5 examples of "Mamba Mentality" which made Kobe Bryant great

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Kobe Bryant was the perfect personification of the saying "Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard." The work ethic and mentality which Kobe possessed became known as the "Mamba Mentality", a killer instinct of sorts. It was this mamba mentality that made him one of the greatest basketball players of all time.

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