He Didn’t Give Me A Choice. Coby On Kobe!

I lived it, I did it and while I realized a lot of it, this pst Sunday kicked it all into high gear. It doesn’t end here, it was just the beginning, I’m Coby and I have a responsibility. Not just because that three year old little girl looks up too me. Not because of my mom and dad who should of given up on me a long time ago and didn’t. I owe it too the world, I don’t owe it too myself, I’ve taken when I shouldn’t have. I’ve done things in the dark because I knew people wouldn’t see and I’d get away with it, Coby, or as the other guy spelled it Kobe isn’t just a name. It holds power behind it, power that can bring change, as the man said, it’s about what you are doing at 4 a.m. I let the mornings slip away into afternoons, I let it get too big and I let failure and fear win. You see every day you wake up, there are choices to be made. As the Mamba said, are you just living life, or are you waking up each morning like you are the 12th man on the bench? He didn’t become the Mamba all based on God given gifts and talent, he looked you dead in the eye and worked harder than you. There is greatness in the name Coby/Kobe there is power beyond measure. But it’s not just in the name Kobe, you see it’s in your name too. That’s what he got and that’s what he got out of people. You think that’s your calling, you think those are your limits, but who says? Who put those limits on you? Some commentator, some other person that doesn’t even know you, or how about this. Did you kill the dream yourself and put those limits on yourself? You see his dream started with a ball, a pair of shoes and a court, he wasn’t better then anybody at that point. But he made the point of working harder then anybody so at one point, he was just about better than anybody who has ever done it. Being a girl dad meant the world to him! Teaching other people, spending money on philanthropy, all things that he did well, but what he did the best was look fear in the eye. He failed, he failed over and over again, but he said it best. “ I can’t believe how quick twenty years went by, it’s just crazy.” If you take nothing from this, pay attention to this!!!!! “On this journey, we have been through our ups and our downs, but I think the most important part is that we stayed together. I’m more proud, not about the championships, but the down years, when we didn’t run! We played though all that stuff and got our championships and did it the right way.” The battle isn’t against anything other than yourself, you win and lose in your own mind first. Mamba mentality, Rest In Peace to all those souls we lost Sunday!

This Is My Last Chance Too Make It Right!

Last chance too write a different ending, last time for it too go down different then this. One chance to put and end too the shit show I have let the last twenty years become. One chance to not prove them wrong, everybody is going to have doubters. But a chance to show all the ones who stood by me that it was worth it. All the struggle, all the bullshit all the shit I said I was going to take care of and let slide. I’ll never get back the time I thought I had to waste, you won’t either, but a chance. So yeah, I’m saying there’s a chance, a chance if you are the hungriest dog in the fight. It was never about that you couldn’t, it was more about what you were willing to do. Remember that when the alarm goes off at 4 a.m. That time of the morning sucks, but you know what sucks worse? Losing to the other guy because it wasn’t too early for him. We all have chances in our lives to be winners. Losing doesn’t make you a loser, even Michael Jordan even lost and they calm him the greatest. It’s about what you do when you lose. Do you keep losing the same way? Or do you figure it out, maybe even lose a different way, but you figure it out and you get there? Ever wonder how close you might of been when you gave up on yourself? Ever wonder what it cost you? I bet when you look back on your Facebook and maybe even do a little Facebook stalking which every damn one of you looks at your ex’s page from time to time let’s be honest. You ever think what if? We all do, but you can’t live there, been there, done that and lost twenty-one yeas! But it’s what now, remember the good moments and live for what’s in front, this may be all of our last chances given the state of the world. You never know, but now you do know, this doesn’t have to be the way it ends. Your choice on if you are the author or your gonna take what life gives you! It’s really up to you!