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THE KOBE SYSTEM

Kobe to U.S. Women's Volleyball Team: You're Welcome

By Chris Ryan on
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Kobe Bryant dropped by the Pool B volleyball match between the U.S. and Brazilian women. Really shocking lack of composure, Mamba. Before the match, the Lakers glue guy actually had been hanging around the U.S. women's team a bit. He visited them before they left for London and gave a little pep talk about "leadership, preparation, recovery, focus and playing with the pressure of being the #1 team." Please visit my Kickstarter to get Kobe Bryant to talk to me every morning about focus. The U.S. women won, 3-1, by the way.

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