"If you're not first, you're last."
The immortal words of Ricky Bobby seem foolish, but it's the mindset of a competitor. It's the mindset of a Black Mamba. That couldn't be proved any more by Kobe Bryant's comments after Wednesday night's game.
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"It's hard for people to understand this, but losing is losing," Bryant said, via ESPN. "There aren't different degrees of losing, not in my mind. You either win a championship or you're s—.