6 stories that prove there will never be another Kobe Bryant

#6 Jay Williams' story about Kobe Bryant

Jay Williams talked about Kobe's insane work ethic in an inspiring interview with Tom Bilyeu

Jay Williams always worked hard, and tried to outwork people. During a regular season game against the Championship Lakers, Jay took the court for practice four hours before the game against Lakers, but he was shocked to see Kobe practising already. Williams practiced for an hour and after he was done practising, he sat down, but he still heard the ball bouncing.

Jay was shocked, because Kobe had been in a dead sweat when he got there for practice, and he was still going after Jay got done. He also added that Kobe was not practising lazy or nonchalant moves, but full-on game moves.

Kobe scored 40 points that night and torched Jay and the Bulls. Williams therefore decided to go ask Bryant why he was in the gym for so long. When Jay finally asked him, the Black Mamba replied, "Because I saw you come in and I wanted you to know that it doesn't matter how hard you work, I am willing to work harder than you. You inspire me to be better."

Jay also revealed that it was the first time that he saw this level of competitiveness and he told himself, "I need to start doing more."