Dear Basketball: The Legend of Kobe Bryant (Oscar Mix)
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- Опубликовано: 19 авг 2024
- Thank you, Kobe. For all those nights where I sat in front of a flickering television, finding excitement and wonder from the craft you dedicated your life to. In your high flying highlights I found respite from a world that can be oh so cruel.
Thank you, Kobe. For making post moves and footwork cool again. For taking the fadeaway jumper and perfecting it down to a science. For making every time I throw a piece of paper into a trashcan into the greatest show on earth. "KOBE!"
Thank you, Kobe. For being human & frustrated at times & disappointing people & lifting them up when you think you cannot take anymore or go on any longer. For being imperfect, and having flaws that I could relate to. For being brave & stubborn & arrogant at times but always striving to be the best.
Thank you, Kobe. For showing us that an 18 year old kid could grow old with the game. For never backing down. Not from Michael, not from Shaq, not from LeBron, not from any challenge or obstacle that you faced.
Thank you, Kobe. For giving me nights to look forward to, where my father & I shared a passion for the game, watching you take over Staples Center as the sun set over Hollywood & you wrote your name in the stars. For enthralling me so much so that I would beg my father just to stay up to watch your highlights.
Thank you, Kobe. For letting me get so lost in the story, the pain, the beauty, the suffering, and the triumphs. For playing chess while everyone else was playing checkers. For hitting game winner after game winner after game winner.
Thank you, Kobe. For letting us glimpse your maniacal drive. For willing the Lakers to the finish line. For teaching us the heart of perseverance of a true warrior. For making me laugh, and cry and feel that feeling in my stomach whenever you were in down but never out.
Thank you, Kobe. For playing through all your injuries. For playing with a broken finger, playing on one leg, shooting those free throws without the tendon that even a Greek god needs intact. For pushing further and further, and digging deeper and deeper, when it seemed like there was no where else to go.
Thank you, Kobe. For making me believe in magic. For showing us that an 81 point game, is more than something you can just do in a video game. For making 40 point scoring outbursts look routine, not just once or twice, but for weeks and months at a time. For outscoring teams on your own. For leaving it all out on the court.
Thank you, Kobe. For bringing the nation back to it's golden roots. For making us believe in dreams again. For sacrificing your body on defense and setting an example. For making every other player question why they weren't working as hard as you.
Thank you, Kobe. For showing us the beauty in the pain of this thing. For bringing us to the promised land five times. For showing us, that sometimes you fall, sometimes you don't win and that is okay because you might lose the battle, but you will win the war.
Thank you, Kobe. For being all mine, and everyone else's who tuned in night after night to watch you leave your mark on the game of basketball. For being our childhood hero. For making it look so easy, when no one saw the countless hours you put in before you stepped on the stage. For working until your heroes became your peers, and the legends made you one of them.
Thank you, Kobe. For squeezing every ounce of potential from your body. For showing us that we are never out of it. For making us believe that no matter what, you could hit the game winner, make your classic Mamba face, and save the day.
Thank you, Kobe. For showing me that heroes come and go, but legends are forever.
Thank you for simply being there. For simply being you, imperfections and all. There will never be another.
Dedicated to two of my childhood heroes. My late grandmother who taught me to never stop working and dedicate yourself to your goals, and to the Mamba who taught me that anything is possible if you believe in yourself.
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He's not gone people, he's still in our hearts and forever will be
Florin Unghianu 💔💔
white ugly virgin
@@dooomsday6666 ??
A hero and inspiration to millions, the embodiment of what it is to be a hard worker, an icon of our generation. RIP
He just skyrocketed to Legendary status!!!
We'll miss him dearly!!
With tears in my eyes !!!
He was LA!!!
this hits different now.
doing school project and crying check
Yeah man it’s been a week and I’ve been trying not to think about it but watching this just hurts
It’s been a month now and yet it still hurts like if it was yesterday why are they gone why man why
We asked for his hustle, he gave us his heart.
he sure did
@@GoBlueO23 We asked him for 50, he gave us 60.RIP 🐍🐍
Because it came with so much more
He busted his ass. All the hard work & sacrifice he put in paid off
"Don't be sad because he died,
Smile because he lived."
RIP Kobe, you'll be missed
💔🔥🥀
Beautifully said💔🖤
this is the worst rip off of a Dr. Seuss quote there is.
@@Kwitzy its pretty inspriring though lol
@@kayjayedits6488 wow.
This video used to put me to tears. It hits at an entirely different level now. Rip Legend 🙏🏽 ❤️.
Its too much for me man ...
Completely different level
I’m with you. I grow up watching Kobe. I seen this Video back when he played his last game, now, it’s heartbreaking. Much love and respect to the Mamba.
such a tragedy for this to happen
I started watching Kobe since I was a kid, I watched him for 20 years, 20 fucking years! The moment he retired, it was sad, but I was also happy for him, because I know him would be successful outside of court with his mentality. I love him, he is my hero, he is also my idol. Every time I play basketball, I would think that I am Kobe on the court. And he taught me so much more outside of playing basketball, about being a man. I still can’t believe that he is gone, I miss him already, man, this is so sad, so sad.
This used to give me chills, now it makes me cry.
Why not both?
It gives me both
Preach bro. Mamba forever.
“Heroes come and go, but legends are forever” I’ll be 80 years old saying “Kobe” and you can bet if I have kids or grandkids they will know of his legacy. Rest easy legend.
Hell yeah ! i be still having my kobe shrine in my house as i do now !
Grew up watchin him 😭
its fuckin sad to see him go..
U cant find other players like him anymore..
Lebron, Harden, KD, Westbrook, Curry
All great players but they cant make me feel something different like i watchin Kobe plays..
Thankyou Kobe 😭
Truu
Timmy Ar it's true....nobody will have all this personality which he got
+djrevup the only basketball player that i ever idolized. Grew up watchin him makes me realised how to dedicate your self to your passion and how to work hard to archive your dreams..
I always love this man..i dont care about
his cased and scandal cuz no one is perfect..he still a human
Y'all dont have to be perfect to archive your dreams and be great..
+Timmy Ar I am sorry what do y mean about scandal ?i don't know...what happened?
+djrevup His rape case
No one loving him when he was fighting the case..He was still young blood at that time..
and after Shaq left everybody blame on him but he still found a way to get 2 more rings.
And now everyone loves him when he decided to retire..
I feel sad for this man
I’m crying, Kobe was the most determined and tenacious player to ever step foot on the hardwood. A true warrior who would sacrifice everything for the game he loved. You can say what you want about him but he was great and he was taken from us to soon R.I.P. Kobe Mamba out😭😭😭😭😭
A hero and inspiration to millions, the embodiment of what it is to be a hard worker, an icon of our generation. RIP
I cried too bro
My favorite athlete of all time
I cant stop crying.
ME too😭
Every year I always watch this 😢
❤️
This hits differently now
“Heroes come and go, but legends are forever”.
RIP💜💛
It's going to be one of the most heartbreaking moments of my life when he retires. 😢😫😭
Pussy
L'ets be pussy's together 😭😭😭😭😭😭
+nokour ndm I'm a pussy too then
+nokour ndm fk it me too😢😢😭😭
me too
I'm legit gonna cry when he retires
I wanna meet him
who's more box office in your opinion Kobe or Steph?
for me Kobe's the most box office player of all time
+Timmy Ar what do you mean by box office?
+nokour ndm imma try to get Bulls vs lakers tickets so I can see him in person
+MVP Productions its mean who's the most exciting to watch and must see..
Kobe's box office cuz his jumpshot is pretty, his footwork, dunk, defense, clutch shot are must see
I’ve been watching this video every so often the last couple years. Every time I needed a little motivation. After hearing the news about Kobe passing this is the first place I wanted to come to pay my respects. True art.
Exactly the same here man. Rip Kobe
Felt bro fr
Is 2022 August 25 and I still miss you, and I cry because you are my hero you exactly who I want to become your passion, your focus, your stride to become the very best that's what I stride for on anything I touch is just flat out what I want to do or be is be the very best. I thank you for that for pushing me beyond my limits, I'm still so sad that you my childhood hero had to go away and I promise you your name will live on your daughter name will live on. The mamba mentality will live within me and on to the very next generation they will know that hard work far exceeds pure talent because that's what you stand for pure hard work thank you kobe and celebrate in paradise.
It's impossible not to respect this guy and not to acknowledge his greatness, and this is coming from a Celtics fan.
respect
#respect
Yes you are right it is impossible to not respect him he is awesome- this is coming from a LeBron fan
same here #lovetohate #mambamentality #leg24cyisforever
He ain't no bill russell though. Lets go celtics!!!!!
Kobe Bryant is the greatest of my generation
He was, he is and he will be the best exemple of self-improvement and perseverance. Mamba Forever
Back again it’s been 4 years and I still feel like it was yesterday we miss you down here bean 😢❤
😭 🕊️
This would make a dope intro for the Legend Edition of NBA2k17
Ch3f Boyartees That would be cool but it didn't happen.
OMM😁😂😂
perfection, this is simply the best video I've ever seen here on youtube
+DudeMeister921 Thanks fam
+1 for you.
Indeed, the best video....I can't stop watching this video, everyday.....
This video should be at Staples Center and Kobe as a narrator
Gonna be perfection
+DudeMeister921 so do I
We can never look at this video or Kobe's career the same way again.
Still watching this
Still inspired
Mamba forever
this is the 20th time I watch this and I really am crying
Eric Mann I feel u on so many levels lol
Eric Mann I have watched this every day for the past month
Smh please slap yourself
watch it for 4 more times
This world is terrible
Legends never die.. no they don’t, you’ll be remembered forever as one of the best players ever. Rest in piece legend.
He is not a heroes,but A LEGEND😢
"Heroes come and go, but Legends are forever"
"I've done everything for you, because that's what you do when someone makes you feel as alive as you've made me feel." 🥲💜💛
As an 8 year old kid I never dreamed of having such an inspiration like you, Kobe.
From the bottom of my heart, thank you for everything you have given me. You will never know how much you meant to me.
You were my biggest mentor and inspiration in life. The memories you have given me, and the lessons you have taught me will stay with me until the end of my days.
I hope that I can inspire others through my actions the way that you inspired me through yours.
I love you forever Kobe💜I promise I will make you proud.
R.I.P Kobe, Gigi, and all the other lives lost that day.
Gone but NEVER forgotten K8B24💜💛
Anyone re-watching in 2017?
Alex Chin me
Watch it everyday
2018
Alex Chin 2018
Alex Chin 2018😊
Still the greatest video I've ever seen. I tear up every time
BannedOnTV 😥
😪💔
Watching this after hearing Kobe’s death.. chilling man, RIP to a the legend who gave us so much more
And the third highest scorer in nba history, 2008 mvp, 2 time finals mvp, 5 time world champion. A 6'6 guard from lower merion high school. Number 24. KOBE BRYANT
He's the reason I started watching basketball
Thank you Kobe for everything.
Legends are forever
Still coming back at Kobe Day... miss You King, Your legacy is safe. Love You forever
This is a pretty epic letter - love story actually. It's crazy that someone can be so dedicated to something like this for so long. Kobe is a power of example for far more than just athletes.
+sswise12121212 Morgan freeman did narrate this...
@@bastian3117 Lowkey wish there was a version with Kobe’s narration! either way so good. Kobe’s legacy lives on forever💜
Thank You Kobe For Being This Generations Michael Jordan 💯
I come back to this video every few months or so and still cannot believe he’s gone. Mamba forever
Thats even more emotional than his own movie...
This man dropped 81 points on my team and I still can't hate him
this almost made me cry and i'm a celtics fan
The love Kobe had for the game of basketball is greater than any love anyone has/will ever have for anything ever . This is true LOVE. RIP to the greatest ❤️
I first watched this video 4 years ago... I was a young teen who fell in love with Kobe. I fell in love because of is passion. He changed the game of basketball we all know, the mentality of players.
Dear Kobe , you will be dearly missed💛💜
“My heart can take the pounding, my mind can take the grind but my body knows it’s time to say goodbye”
This video really brings back tears, RIP LEGEND😓😓
_This shit made me cry.. For real another Kobe Bryant will not come. The only man who had the passion and will, the guts to say he'll be better then MJ and he may not be better, but he is definitely at the same level._
couldn't be because the Lakers organization screwed him so many times.
hes not the same level but he is a legendary player
Lifetime Knicks fan and routed against the Lakers every year but always was in awe everytime I saw Kobe play, this video made me tear up... There's only a handful of people that will live on forever and Kobe is one of them, changed the world, the legend
Rooted*
Still miss him, and it still doesnt feel real that he isnt here anymore. R.I.P. Kobe. The best player in the whole universum. God bless❤❤❤🙏🏼
Happy bday Bean, miss you GOAT. Rip MAMBA FOREVER!
Watched this over 30 times and it still gives me the chills. Thank you for everything Kobe.
SmashRejectz
I will miss following him when he goes. What a player. Greatest player in my opinion to play the game. It's too subjective to say that he's the absolute greatest ever. I once was a basketball player thanks to this guy. Now I do other sports and have other ventures in life. My childhood dreams of playing in the NBA came and went after getting cut 2 times from my high school basketball team. It's sad to see him go. But it's time. He's not the Kobe we all come to love. He's shot in the legs and a shell of himself. I'll try to watch the all star game on tv in February. The NBA won't be the same when he goes. I don't follow it much anymore. I used to as a child.
I cant believe hes gone. R.I.P to a legend. You’ll always be my childhood hero kobe 😢😭
Legend
You made me believe in myself.......I love basketball because of you.....RIP MAMBA...gone too soon.
Kobe, from a Spurs fan, thank you for all the awesome games, awesome series, the wins and even the losses. Its been such an honor to watch you play. #SQUAD
watching this after the painful news just made me remember how much he meant to me. i grew up watching him and he will always have a special place in my heart
rip legend ❤️
I wish I loved anything as much as Kobe loved basketball.
Whos got here after learning Kobe's untimely death.
I'm from the Philippines I'm one of the biggest fan of his undeniable talent and personality, it started year 2000 when I was still 12 years old back then, I obsessively waiting and hearing their playoff ran on radio only because we don't have basketball channel for NBA back then, until year 2004 were able to watch Tru tv watching Kobe, Shaq, D Fisher, Robert horry, Fox and the Lakers was my refuge and comfort.
Rest in peace my brother. Your now in the hands of the Lord Almighty. Forever mamba.
#824
Thank you, Kobe Bryant, for providing some of the most memorable moments of my life.
OMG #TheFeels! Incredible video
yo futuristic
The greatest basketball player Kobe Bryant.
Up to this day I still am coming back to see new comments about how much people love and loved Kobe and how they feel about him, but I always realize I have already read them all... I wont lie, I definitelly was not his biggest fan, but man, seeing him go this young is something that makes me saddened beyond words. Gone, but never forgotten. Love you, 24.
Damn man who else got chills at 4:17 when the accolades came?
It's been 3 years, and as a laker fan, I still miss you; theres just something you can do that lebron can't do
Just heartbreaking to watch this now and think of his daughter, that perished with him. My God what a terrible day
Listening this after a 6 year relationship breakup. Thank you for the poetry Kobe. Miss you.
Heroes never die they become legends and legends never are forgotten because they become myths rest in paradise young king🙏🏽
They should use this video for the last game for Kobe... Absolutely amazing
what an absolute unit on the court. Still Cannot Believe He Died The Way He Died.......
This can't be real.. I'm out of words, this isn't happening.. including the daughter... Come on man... Rest easy, MAMBA. #24
dom 😪💔
Damn near shed a tear😭😭 thanks for this
+Terrel Gets Buckets I'm still crying :'(
Thanks for watching fam! You guys are the reason we make videos. Just sharing our love of the game. #Squad
After today's event it will much harder to watch this without crying 😞
@@kristianholgye9557 💔😭🥀💔💔💔💔💔😭💔💔
I watched it over 50 times 2 years ago, this still got me
Rip Kobe
You are the goat
You would have wanted
For us to not point fingers
To unite as one
And to remember you and your beautiful daughter
As a kid from LA
I thank you for all
Of the great games you provided
You have not only changed my life
But many many more
Hero’s come and go
But legends never die
You will never be forgotten
Still the best video on RUclips. Thank you for this.
I remember. My dad. He first introduced me to this game. To the lakers. To Kobe. And I as I grew older I realized. I want to be remembered like this. I want people to look up to me like they did Kobe. I wanted to be Kobe. Kobe was the candle that lit the hallway when I thought I wasn't good enough. And. I am going to be in the NBA. people who see this comment. How ever many years from now. If you see this and believe I can make it to the NBA. Thank you. Thank you Kobe. Thank you basketball. Purple and gold masiah. Thank you Kobe.
Thank you.
I am 110% sure that you will be able to make it to the NBA. Keep at it man, one day it will all be worth it. I am glad Kobe was the candle that lit your hallway to success
+Ayppo aye thanks man. Means a lot
I hope you make it but how old are you? And how tall? But I'm sure youre older than me. Good Luck
DINH LAM currently 5'7 or 8 and 14.
WestbrooKING08 i know you will make it. if kobe were seeing this comment he would think you do to. good luck
I cry every time I watch this video. I feel like guys that are in my age bracket that we’re kids growing up in la watching Kobe understand what Kobe meant to us. I was 3 years old when Kobe came in the league and I was 7 years old when he won his first title in 2000. He introduced me to basketball and he’s the reason I fell in love with it. When Kobe hit a game winning shot or dunked on somebody or won a big game I felt on top of the world like he did. Watching flashbacks of him playing in the early 2000s makes me wanna cry because it just takes me back to my childhood when I had no worries in the world. All I cared about was Kobe and the lakers lol I miss Kobe so much
Damn bro...
Whoever made this deserves an Oscar
kobe won an Oscar for the real version of this, as u probably seen the short animated film! :) but i do love this take on it so damn much
Kobe literally won an Oscar for this
Kobe will never be forgotten 🙏☝️
To all children of the next generations, grow up and aspire to be a boss like this man.
This hits so differently now. Just a day after LeBron beat his record too.
He is my 🐐 you inspired me to work hard everyday .... God has gained a beautiful angel
We can't Never forget the legend Kobe Bryant 👑🕯️
Kobe's retirement makes me cry bro , he genuinely put a smile on face every day I watched him play , made so many good memories , thank you Kobe much love bro 😭💛💜
RCXG lebron is better
RIP to a basketball legend...no one gave the game as much love as Kobe 😢❤️
This is hands down my favourite RUclips video
The “5,4,3,2,1 countdown” has me tearing up again smh. Here’s come and go, but legends are forever. You are forever Kobe we miss you.
I just cried... I feel so empty inside... I always knew that this day is gonna come.. but never knew its gonna be this hard... 4 games to go...
omg pls let this video play during 24's last game at staples center! #Basketballforeverforhollywood
+Soh cai xiang just with kobe reading his poem instead of this guy... same vid tho
+Soh cai xiang I agree
That would be awesome
+Soh cai xiang I'm sure they'll have something special for him on his last game. I couldn't imagine the Lakers not having anything for him.
Who is here after Kobe passed away?
😭🙏😭 R.I.P.
It felt like I was living in a city with a superhero back on those days when Kobe scored his 81 points vs Raptors. Since that time he was my hero, my role model. When you see someone’s pics all over the city, you feel that you are connected to that person. That’s how I used to feel about Kobe. Will love you forever Kobe. R.I.P
can't stop watching this..
Still re-watching this. Playoffs isnt the same without you KOBE! I hope he actually watches this video one day.
Use to watch this and cry and put this as my workout song since my older brother passed away in 2017 because he loved this man. Even was buried in a Kobe Bryant jersey and watching this now makes it even harder thinking about my brother and now Kobe & Gigi. I hope they are all together and sharing stories. Thank you Kobe for being the reason my brother wanted to pick up a basketball. Rest easy Jermaine, Kobe, Gigi and the 7 other people and the families that were destroyed on January. 26, 2020
This hit totally different now that Kobe is dead slim. Rest In Peace Mamba!
this deserves at least 19m more views.
I saw the last game at a Red Robin after a midterm from college, I drove straight to Red Robin with my girl and caught the game at half time and saw him play his last game... no lie I cried a little bit. Growing up in LA, I use to play at the boys and girls club with some friends. I had nothing to look forward too but to watch basketball and Kobe was my idol, he made me want to be a basketball player. I wanted to have that Willingness like he did, that heart, everything he was I wanted to be. His mind was on another level, he was a grandmaster on the basketball court. He is in my eyes the greatest player to ever play in my lifetime, and I thank him for that. I'm in my 20's now, I watched him play since I was 5 years old. Got to meet him a few times and he was always so nice. Thank you Kobe, my childhood wouldn't have been the same if it wasn't for you
This Video made my cry when its first release after kobe announce his retirement...now it hits a whole different level in my heart :( watching every game i could while searching in the internet for free
Saying Kobe for every shot i try to make while counting 3...2....1 :( RIP Legend
I always come back to this video… have been watching for years. Hits way different now that he’s gone. We were lucky to witness his greatness … Mamba forever
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why cant i watch the end of an era?.greatest video ever but i cant watch it
+thanos gourgouvelas The musician had End of an Era blocked in 191 countries. If you can't watch it here is an alternate facebook link that should work - facebook.com/BasketballForeverPage/videos/1094431327254205/
+Basketball Forever thank you.
cuz ur a whiny ass bitch
+thanos gourgouvelas I actually went thru it and when it hit the end I cried so hard and usually I don't show emotions. I was like this In the first part 😣 and then in the middle of the video I was like this 😢 and in the end I was like this 😭.
+TROLL LOLOLOL you are
Wow, I never thought I would start crying while watching a RUclips video, this is the best video I have ever seen, I will always bleed purple and gold..forever
Thank You Kobe
Thank you for changing my life Kobe. I’ll never get to thank you in person
I always listen to this when I can, thank you Kobe for these memories you gave me💜💛 you will always be my favorite player of ALL TIME
I watch this every time before I play. Hypes me up so much. #oneofthegreats ☝🏼️
same here
+ericx2151 Lol 😂😂😂😂😂
+ericx2151 I guarantee you are trash
u only motivating them to kick yur butt
+RNF Gaming you're