'I wanted to change my name to Joseph'-s
'I wanted to change my name to Joseph'
an Italian-speaking misfit, Bryant has become the global face of the NBA and an American icon.
The 32-year-old Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard walks in a few minutes after the scheduled time. And once the dark glasses are off, he turns on the
charm. From amused, to amusing, to candid, to plain diplomatic, Bryant holds court for the Indian media. Excerpts:
Very shocked actually. When I was growing up, I had such a different name than everybody else. I asked my parents where they got it from and was
pretty shocked to know about it.
Did you ever want to change your name?
I did. I always wanted to be just like my father, so I wanted to change my name to Joseph, but my father said no.
Can you tell a bit about growing up in Italy and how was it coming back to America?
We moved to Italy when I was six years old. It wasn't too difficult for us because we were all so young; it was very easy to adjust. Then we moved
back when I was about 13 years old. And that was an adjustment,toms for women. We were teenagers, not able to understand the American culture. It was different.
How tough was it to decide to get into basketball at 17?
Lot of things went into that decision,black toms. But my parents wanted me to make the decision. They said if you want to go to college you are on your own but if you
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Has 'being focused' always been your strength?
I had to be focused. In high school I wasn't the best player growing up. I wasn't the tallest, not the fastest, not the strongest. So the only way I
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When you first entered the NBA,toms outlet free shipping, people said you were aloof?
When I first came to the NBA, I was 18 years old. Everybody inon my team was 30 or thereabouts. I was 18, how could I hang around with
thirty-year-olds,toms for sale? So I would bring around a lot of my friends from high school. But to my teammates it was like, oh, he's aloof.
Nowadays, in professional sport, we see players switching loyalties all the time. What has kept you at Lakers since 1996?
I was like a fan growing up,toms for sale. As a kid, I had the Magic (Johnson) jersey and was a huge Lakers fan. If I had to pick a team to play, it would
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