How To Succeed Like Kobe Bryant?

Kobe Bryant is a phenomenal basketball player. He played his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He entered the NBA directly from high school and won five NBA championships with the Lakers.

Bryant is an 18-time All-Star, 15-time member of the All-NBA Team, and 12-time member of the All-Defensive team. He led the NBA in scoring during two seasons, and ranks third on both the league's all-time regular season scoring and all-time postseason scoring lists. He holds the NBA record for the most seasons playing with one franchise for an entire career.

However, few are aware that Bryant is also an evil genius. A brilliant, evil genius.

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal from October, Kobe makes the odd claim that empathizing with your opponents "helps you destroy them quicker." Just let him explain ...

"There would be certain teams that had a player that they just signed to a max contract. And then a supporting player who was up for free agency who they hadn't signed yet. So when we played them during the season, I'm saying, OK, here's what we're going to do: We're going to double-team the guy that hasn't gotten a max contract yet. We're not gonna let him get a shot off. And then we're going to single-cover the guy that has the max contract, and then watch the guy that doesn't have the max contract bitch and complain about not getting the ball all night long, and watch them divide each other. Those are the little, subtle things we would do that simply comes from observation and understanding your opponent.

Was that completely weird or what?"

It was completely weird. And devious. But it's also the kind of thing basketball fans just assumed Kobe is doing throughout his career.