They got me!
I wasn't expecting it.
It was emotional really really special I wanted
to be remembered as a player that didn't waste a moment to do everything he could
be trying to overachieve.
I've just been extremely fortunate to be able to play the game about love
and being in the NBA for more than half my life.
Hey guys so you probably heard the recent tragic news about the passing of Kobe Bryant
who was one of the best basketball players of all time and just
a huge influencer in the United States even among non basketball fans such as myself
our entire team really admired him as someone who was really
hardworking and immensely prolific and truly just an example of what is
possible when you refuse to give up on your dreams and so we thought that it
would be appropriate to bring you a lesson featuring him this week and Kobe
had recently retired from basketball and was just starting a new phase of his
life and so the lesson that we chose from you is actually directly related to this.
It comes from an oscar-winning short film that he actually wrote and
narrated called dear basketball
I think that we can all just learn a lot from
this and not just about English but also about life so let's have a listen and
learn to understand 100%
all right so before we get into learning with this film I just wanted to let you
know that every single week we make fun lessons just like this one so that you
can learn to understand fast speaking natives
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So, this is actually the first lesson we've ever made teaching you English with an
athlete so if you would like to see more lessons with your favorite sports stars
let us know by giving a like down below now let's watch Kobe short-film again
and answer some quiz questions
so I just wanted to take this as an opportunity to let you know that I
really appreciate every single one of you watching this video all of our
subscribers each one of you that takes the time to actually send me a comment
or a note of support even if I'm not able to answer all of them really I want
to thank you so much I hope that you enjoy this special kind of lesson today
and that you'll take Kobe's words as a call to action to live your best life to
enjoy every moment and to never give up on your dreams now it's time to go
beyond the classroom and live your English Aww yeah!