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In high school<\/li>\n<li>After practice he makes some of his high school teammates play one-on-one games to 100<\/li>\n<li>Once with the Lakers is coach found the 18-year-old Bryant shooting in the dark gym two hours before practice<\/li>\n<li>he was always the first player in the gym even when he was hurt<\/li>\n<li>when he broke his right wrist, while it was in a cast he would practice dribbling in shooting with his left hand<\/li>\n<li>he once played left-handed because he injured his right shoulder<\/li>\n<li>He even practice without a ball<\/li>\n<li>he once held a workout from 4:15 AM to 11 AM refusing to leave until he made 800 shots<\/li>\n<li>he was all about improvement, even in the tiniest ways<\/li>\n<li>he decided to lose 16 pounds for the Olympics in 2012, citing the need to keep knees pain-free<\/li>\n<li>he scored 81 points in a game<\/li>\n<li>he iced his knees for 20 minutes three times a day and did acupuncture so he wouldn&#8217;t get hurt<\/li>\n<li>he eliminated sugar from his diet and only a lean meat<\/li>\n<li>he used to watch film of himself at halftime<\/li>\n<li>he went through super intense workouts on game days<\/li>\n<li>he taught himself to play Beethoven&#8217;s Moonlight Sonata on piano by ear<\/li>\n<li>he co-called business people and entrepreneurs to learn about them and their secrets to success<\/li>\n<li>he texted business leaders at all hours of the day\u2026 Even 3 AM to pick their brains<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What if we all worked like that. How successful would we all be?<\/p>\n<p>When Kobe met God, and God asked him, &#8220;Kobe, I gave you all kinds of gifts. Did you use them to the best of your ability?&#8221; I&#8217;m certain that Colby was able to say, &#8220;yes, God. I did.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So the lesson is simple. Life is very short! 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