Kobe Bean Bryant Leadership Essay

What is the definition of a ‘leader’? Could it be someone who never wants to see someone fail? Or simply someone who just leads people? There are multiple definitions of ‘leader’ and if there are multiple definitions of leader, that means there would be a large number of leaders in this world, or who have roamed the world in the past. Martin Luther King Jr, Rosa Parks, Pope Francis and Steve Jobs are all examples of great leaders who have influenced others. Leaders come in all shapes and sizes, including on a basketball court. Kobe Bean Bryant, also known as ‘the Black Mamba, was born on August 23, 1978 to retired basketball player, Joe “Jellybean” Bryant. Kobe was the first guard to get immediately drafted straight out of high school, in

During his twenty year span of professional basketball, Kobe truly believed that basketball was much more than just a game. Kobe believed that there was a process into becoming a great basketball player, it would not just happen out of nowhere. Bryant influenced others not only by his skills, but also by his work ethic, and even by his achievements throughout his legendary career. Although Kobe was not projected to eventually be on the the greatest of all time to play the sport of basketball on his draft night, he still strived towards his goal and slowly achieved it, no matter the circumstances. On the online article on businessinsider.com called “22 examples of Kobe Bryant's Insane Work Ethic” David Scott and Tony Manfred state, “Kobe once held a workout from 4:15 a.m. to 11 a.m., refusing to leave the gym until he

As previously stated, no one thought of Kobe to become one of the greats, Kobe willingly used that as motivation and strived to be the best player he could be. Fortunately, he arguably became the second best basketball player in the history of basketball. Kobe was not only an influential leader to society, but he was an influential leader to his team. The webisite “BasketballRefernce.com” explains that Kobe legit lead his team in points (28.6ppg) in the 2010 NBA finals which got him a championship. During the finals, the Lakers were down 3-2 games in a best of 7 game series, if they lost one more game, they would come up empty handed. But Kobe never gave up on himself and never gave up on his team, shocking the basketball society and came back to win the series which got him his fifth NBA title. If ‘the Black Mamba’ was to give up, he would not have won the title and would have lost his respect. Kobe claims he plays for his pleasure and his fans, with great performance, comes happy fans, and with happy fans comes with even more great