even a little Stephen Curry, the Golden State Warriors and the NBA. You can buy Roland's latest books “Michael Jordan: The Life” and “Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant” basically anywhere including Amazon. To connect with Roland, head to Twitter, his handle @lazenby. To get every episode of Trench Talk on release please remember to hit the subscribe button in your chosen podcast player. Enjoy Trench Talk Episode #024 with Roland Lazenby…   ---- Show notes and links for this episode can be found at xrm.com.au/podcast. Feel free to email me with any suggestions or feedback to podcast@xrm.com.au. You can find Matt Reynolds on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and on LinkedIn.  

Roland Lazenby (@lazenby) is the author of the biography “Michael Jordan: The Life” and my first ever interview which I recorded in early 2016. Roland is an American sportswriter and educator who has travelled with some of the NBA's most famous and successful teams including Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls, the Bad Boys of Detroit (The Pistons) and Kobe Bryant’s LA Lakers. He’s completed hundreds of interviews with stars of the league including over 400 hours for his Kobe Bryant biography alone. Roland has also written biographies on the New England Patriots’ quarterback Tom Brady, Dallas Cowboys superstar Emmit Smith, the NBA’s most winning coach (championships) Phil Jackson, Hall of Fame Laker Jerry West and many others. In our chat, we covered a lot that is the character of Michael Jordan. Roland dove deep to put The Life together and it’s by far and away the most comprehensive piece I’ve ever found on the famous number 23. We also discussed: the Jordan family, pre-Michael cultural change in America the Nike shoe deal and how the company marketed MJ why he wanted to leave them, but couldn’t winning, and becoming one of the most famous people on the planet.   You’ll hear (remember the episode was recorded in early 2016) Roland is unable to talk about his then upcoming biography on Kobe Bryant called “Showboat”. Showboat has since been released and Roland recently agreed to do a second interview for Trench Talk so you’ll get all the Kobe information next, in episode #024. You can buy both books “Michael Jordan: The Life” and “Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant” basically anywhere including Amazon. To connect with Roland, head to Twitter, his handle @lazenby. To get every episode of Trench Talk on release please remember to hit the subscribe button in your chosen podcast player. Enjoy Trench Talk Episode #023 with Roland Lazenby…   ---- Show notes and links for this episode can be found at xrm.com.au/podcast. Feel free to email me with any suggestions or feedback to podcast@xrm.com.au. You can find Matt Reynolds on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and on LinkedIn.  

On this episode of the Double Clutch Podcast, Mike Miller has the pleasure of speaking with author Roland Lazenby about his latest book, Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant. The pair discuss how Roland was able to relay Kobe's rise to the pro's in such forensic detail, how Kobe and Michael Jordan were similar and what separated them, and whether there are any parallels between Bryant and the current crop of NBA talent.

The guys talk about what they found impressive from the Lakers win over the Sacramento Kings, including the team’s overall and continued lack of quit despite getting down double digits, Julius Randle being a potential sociopath, Timofey Mozgov taking yet another blow to the face and D’Angelo Russell being absent in yet another fourth quarter. Then, the Anthony and Harrison are joined by Roland Lazenby to talk about his new book: “Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant” which is in stores now, and features in depth reporting on Kobe's life, from growing up in Italy to his final years in the NBA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Author of the new book "Showboat - The Life of Kobe Bryant," Roland Lazenby joined Gunther & Ben to discuss the significance of Kobe and Michael Jordan. Also, who are the stars that embody Kobe & MJ in today's game?

Rajan is joined by venerated NBA biographer Roland Lazenby to discuss his newly-released book: "Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant." They discuss The genesis of the concept of Kobe Bryant becoming "the next Michael Jordan" (3:55), the similarities in intensity between Bryant and Michael Jordan (10:37), the "mutual admiration society" between Bryant and Jordan (13:38), Bryant's fall from grace after the first three-peat in LA (17:30), and Bryant almost getting traded from Los Angeles (22:36). Link to purchase the book: http://amzn.to/2f5XkSd