EXPRESSED A LOVE OF THE GAME THAT HE LOVED SO MUCH.
>> BRYANT FOR THE WIN!
BANG!
BANG! >> Reporter: KOBE BRYANT ETCHED
HIS NAME INTO NBA HISTORY.
>> BACK TO BACK TITLES!
>> Reporter: FROM CHAMPIONSHIP
TITLES TO ALL STAR TEAMS TO
OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS.
HE HAD A CAREER FILLED WITH
COUNTLESS ACCOLADES.
COUNTLESS ACCOLADES. >> KOBE AND HIS DAUGHTER IN THE
BUILDING.
BUILDING. BREAKING DOWN THE GAME.
>> KOBE SHARED HIS LOVE FOR THE
GAME WITH HIS 13-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER GIGI WHO CHEERED HER
FATHER ON FROM THE SIDELINES
SINCE SHE WAS A YOUNG GIRL.
>> BEFORE GIGI GOT INTO
BASKETBALL, I HARDLY WATCHED IT.
BUT NOW SHE’S INTO BASKETBALL,
WE WATCH -- IT’S ON.
>> SHE WANTS TO WATCH IT TOO.
>> IT’S ON EVERY NIGHT.
>> KOBE NOT ONLY DAD BUT COACH
FOR HER BASKETBALL TEAM.
THE MAMBAS.
THE MAMBAS. HIS DAUGHTER WITH BIG DREAMS OF
GOING PRO JUST LIKE DAD.
>> FANS WILL COME UP TO ME AND
SHE’LL BE STANDING NEXT TO ME.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A BOY.
YOU AND V HAVE TO HAVE A BOY.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY CARRY
ON THE LEGACY.
SHE IS LIKE, I GOT THIS.
>> KOBE WAS NEVER SHY WHEN IT
CAME TO SHOWING LOVE FOR HIS
FAMILY.
FAMILY. >> ALL HE EVER WANTED TO TALK
ABOUT IS WHAT THE GIRLS WERE UP
TO.
TO. HE WAS INCREDIBLY DEDICATED DAD.
>> Reporter: THE LEGEND POSTING
PHOTOS OF HIS FOUR DAUGHTERS AND
WIFE VANESSA AND WHILE HE WAS A
MENTOR TO MANY ATHLETES, HE
WANTED TO MAKE SURE HE WAS A
GOOD ROLE MODEL FOR HIS KIDS.
GIVING THEM THIS ADVICE IN 2017.
>> THOSE TIMES WHEN YOU DON’T
FEEL LIKE WORKING, TOO TIRED,
YOU DON’T WANT TO PUSH YOURSELF,
DO YOU IT ANYWAY.
THAT IS ACTUALLY THE DREAM.
THAT’S THE DREAM.
IT’S NOT THE DESTINATION.
IT’S THE JOURNEY.
>> Reporter: AFTER HE STEPPED
OFF THE COURT FOR THE LAST TIME,
KOBE HOPED TO MAKE HIS LEGACY
ABOUT MORE THAN JUST BASKETBALL.
CREATING A MULTIMEDIA COMPANY
WITH A GOAL OF PRODUCING CON
HASN’T IT WOULD INSPIRE OTHERS
AND LIKE HIS PLAYING DAYS, KOBE
FOUND SUCCESS.
FOUND SUCCESS. QUICKLY WINNING AN OSCAR FOR
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM IN HAD
2018.
2018. >> DEAR BASKETBALL, YOU GAVE A
LITTLE BOY HIS LAKER DREAM.
>> THE SIX MINUTE FILM BASED ON
HIS RETIREMENT POINT.
>> BASKETBALL PLAYERS, WE’RE
SUPPOSED TO SHUT UP AND DRIBBLE.
I’M GLAD WE DO A LITTLE BIT MORE
THAN THAT.
THAN THAT. >> THE OSCAR WIN JUST MONTHS
INTO THE ME TOO MOMENT WAS
GREETED WITH CRITICISM GIVEN THE
2003 ALLEGATION OF SEXUAL
ASSAULT AGAINST HIM.
AN ENCOUNTER KOBE SAID WAS
CONSENSUAL.
CONSENSUAL. LATER SETTLING A CIVIL SUIT WITH
HIS ACCUSER OUT OF COURT.
THE CRIMINAL CHARGES WERE
DROPPED.
DROPPED. >> YOU GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF
FINISHING A BOOK.
IT DOES SOMETHING TO THE
IMAGINATION.
IMAGINATION. >> Reporter: THE BASKETBALL
STAR’S ENTERTAINMENT EMPIRE
EXTENDED TO LITERATURE.
HIS LOVE OF STORY TELLING,
LEADING TO A BOOK SERIES FOR
YOUNG ADULTS.
YOUNG ADULTS. KOBE
KOBE KOBE’S DAUGHTERS HIS BIGGEST
FANS AND ALSO BIGGEST CRITICS.
I BRING BACK A CHAPTER OR, YOU
KNOW, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE IDEAS
AND THEY LOOK AT ME AND SAY DAD,
THAT’S A REALLY BAD IDEA.
>> A SECOND ACT JUST GETTING
STARTED.
STARTED. THE FINAL CHAPTER WRITTEN MUCH
TOO SOON.
TOO SOON. YOU KNOW, A LIFE THAT WAS FILLED
WITH VIRAL MOMENTS, HIS LAST
MOST VIRAL MOMENT IS PROBABLY
THAT VIDEO THAT WE ALL SAW JUST
A FEW WEEKS AGO OF KOBE AND HIS
DAUGHTER THERE ON THE SIDELINES
WHISPERING, BREAKING DOWN THE
GAME THERE ON THE SIDELINES.
SEEING HIM PASS THAT LOVE OF
BASKETBALL ON TO HIS DAUGHTER.
THAT’S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT’S
JUST SO HEARTBREAKING ABOUT ALL
OF THIS.
OF THIS. OF COURSE, KOBE AND VANESSA
BRYANT, THE PARENTS OF FOUR
DAUGHTERS AND, GUYS, FOR GUYS
LIKE ME, YOU KNOW, KOBE BRYANT
WAS SORT OF THAT GENERATIONAL
BRIDGE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW,
MICHAEL JORDAN AND LeBRON JAMES
AND WE ALL JUST SORT OF FELT
LIKE WE GREW UP WITH THE GUY.