>> Jimmy: HOW YOU DOIN'?
>> I'M GOOD.
>> Jimmy: GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> YOU TOO, MAN.
>> Jimmy: DO YOU HEAR THAT A 
LOT, RUNNING AROUND IN TRAFFIC 
AND WHATNOT?
>> I DO.
>> Jimmy: COULD BE A LOT WORSE.
>> COULD AND LOT WORSE.
THAT'S FOR SURE.
>> Jimmy: EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT?
>> EVERYTHING'S FINE.
>> Jimmy: YOU HAVE ANOTHER 
DAUGHTER.
SHE'S TWO MONTHS OLD?
>> SHE'S TWO MONTHS OLD.
>> Jimmy: YOUICA CALL HER KOKO?
>> THAT'S TRUE.
KOKO.
>> Jimmy: HER MIDDLE NAME IS 
KOBE.
THAT WASN'T YOUR IDEA, RIGHT?
>> SHE CAME TO ME, THINKING I'M 
THINKING OF NAME HER KOBE.
OKAY.
THEN TIME GOES ON, AND SHE'S 
LIKE, YOU KNOW, I THINK I'M 
GOING TO CHANGE HER MIDDLE TIME.
I'M LIKE, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, 
WHOA.
I DIDN'T THINK YOU WERE TOO HOT 
ABOUT IT.
YOU CAN'T CHANGE IT NOW, DUDE.
YOU CAN'T GIVE ME A GIFT AND 
THEN TAKE A BACK, LIKE, YOU 
KNOW?
>> Jimmy: THAT'S RIGHT.
FOUR DAUGHTERS NOW.
>> YEAH.
>> Jimmy: I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT
YOU HAVE DAUGHTERS.
I FEEL LIKE IF YOU HAD A SON IN 
SPORTS IT MIGHT BE TOO MUCH FOR 
THAT KID.
>> YEAH.
>> Jimmy: I DO.
>> YEAH, YEAH, MAYBE, BUT YOU 
KNOW, I LOVE HAVING GIRLS.
THEY'RE AWESOME, MAN.
HAVING A BOY, MY WIFE WANTS A 
BOY MORE SO THAN I DO.
>> Jimmy: OH, INTERESTING.
>> I LOVE MY GIRLS.
YOU KNOW, SHE KEEPS SAYING STOP 
SPEAKING IT INTO EXISTENCE.
>> Jimmy: UH-HUH.
>> I LOVE MY GIRLS.
STOP STAYIN' THAT.
YOU WANT A BOY!
>> Jimmy: WHAT IS KOBE BRYANT 
LIKE IN THE DELIVERY ROOM?
DO YOU BRING THE MAMBA MENTALITY
TO THAT SCENARIO?
>> MAN, WHAT?
IF I EVER TRIED TO SAY SOMETHING
TO MY WIFE WHEN SHE WAS GIVING 
BIRTH, MAN, SHE'D MAMMA 
MENTALITY MY ASS UPSIDE MY HID.
>> Jimmy: YOUR OLDEST DAUGHTER 
IS LIKE 16 AND DRIVING.
>> SHE IS.
SHE'S LIKE A SEASONED VET.
>> Jimmy: HOW?
>> SHE'S VERY CALM, SHE DOESN'T 
WANT TO LISTEN TO ANY MUSIC.
SHE'S A VERY SAFE AND CAUTIOUS 
DRIVER.
>> Jimmy: IS THAT JUST WHEN 
YOU'RE IN THE CAR?
>> NO, ALWAYS, SHE'S VERY CALM, 
COOL AND COLLECTED.
I'M VERY PROUD OF HER.
>> Jimmy: THE NEXT ONE'S GOING 
TO BE A MANIAC BEHIND THE WHEEL.
>> I ALWAYS SAY, YOU LOOK AT THE
ELDEST DAUGHTER.
SHE'S ALWAYS THE CALM, 
RESPONSIBLE, THOUGHTFUL ONE, YOU
KNOW?
AND THEN THE SECOND SISTER'S 
LIKE A TORNADO, YOU KNOW, LIKE 
ELSA AND ANNA.
YOU KNOW, YEAH, SHE CAN FREEZE 
THE CITY AND ALL THAT, BUT SHE'S
RESPONSIBLE ABOUT IT, THEN 
THERE'S ANNA WHO JUST JUMPS OFF 
A CLIFF AND THAT STUFF.
THAT'S CERTAINLY OUR HOUSE.
BUT THEN WE HAVE TWO OTHER ONES.
>> Jimmy: YOUR SECOND OLDEST IS 
GIANNA.
>> YEAH.
>> Jimmy: SO YOU ALMOST GAVE HER
THE NAME ANNA.
HUNDRE
YOU HAD A PLAYOFF GAME AGAINST 
THE SUNS, TIED THE GAME, WENT 
INTO OVERTIME AND SCORED LIKE 
SIX SECONDS LEFT.
THEN YOU RACED TO THE DELIVERY 
ROOM AND LATE OTHER THAT 
EVENING, LIKE EARLY IN THE 
MORNING YOUR DAUGHTER WAS BORN.
>> THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT.
>> Jimmy: OKAY.
>> IT WAS EITHER THAT NIGHT OR 
THE DAY AFTER.
I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY.
>> Jimmy: DID YOU KNOW YOUR WIFE
WAS IN LABOR WHILE YOU WERE 
PLAYING THE GAME?
>> NO, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN DURING 
THE GAME.
IT HAPPENED AFTER.
>> Jimmy: SO THERE'S NO THOUGHT 
LIKE MAYBE I'LL MISS THIS ONE 
AND HEAD HOME?
>> INSTEAD OF SENDING THE GAME 
TO OVERTIME?
>> Jimmy: MAYBE OVERTIME'S NOT A
GOOD IDEA IN THE LONG RUN?
>> YEAH.
>> Jimmy: YEAH.
>> NO, FORTUNATELY, THAT WASN'T 
THE SITUATION.
>> Jimmy: YOU WOULD HAVE PLAYED 
TEN OVERTIMES IF IT CAME DOWN TO
IT, WOULD YOU NOT?
>> NO.
>> Jimmy: YOU WOULD NOT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> NOPE!
>> Jimmy: YOU'RE NO DUMMY.
>> HEY, MENTALITY UPSIDE MY 
HEAD.
>> Jimmy: YOU DID AN INTERVIEW, 
AND YOU WERE TALKING, KIND OF 
GOOFIN' AROUND, BUT YOU WERE 
TALKING ABOUT SHAQ, AND WERE YOU
SAYING, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT 
SHAQ WHO WAS, YOU KNOW, NOT 
QUITE AS DRIVEN AS, NO ONE'S AS 
DRIVEN AS YOU ARE, BUT YOU 
INSINUATED IF SHAQ KEPT HIMSELF 
IN BETTER SHAPE YOU WOULD HAVE 
EVEN MORE RINGS THAN YOU HAVE 
ALREADY.
>> RIGHT.
>> Jimmy: AND SHAQ TOOK, DID HE 
TAKE OFFENSE TO THAT?
>> YEAH, I THINK HE DID A LITTLE
BIT.
BUT HERE'S THE THING, YOU KNOW, 
LIKE IT WAS REALLY A COMPLIMENT.
PEOPLE MISSED THE WHOLE FIRST 
HALF OF THAT IN WHICH I SAID HE 
WAS THE MOST DOMINANT PLAYER 
I'VE EVER SEEN, AND I FELT LIKE 
HE COULD HAVE BEEN THE GREATEST 
OF ALL TIME.
J
>> Jimmy: MM-HM.
>> PEOPLE KIND OF MISSED THAT 
PART AND CAUGHT ONTO THE LAZY 
PART.
WE WEREN'T GOING TO WIN 12 RINGS
OR PLAY OUR ENTIRE CAREERS 
TOGETHER.
BUT IT'S ALL GOOD, MAN.
>> Jimmy: WHAT HAPPENS AFTER 
THAT?
DO YOU GO OH, BOY, I BETTER CALL
HIM?
OR DOES HE CALL YOU?
HOW DOES IT WORK?
>> NO, I REACH OUT TO HIM.
>> Jimmy: YOU REACH OUT TO HIM.
>> HE'S MORE SENSITIVE THAN I 
AM.
>> Jimmy: DID YOU TEXT HIM?
>> I DID, I DID.
>> Jimmy: WHAT DO YOU SAY IN THE
TEXT, HEY, HA, HA, HA?
>> HEY, YOU KNOW.
[ APPLAUSE ]
I SAID LISTEN, NO HARD FEELIN'S?
I LOVE YOU.
>> Jimmy: NO HARD FEELIN'S.
YOU'RE THE ONE WHO INSULTED HIM.
>> DID I, THOUGH?
>> Jimmy: I DON'T KNOW.
>> YEAH.
>> Jimmy: YOU KNOW YOU SHOULD 
HAVE TEXTED "YOU UP?"
>> I'M GOING TO WORK OUT, YOU 
WANT TO JOIN ME?
I DID SAY I'LL BE TUNING IN TO 
THE SON PLAYING AT UCLA THIS 
YEAR.
YOU BETTER SHOOT THE BALL 30 
TIMES.
>> Jimmy: HE POSTED PHOTOGRAPHS 
OF HIMSELF DUNKING ON 12 GUYS.
DOES THIS LOOK LAZY?
>> DOMINANT.
>> Jimmy: THINGS ARE GOOD.
THINGS ARE OKAY BETWEEN YOU 
AGAIN.
>> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
>> Jimmy: DO YOU HANG OUT 
TOGETHER?
>> I DON'T HAVE TIME.
NEITHER DOES HE.
>> Jimmy: TACO TUESDAY, HAVE YOU
BEEN TO TACO TUESDAY?
>> I HAVE NOT.
I'VE BEEN LIVING IN L.A. FOR 
LIKE 20 YEARS AND MARRIED TO A 
LATINA.
SO. 
>> Jimmy: YOU HAVE YOUR OWN TACO
TUESDAY.
LeBRON LOSES HIS MIND OVER EVERY
WEEK.
>> EVERYBODY HAS THEIR THING, 
BRO.
>> Jimmy: I'M FINE WITH TACO 
TUESDAY.
>> THAT'S GOING TO GET HIM 
GOING, IT GETS HIM GOING.
IT'S AWESOME.
>> Jimmy: DO YOU TAKE ANY ROLE 
IN ENCOURAGING GUYS LIKE OH, 
LeBRON, YOU KNOW, LAKERS' FREE 
AGENTS TO COME TO LOS ANGELES, 
OTHER THAN MAYBE A TWEET OR 
SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
>> NO, NO.
I STAY AWAY FROM IT.
I'M REAL CLOSE WITH ROB, 
OBVIOUSLY.
WE'LL TALK OFTEN JUST AS A 
SOUNDING BOARD FOR HIM.
>> Jimmy: WOULD YOU BE ALLOWED 
TO DO THAT, OR WOULD ROB GET 
FINED IF YOU WERE TO DO 
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> NO, COI COULD DO IT.
>> Jimmy: YOU COULD ACTUALLY 
REACH OUT TO -- 
>> I COULD, BUT I WON'T.
>> Jimmy: YOU WON'T.
WHY WON'T YOU?
>> I STAY AWAY FROM THAT STUFF, 
MAN.
LIKE ROB IS HE'S MORE THAN 
CAPABLE OF HANDLING THE JOB AND 
ALL THE PRESSURE THAT COMES 
ALONG WITH THAT.
I'M QUICK TO TELL HIM, LISTEN, 
MAN, YOU'RE MY GUY, BUT YOU 
DIDN'T GET OUT ON THE COURT AND 
SCORE 40 POINTS FOR ME EITHER.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO DO YOUR JOB 
FOR YOU.
>> Jimmy: DID HE SAY I WOULD 
HAVE IF I COULD DO THAT?
>> NO, MAN.
LIKE WE HAVE A GREAT 
RELATIONSHIP.
SO WE'LL TALK AND STUFF AND JUST
AS FRIENDS, BUT NOTHING, NOTHING
SERIOUS.
>> Jimmy: WERE YOU SURPRISED 
THAT KAWHI LEONARD CHOSE THE 
CLIPPERS OVER THE LAKERS? 
>> SURE.
>> Jimmy: YOU WERE.
>> SURE.
>> Jimmy: YOU THOUGHT HE WAS 
GOING TO GO TO THE LAKERS.
>> SURE.
>> Jimmy: WHO WILL GO FURTHER IN
THE PLAYOFFS, THE LEAAKERS OR T 
CLIPPERS THIS SEASON?
>> IT DEPENDS, AND I SAY THAT 
NOT TO BE KIND OF CHEEKY ABOUT 
IT, BUT INJURIES HAS PLAYED SUCH
A HUGE PART.
>> Jimmy: LET'S SAY BOTH TEAMS 
ARE BEAUTIFULLY HEALTHY FROM 
HERE ON OUT.
>> A LOT OF IFs.
>> Jimmy: A LOT OF IFs.
COUSINS GOT HURT.
>> IS HOUSTON HEALTHY AS WELL.
GOLDEN STATE HEALTHY AS WELL?
WE'RE DOING EVERYBODY'S HEALTHY 
KIND OF THING?
>> Jimmy: THAT L.A. RIVALRY.
>> WHAT IF THEY'RE PLAYING AN 
INJURED HOUSTON ROCKETS TEAM AND
JAMES CAN'T PLAY?
OR WHAT IF THEY'RE PLAYING AN 
INJURED GOLDEN STATE TEAM.
>> Jimmy: CAN'T YOU JUST PLAY 
ALONG WITH MY GAME?
>> NO, NO, I CANNOT.
I CANNOT.
THERE'S TOO MANY VARIABLES, MY 
MAN.
I'VE GOT TO THINK THROUGH THIS 
THING.
>> Jimmy: THINKING IS OVERRATED.
WEARY GOING TO TAKE A BREAK.
WHEN WE COME BACK, KOBE HAS A 
BOOK.
AND NOT ONLY IS IT GOOD, IT 
FEELS GOOD, TOO.
IT'S CALLED "LEGACY AND THE 
QUEEN".
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH KOBE 
BRYANT.
>> Jimmy: LOOK WHO'S HERE.
KOBE BRYANT IS HERE WITH US.
KOBE'S GOT A BOOK.
IS THIS A YOUNG ADULT BOOK WOULD
YOU SAY?
>> MIDDLE GRADE.
>> Jimmy: MIDDLE GRADE BOOK.
IT IS CALLED "LEGACY AND THE 
QUEEN."
AND IT'S NICE AND KIND OF FURRY.
>> YEAH.
>> Jimmy: WHY IS IT FURRY. 
>> IT KIND OF SIMULATES A TENNIS
BALL A LITTLE BIT.
>> Jimmy: IT IS ABOUT TENNIS.
YOU'VE BECOME VERY ABOUT TENNIS 
LATELY.
>> I DON'T PLAY WELL.
I ENJOY PLAYING.
>> Jimmy: IT LOOKED PRETTY GOOD 
TO ME, BUT WHAT DO I KNOW?
YOU DON'T CONSIDER YOURSELF A 
GOOD TENNIS PLAYER.
>> NO, I ENJOY PLAYING, I'M 
GETTING BETTER.
>> Jimmy: YOU CAN ENJOY PLAYING 
SOMETHING, THAT'S INTERESTING.
>> IT'S THE PROCESS OF GETTING 
BETTER AT SOMETHING.
>> Jimmy: WHAT ABOUT LOSING?
DO YOU PLAY COMPETITIVELY WITH 
PEOPLE?
>> ME AND ROB USED TO PLAY ALL 
THE TIME.
AND HE GOT BUSY WITH THE GM 
THING.
>> Jimmy: AND WHO USED TO WIN 
THOSE THINGS?
>> HE WOULD WIN.
>> Jimmy: YOU WILL EVENTUALLY 
BEAT HIM AND CRUSH HIM AND BE ON
THE SENIOR TOUR OR SOMETHING 
LIKE THAT.
>> IT'S INEVITABLE.
>> Jimmy: I NOTICED SOMETHING 
INTERESTING ABOUT THIS BOOK.
CAN WE LOWER THE LIGHTS FOR A 
SECOND?
BECAUSE THERE ARE SECRET, ARE 
THESE SATANIC MESSAGES?
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
>> WELL, IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE 
TO THE STORY.
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THESE
KIND OF EASTER EGGS THAT YOU 
FIND IN THE BOOK.
BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR KIDS 
TO HAVE HIGH-QUALITY PRODUCT.
A LOT OF TIMES WE DO BOOKS FOR 
CHILDREN, BUT THEY'RE NOT VERY 
WELL DONE.
>> Jimmy: WHAT DOES THE 
PUBLISHER SAY WHEN YOU SAY I 
WANT THERE TO BE INVISIBLE 
LANGUAGE INSIDE AND THE COVER OF
THE BOOK TO FEEL LIKE A TENNIS 
BALL?
>> WELL, THEY DON'T SAY 
ANYTHING, PAUSBECAUSE I'M THE 
PUBLISHER.
>> Jimmy: OH, I SEE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.
GENERALLY PUBLISHING HOUSING 
WON'T MAKE A BOOK THAT HIGH 
QUALITY, IT'S EX-FEBPENSIVE TO .
BUT YOU PICK THIS BOOK UP.
IT'S BEEN CARED FOR.
IT FEELS LIKE WE MATTER.
HERE THE'S BOOK WE PUT A LOT OF 
WORK INTO.
>> Jimmy: WHAT'S THE PREMISE OF 
THE BOOK?
>> SHE'S GOT TO PLAY TENNIS TO 
SAVE HER FAMILY.
>> Jimmy: IT'S A TRUE STORY.
>> A LOT OF IT DEALS WITH 
EMOTION.
AND WHAT I WANTED TO TEACH KIDS 
IS HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH ANXIETY 
AND PRESSURE.
AND NOTHING DOES THAT MORE SO 
THAN TENNIS, BECAUSE IT'S AN 
ISOLATED EVENT WHERE YOU HAVE TO
DEAL WITH THINGS YOURSELF.
AND YOU'RE FACING AN OPPONENT 
ACROSS THE NET THAT'S 
CHALLENGING YOU, SO IT'S VERY 
IMPORTANT TO GET THOSE MESSAGES 
ACROSS AND CREATE CHARACTER WITH
OUR DAUGHTERS.
WE DON'T SEE TOO MANY CHARACTERS
IN MLITERATURE THAT ARE MIXED.
>> Jimmy: IN TENNIS, THERE'S 
THIS ISOLATION, EVEN THOUGH IT 
IS A ONE ON ONE SPORT.
UNLIKE BASKETBALL, YOU'RE 
GUARDING THE GUY, YOU'RE RIGHT 
THERE WITH THE GUY, YOU HAVE 
THIS COMMUNICATION.
YOU HAVE THIS DISTANCE BETWEEN 
YOU WHICH CAN BE VERY LONELY IN 
A WAY.
>> IT IS, AND YOU'RE DEALING 
WITH YOUR INNER CHALLENGES.
JUST YOU.
THERE'S NO TEAMMATES TO GIVE YOU
SUPPORT POR ENCOURAGEMENT.
IT'S JUST YOU.
YOU SEE A LOT OF TENNIS PLAYERS 
TALKING TO THEMSELVES OR 
SMACKING THEIR LEG IN 
FRUSTRATION.
>> Jimmy: WHO'S YOUR FAVORITE 
PLAYER?
>> IT'S HARD TO GO PAST THE BIG 
THREE.
FEDERER AND JOKE AND NADAL.
I MET CHRIS EVERETT, THAT WAS 
AWESOME.
CHRIS EVERETT'S A BAD-ASS.
>> Jimmy: YOU'RE TOO YOUNG TO 
REALLY HAVE SEEN CHRIS EVERETT 
IN ACTION.
>> AM I, THOUGH?
I'LL TAKE IT.
>> Jimmy: I THINK SO.
>> I'LL TAKE T IT, AND OBVIOUSL 
SERENA'S THE BEST OF ALL TIME.
SHE'S THE GREATEST.
AND I JUST, AS TENNIS PLAYER, 
BUT AS A GENERAL ATHLETE.
I HAD A CHANCE TO WATCH COCO 
PLAY AND NAOMI.
I'M A BIG NAOMI FAN AND LOVE 
EVERYTHING SHE'S DOING.
>> Jimmy: YOU'RE REALLY GETTING 
INTO TENNIS.
>> YEAH.
>> Jimmy: I WONDER, IF YOU COULD
PICK UP ANOTHER SPORT TO PLAY 
PROFESSIONALLY, WOULD THAT BE 
THE SPORT?
>> YEAH, PROBABLY, THEN I DON'T 
HAVE TO WATCH MY WORDS WHEN I'M 
TALKING ABOUT FORMER TEAMMATES 
AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BECAUSE I 
AIN'T GOT NONE.
>> Jimmy: YOU'D HAVE NOBODY TO 
BLAME BUT YOURSELF.
BUT YOU'D PROBABLY TEAR UP A FEW
COACHES ALONG THE WAY.
>> BEAT THE HELL OUT OF A FEW 
RACKETS MAYBE.
>> Jimmy: IT'S VERY GOOD TO SEE 
YOU.
THIS IS KOBE'S BOOK.
IT'S CALLED "LEGACY AND THE 
QUEEN."
BUY IT FOR YOUR KIDS AND SEASON 
TWO OF YOUR PODCAST "THE PUNIES"
IS AVAILABLE FOR LISTENING.
KOBE BRYANT, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MILES 
BROWN.
