The “Mamba Mentality” isn’t only synonymous with winning for Bryant’s exploits in the pros. No, the hyper-driven commitment to success at all costs was present in the Philadelphia native from genuinely the earliest possible moments, perhaps most famously in a story he’d later recount where he scored 63 points at the age of eight by forcing his adolescent opponents to use their off-hand. If that’s what Kobe put on tape before the age of 10, he shocked absolutely no one by continuing those winning ways into his varsity days at Lower Merion High.
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