Forum Blue And Gold · Oct 31, 2015
Kobe Bryant Says It’s Time to Take a “Step Back”
I am not a huge boxing fan, but I have watched enough of the sweet science to know a little bit about the sport. Boxing, in the sports world, is the ultimate mano-y-mano physical endeavor. The sport in which there is no where to hide your failures; no where to escape the punishment when you face someone better than you.
There is maybe no modern superstar whose career has more closely resembled a pugilist than Kobe Bryant. He has turned so many possessions into a one-on-one battle where, like two men confined to the ring, there is no where to run from the onslaught he had prepared for his opponent. Maybe, for me, at least, that’s why his comments last night took on a familiar tone.
