Just Saying, Is All… | Kobe Bryant’s Tarnished Legacy

We are the sins we leave behind.

Kobe Bryant is a flawed legend. He’s also a faultless mortal. When the Los Angeles Lakers guard finally hangs up his Nikes, he’ll be remembered as much for his vices as for his virtues—which would be worse news if vice and virtue weren’t equally found in all gods under the sun.

Remorse means envisioning yourself as you might have been.

Realism, on the other hand, means seeing yourself as you have to be.

I’m not suggesting that Bryant is a model citizen. There’s no denying his checkered past, and his critics are stating the obvious when they call him selfish. But then again selfishne...

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