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hancholo666: Breakbot - Baby I’m Yours feat. Irfane (Official...

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 21:11:10 -0700

hancholo666:

Breakbot - Baby I’m Yours feat. Irfane (Official Video) (by Ed Banger Records)

Groove.

"That’s the real reason we watch the NBA playoffs. Rounds one and two might be about surprises and..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:31:49 -0700

“That’s the real reason we watch the NBA playoffs. Rounds one and two might be about surprises...

"Your 20’s are your ‘selfish’ years. It’s a decade to immerse yourself in every single thing..."

Mon, 13 May 2013 13:50:08 -0700

“Your 20’s are your ‘selfish’ years. It’s a decade to immerse yourself in every single thing...

Lakers still have my love 💜💛

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:10:43 -0700

Lakers still have my love 💜💛

Hellooo nurse.

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:51:35 -0700

Hellooo nurse.

Played with the boys and beat all the boys.

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:17:35 -0700

Played with the boys and beat all the boys.

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Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:12:34 -0700

other-wordly: pronunciation | “so-frO-‘sU-nAGreek script | ...

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:51:29 -0700

other-wordly:

pronunciation | “so-frO-‘sU-nA
Greek script | σωφροσύνη

Browsing the LA tags is making me really dreamy.

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:21:48 -0700

Browsing the LA tags is making me really dreamy.

The most wonderful time of the year. There are a few minor...

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:39:50 -0700

The most wonderful time of the year.

There are a few minor differences between my espn bracket(s) and my yahoo one(s), but my elite eight and final four are set.

Predicting this year’s bracket was a bit of a headache.
I almost don’t care if Louisville wins because I’ve always had a heart for the Cinderella teams and the Cardinals have been a hot topic all season. But oh wellll.
If I had it my way, I’d have The U would winning it all. But I can’t seem to imagine them past the Final Four. But I’m [not so] secretly rooting for them!
Let’s goooo

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Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:57:50 -0700

gotemcoach: WORK ETHIC A story about Kobe Bryant, as told by a...

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:22:53 -0800

gotemcoach:

WORK ETHIC

A story about Kobe Bryant, as told by a professional trainer who worked with Bryant this past Summer, for the Olympics:

I’ve been a professional athletic trainer for about 16 years and have been able to work with a range of athletes from the high school to professional level. Right now I run in a clinic in Cincinnati and have most recently been training with some players on the Bengals.

I activated my reddit account just a moment ago and because I’ve been seeing the videos of Kobe’s most recent dunks and the comments you guys have had to share I decided I might as well chime in what I know about the man. And let me just state by saying that this story doesn’t touch on anything we don’t know about Kobe but rather that he simply is not human when he is working on his craft.

I was invited to Las Vegas this past Summer to help Team USA with their conditioning before they head off to London, and as we know they would eventually bring home the Gold (USA). I’ve had the opportunity to work with Carmelo Anthony and Dwyane Wade in the past but this would be my first interaction with Kobe. We first met three days before the first scrimmage, on the day of the first practice, early July. It was a brief conversation where we talked about conditioning, where he would like to be by the end of the Summer, and we talked a little bit about the hustle of the Select Team. Then he got my number and I let him know that if he ever wanted some extra training he could hit me up any time.

The night before the first scrimmage I remember I was just watched “Casablanca” for the first time and it was about 3:30 AM. I lay in bed, slowly fading away when I hear my cell ring. It was Kobe. I nervously picked up.

“Hey, uhh Rob, I hope I’m not disturbing anything right?”

“Uhh no, what’s up Kob?”

“Just wondering if you could just help me out with some conditioning work, that’s all.”

I checked my clock. 4:15 AM.

“Yeah sure, I’ll see you in the facility in a bit.”

It took me about twenty minutes to get my gear and out of the hotel. When I arrived and opened the room to the main practice floor I saw Kobe. Alone. He was drenched in sweat as if he had just taken a swim. It wasn’t even 5AM.

We did some conditioning work for the next hour and fifteen minutes. Then we entered the weight room, where he would do a multitude of strength training exercises for the next 45 minutes. After that we parted ways and he went back to the practice floor to shoot. I went back to the hotel and crashed. Wow.

I was expected to be at the floor again at about 11 AM. I woke up feeling sleepy, drowsy, and almost pretty much every side effect of sleep deprivation. Thanks, Kobe. I had a bagel and headed to the practice facility.

This next part I remember very vividly. All the Team USA players were there, feeling good for the first scrimmage. LeBron was talking to Carmelo if I remember correctly and Coach Krzyzewski was trying to explain something to Kevin Durant. On the right side of the practice facility was Kobe by himself shooting jumpers. And this is how our next conversation went — I went over to him, patted him on the back and said, “Good work this morning.”

“Huh?”

“Like, the conditioning. Good work.”

“Oh. Yeah, thanks Rob. I really appreciate it.”

“So when did you finish?”

“Finish what?”

“Getting your shots up. What time did you leave the facility?”

“Oh just now. I wanted 800 makes so yeah, just now.”

My jaw dropped. Mother of holy God. It was then that I realized that there’s no surprise to why he’s been as effective as he was last season. Every story about his dedication, every quote that he’s said about hard work all came together and hit me like a train. It’s no surprise to me now that he’s dunking on players ten years younger than him and it wasn’t a surprise to me earlier this year when he led the league in scoring.

Thanks for reading and allowing me to share you my Kobe Bryant story. If anyone has any questions I can clarify. Sorry if the story was at all hard to follow as this is my first time on reddit.

Rob.

#GotEmCoach