Kobe Bryant announces his first book: “The Mamba Mentality: How I Play”

Year after year, we admired him on the hardwood, watching his every play, studying every move. Kobe Bryant has been everything a basketball lover could desire from his idol: a winner, a leader, a gladiator. Of course, everything he has achieved, including everything he won on the hardwood, are the result of a intense and constant work, that attention, and attitude that we know as the famous “Mamba Mentality”. And this very mindset will be the topic of his first book: “The Mamba Mentality: How I Play”.

"The Mamba Mentality: How I Play" book comes out October 23, 2018! Learn how I approached the process and the craft, accompanied by 20 yrs of photos from the incomparable @adbphotoinc. Intros by @paugasol & Phil Jackson https://www.mcdbooks.com/news/announcing-kobe-bryant-s-the-mamba-mentality

A post shared by Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) on May 29, 2018 at 11:31am PDT

After winning an Academy for his “Dear Basketball” short movie, Kobe decided to tell himself on a book, that will feature the forewords by Phil Jackson - who coached the Black Mamba in every one of his five NBA championships - and Pau Gasol, his Lakers teammate, and friend. It will also feature 20 years of photos from all around the Association, shot by NBA photographer, Andrew Bernstein. The book will describe Kobe Bryant’s mentality and work methods, which brought him to become one of the game’s greatest, one of the few that can be compared to Michael Jordan.