Welcome to today's episode of the Minds and Mentor podcast. I'm your host Rob Dyle and if you have

not yet done so hit that subscribe button since you never miss another episode and in today we

have a sad podcast but I don't want to make it sad. I want to be as upbeat as I can. Kobe Bryant

died today and he died you know he's 41 years old and he died in a helicopter accident with his

13 year old daughter which both of those you know hit me pretty hard I learned about it when I was at

the gym and I thought about it and I was like should I do an episode should I not do an episode should

I do an episode should I not do an episode I've never been a huge Kobe Bryant fan when he played

basketball I was always a huge Michael Jordan fan but a couple years ago a guy named Gordon Hayward

he's a basketball player towards his Achilles and Kobe Bryant wrote him a letter and it was at that

moment that I kind of realized a little bit more into the way he was and I started to research him

and I learned about him and I've actually made two videos on Kobe Bryant I realized because of how

much I loved his mentality and let me read let me just before I dive into to talk about Kobe Bryant

let me read this letter that he wrote it was two years ago because Kobe Bryant had tore his Achilles

during a basketball game and then got up and shot the free throws and then you know ended up

losing you know it was about 12 months of recovery he had and he wrote a letter to Gordon Hayward

because he also tore his Achilles two years ago and let me read it to you and then let's break

break it down and talk about Kobe Bryant so you know he says be mad be sad this is just let me

make sure this is Kobe Bryant writing a letter to Gordon Hayward I'll just put it that way

so he says be mad be sad be frustrated scream cry sulk when you wake up you will think that it was

just a nightmare only to realize that it was all too real you will be angry and you will wish for

the day back for the game back for that playback but reality gives you nothing back nor should you

time to move on and focus on doing everything in your power to prepare for surgery ask all the

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