by Kobe Bryant
First published 2018
Following his departure from professional basketball, Kobe Bryant opens his playbook to reveal the mental and physical preparation behind his legendary career. Bryant felt obligated to teach young players, fans, and students of basketball how to approach the game correctly. He details his methods for studying opponents, channeling his passion, and playing through physical pain. The book provides granular breakdowns of specific plays and matchups from his twenty-year career. Bryant explains his famously meticulous approach to mental and physical preparation that enabled him to excel rather than merely succeed. Hall of Fame photographer Andrew D. Bernstein contributes striking images spanning Bryant's entire career, from his first NBA photograph in 1996 to his final one in 2016. This collaboration captures the unique twenty-year relationship between athlete and photographer through hundreds of thousands of images.
Genres: sports, non-fiction, biography-memoir, basketball
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: educational, inspirational
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
208 pages · Hardcover · MCD