20 Mamba Mentality Stories- Some True, Some False

13. Outworking Legends

During the 2012 Olympics, Kobe reached out to one of the trainers to see if they would be available at any time to help him with his conditioning. After a trainer agreed to be “on call” for Kobe, the Mamba gave the trainer a call at 4:15 am and told him to meet him at the gym.

They worked out for about 3 hours before the trainer went back to his room to get a little sleep before the 11:00 am team practice. When the trainer got back to the facility, he saw LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and Carmelo Anthony lacing up for practice while Kobe was still doing drills since his 4:15 am workout.

The trainer asked Kobe what time he got back to the gym, but Kobe told him he never left.