Kobe and Gigi Bryant Memorial Thread (RIP)
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I AM WARHOL
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I just keep looking at his poster on my wall. This cant be real man. I cant even put this into words right now. Kobe was my hero. I wanted to meet him one day. Honestly, this shyt was deeper than basketball. Like I said yesterday, the coli has been an escape for me. My father passed tragically in November off of some unfathomable shyt. I've been going through it. Me and my mom were just having a conversation about how I need to find a way to be happy and not dwell in sadness. Not even 2 hours later I see this headline on my phone. Smfh I dont understand what this life is about. How are you supposed to live when tomorrow truly isnt guaranteed?
All my love out to Vanessa and the kids and the whole bryant family. I know what they are going through. I really wish I didnt, but I do. Rest in Peace Kobe
All my love out to Vanessa and the kids and the whole bryant family. I know what they are going through. I really wish I didnt, but I do. Rest in Peace Kobe
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Saysumthinfunnymike
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I was thinking about this earlier. Nobody worked as hard with their mind and body as Kobe. Nobody lived a better lifestyle. He felt like a superhero. Everything changes in a second and it's terrifying.. absolutely terrifying to think about. I'm out. I'll read y'all thoughts.
VegetasHairline
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T-Mac on The Jump right now 
cartierhoe
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Gigi: Don't worry uncle Mac I got this
Damn dawg
Damn dawg
Flex Luger
Job Is Finished
Damn man watching and listening TMac is making me tear up again
HNIC973
R.I.P Bandana P
TMAC
Dr. Narcisse
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fukking wow is right
Jesus
This shyt is the woat
These old people at work dont get it..as if they didnt bug out when john lennon was shot
And now i gotta coach the youngsters in 15 minutes.
Terrible i just want to get the fukk out of here
DetroitEWarren
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I guess maybe the company the pilot worked for, but if he was Kobes personal pilot I believe Blake can be placed on the family, I'm not sure at all though, don't take my word for it.
For 20 years, when I thought of Kobe, I thought of: dominance, resolve, toughness, greatness. He was an inspiration. You want to be the best at anything, the best goddamn grocery shopper on some Saturday morning, you can bring that Mamba/Tiger/MJ mentality to your task: a laser focus of living in the moment and dedicating yourself to your craft. The definition of heroes--they slayed the greatest monster of all--the monster inside of all of us that says "you're not good enough", "you can't do it", "you're not strong enough", "you're just not good enough to achieve your dreams." They took that voice, and they killed it. And that's inspiring. For 20 damn years that's been an inspiration. From the early championships, to 81, to the later championships, to 60. It's not the shots, it's not the dunks, it's not the stats that I remember, it's the mindset. I think of Kobe, before this, I would say I thought of Kobe 10 times a day, just at random moments. Tiger too. And MJ. It's just a will to be great. You have to appreciate their entire fukking swag, its all rolled into a model of excellence.
So I can't stop crying today, because I first think of him being gone, and then I still think of greatness and all that he stood for, and those highlights play through my mind, and those same thoughts of "be great" come back, and I still draw on him for inspiration, and it makes me happy and confident, like it always has, until that nanosecond when I remember: "I'm thinking of him now because he died yesterday." And then it hits all over again. It hurts man, it hurts more than some family I've lost, because it was their time to go. It obviously was Kobe's time too, but it was too sudden for me.
They say we choose to come back, to learn something more, to experience something more. It's a ride I'm only just beginning to wrap my mind around. And I'm thankful for knowing what I know, and the path I took to get here. He lived a great life, from beginning to end, the Mamba Mentality. With time, no doubt, he will be an even bigger inspiration in death than he was in life, because he was that amazing, that special, that accomplished. That's what a celebration of life is, but I'm not ready for that perspective yet. I got no advice, no parting words of wisdom, no deep thoughts--just living in the grief.
shyt's hard.
So I can't stop crying today, because I first think of him being gone, and then I still think of greatness and all that he stood for, and those highlights play through my mind, and those same thoughts of "be great" come back, and I still draw on him for inspiration, and it makes me happy and confident, like it always has, until that nanosecond when I remember: "I'm thinking of him now because he died yesterday." And then it hits all over again. It hurts man, it hurts more than some family I've lost, because it was their time to go. It obviously was Kobe's time too, but it was too sudden for me.
They say we choose to come back, to learn something more, to experience something more. It's a ride I'm only just beginning to wrap my mind around. And I'm thankful for knowing what I know, and the path I took to get here. He lived a great life, from beginning to end, the Mamba Mentality. With time, no doubt, he will be an even bigger inspiration in death than he was in life, because he was that amazing, that special, that accomplished. That's what a celebration of life is, but I'm not ready for that perspective yet. I got no advice, no parting words of wisdom, no deep thoughts--just living in the grief.
shyt's hard.
Respect. Just copped 2 copies.
