The majority of this episode was recorded before the untimely news of Kobe Bryant's passing.

Obviously, it's been worldwide news across the globe and it's still a surreal experience just given the tragic nature of the circumstances of Bryant and all nine of the passengers who died in that

helicopter crash on Sunday. You know, I don't have any profound words of wisdom or anything else of that nature.

I think it touched the nerve with so many people across the globe just because of circumvices. the necessarily the reason but like the circumstances of trying to be supportive of your

child and get to his daughter Gianna's a basketball game with her friends and their family members.

I think that's part of what resonated with a number of people that aren't even sports fans that have come to me to talk about what

transpired. For me you know what I recall out of all of this is the fact that Kobe was the consummate athlete in terms of perfecting his craft because even though you would say that trying to emulate the

greatest basketball player at all time of Michael Jordan is a goal to aspire to.

Kobe was one of the few people who actually truly believed he could reach that

summit and you know that's one of the things you look for in athletes and the fact that they believe that they can

achieve the impossible and more often than not they don't but Kobe's one of the rare athletes that came close enough and through the journey and

perfecting his craft gained the respect of everyone around him as he rose through the ranks as a teenager,

playing in Philly, making it to the league as a teenager, playing his 20 years in the NBA as you saw him

grow as an adult and a leader you know I think you know and making that transition to the next phase of life where he's doing

more than basketball even though he's still promoting the game promoting women's basketball to a degree that you don't really see out of

former basketball players,

getting into different business ventures,

making the transition process similar to what Magic Johnson has done,

as well, you know, you see how much the community in Los Angeles has been impacted by it.

So all around, it is just a tragic circumstances and thoughts and prayers obviously

without question go out to all nine people and their families involved in the helicopter crash. All I could say is that,

you know, it's just a reminder of how much we can't take for granted the opportunities we have in life

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