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Kobe Bryant took down Michael Jordan posters and threw away his shoes to stop idolizing him. He needed to see Jordan as a peer, not an untouchable idol, to compete without the weight of reverence holding him back.
Kobe Bryant took down Michael Jordan posters and threw away his shoes to stop idolizing him. He needed to see Jordan as a peer, not an untouchable idol, to compete without the weight of reverence holding him back.
It's this video where Kobe Bryant talks about when he first got in the league, how he had to go mentally in his mind and he had to take Michael Jordan off the pedestal that he had him on. He had to take his posters off his wall. He had to take his shoes off of his feet because he couldn't physically compete. He couldn't physically compete with a man that was mentally his idol. Does that make sense? I had to take it. I had to take his posters off my wall. I had to take his shoes. He could no longer be my idol. He had to be my peer. He had to be my colleague. He had to be my equal.
