10 motivational stories of Kobe Bryant's work ethic

#3 USA coach Jim Boeheim on Kobe

Boeheim coached the USA basketball team during the 2008 Olympics

After the same 2008 Olympic trip mentioned above, Jim Boeheim’s, USA’s Basketball team coach told the ESPN, ”He's just an unbelievable competitor and in practice goes 100 percent every day in practice and that brings everybody else up to that same level.

He was a huge part of us being ready in the Olympics to be able to win. Of course, when we needed a big shot, he made a big shot against Spain.” USA team went on to win the Gold at Olympics that year with a straight run of 8 games undefeated.