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'I wanted to change my name to Joseph'
an Italian-speaking misfit,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], 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,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], he turns on the charm. From amused, to amusing, to candid,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], to plain diplomatic, Bryant holds court for the Indian media. Excerpts:
Very shocked actually. When I was growing up,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], 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,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], so I wanted to change my name to Joseph,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], 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. 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,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]?
Lot of things went into that decision. 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 go to the NBA,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], then also you are on your own, so you have to make these tough decisions for yourself.
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,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], not the fastest, not the strongest. So the only way I was going to get by was by working hard everyday.
When you first entered the NBA, 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,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], how could I hang around with thirty-year-olds? 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,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], in professional sport,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], we see players switching loyalties all the time. What has kept you at Lakers since 1996?
I was like a fan growing up. As a kid,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], I had the Magic (Johnson) jersey and was a huge Lakers fan. If I had to pick a team to play,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], it would have been them. Truthfully,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], I have been very fortunate (to remain with the Lakers). I was with an organization that was passionate about winning, passionate about building great teams.
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