Goodnight. Its hard to go from the bottom to the top, but its even harder, when youre already at the top, to go to the bottom and then look back up at that mountain again, knowing that you just climbed it and all the struggles and hard work that you had to go through, to look at it and say, man, i got to climb that thing again. Hello and welcome. Im jesse l. Martin. Kobe bryants life had many acts his entree to the nba as a skinny teen, his ascension to superstardom, and postretirement, a new focus on his family and creative projects. Kobes relaunch in entertainment could have been more impactful than his career on the court. Until a routine flight on a foggy january morning changed his destiny forever. This is how it really happened. Obrien the combination of celebrity and aviation, mystery and fear is very compelling to people. And you know, whats interesting is you can connect a dot directly between what happened to john f. Kennedy jr. And what happened to kobe bryant. [ Crowd Chant
Im jesse l. Martin. Thank you for watching. Good night. You know, its about appreciating every moment for me, you know, cause weve been through so much, and as your career kind of. Im not an old man, but you know, you start seeing the light at the end of the tunnel is much brighter than the one at the beginning of the tunnel. So its really about appreciating every day as it comes, you know, every game, every win, every loss, every practice. Its just soaking every day in. Hello and welcome. Im jesse l. Martin. Kobe bryant was just 18 years old when he took the nba by storm. Over his 20 years in the league, he was an 18time all star, fivetime champion, and twotime olympic gold medalist. His achievements off the court were just as lauded. He was an accomplished writer, Academy Award winner, and a selfdescribed girl dad of four beautiful daughters. At 41, bryant had reached the pinnacle of his success, until one foggy january morning. This is how it really happened. [ Crowd Chanting kobe ]
You know, its about appreciating every moment for me, you know, cause weve been through so much, and as your career kind of. Im not an old man, but you know, you start seeing the light at the end of the tunnel is much brighter than the one at the beginning of the tunnel. So its really about appreciating every day as it comes, you know, every game, every win, every loss, every practice. Its just soaking every day in. Hello and welcome. Im jesse l. Martin. Kobe bryant was just 18 years old when he took the nba by storm. Over his 20 years in the league, he was an 18time all star, fivetime champion, and twotime olympic gold medalist. His achievements off the court were just as lauded. He was an accomplished writer, Academy Award winner, and a selfdescribed girl dad of four beautiful daughters. At 41, bryant had reached the pinnacle of his success, until one foggy january morning. This is how it really happened. [ Crowd Chanting kobe ] smith kobe wanted to be the best. He wanted to be the b
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his mother and stepfather were arrested both using heroin. tell me about fourth grade. it s very hard. reporter: it is. the math. reporter: over legos, he told me why he missed a lot of school last year in third grade. you missed the bus sometimes? yeah. reporter: how come that would happen? well, because i woke up by myself, got ready by myself and, yeah. reporter: he says he would often make dinner for his two younger brothers and take care of his newbore sister. one time at night my 4-year-old brother woke up and started crying, and then my littlest brother woke up started crying, too. reporter: why were they crying? mom and dad weren t there. reporter: sounds like you kind of had to take charge sometimes? uh-huh. reporter: yeah. his father and stepmother had no