20 Mamba Mentality Stories- Some True, Some False

12. What’s Passing?

During lunch one day in the 7th grade, a boy a few seats from Kobe kept asking him to pass the ketchup. After insisting Kobe needs to pass the ketchup since he was the closest to it, the young Mamba got out of his seat, walked over to the boy with the ketchup, and then slapped him face in front of the entire class.

From that day on, no one expected or asked Kobe to pass, but they were grateful when he decided to do so.