[Mike's Moonwalker]

Dejlig positiv artikel! Elsker at læse sådanne ting om Michael

Link til hele artiklen:http://sports.yahoo....ryantchat112310

Kobe still tough, with assists from the greats
Yahoo! Sports Nov 23, 8:35 am EST

MINNEAPOLIS – Out of nowhere one afternoon, Michael Jackson made a call to the irrepressible and isolated Kobe Bryant, and so much changed for him. From a distance, the King of Pop could sense so much of his own obsessive genius within the prodigy. Bryant was the 18-year-old wonder for the Los Angeles Lakers, and no one knew what to make of a restlessness borne of a desperate desire for greatness.

"He noticed I was getting a lot of [expletive] for being different," Bryant said.

They would talk for hours and hours, visiting at Neverland Ranch, and Bryant has long been fortified by the lessons Jackson instilled about the burden of honoring true talent, about the ways to open your mind to be smarter, sharper and insatiable in the chase.


Kobe Bryant, in his 15th NBA season, says his on-court mentality comes from advice offered by the King of Pop.
(Gary Dineen/Getty Images)

"It sounds weird, I guess, but it's true: I was really mentored by the preparation of Michael Jackson," Bryant told Yahoo! Sports.

Bryant isn't much for nostalgia and sentimentality, but it hung in the air as he cut into his steak over dinner recently in the fourth-floor restaurant at the Graves Hotel. Jackson is gone, but Bryant is going on 15 years with the Lakers.

"We would always talk about how he prepared to make his music, how he prepared for concerts," Bryant said. "He would teach me what he did: How to make a 'Thriller' album, a 'Bad' album, all the details that went into it. It was all the validation that I needed – to know that I had to focus on my craft and never waver. Because what he did – and how he did it – was psychotic. He helped me get to a level where I was able to win three titles playing with Shaq because of my preparation, my study. And it's only all grown.

"That's the mentality that I have – it's not an athletic one. It's not from [Michael] Jordan. It's not from other athletes.

"It's from Michael Jackson."

Bryant wore his Lakers varsity jacket, purple gold. It had several championship trophies across the back. For all the cynicism the years have brought him, a lot of that teenager still lives within. Kobe Bryant is 32 years old now, and he keeps coming and coming like nothing witnessed since Jordan himself.

[Forever <3 Michael]

Mike sagde:

Dejlig positiv artikel! Elsker at læse sådanne ting om Michael

Link til hele artiklen:http://sports.yahoo....ryantchat112310

Kobe still tough, with assists from the greats
Yahoo! Sports Nov 23, 8:35 am EST

MINNEAPOLIS – Out of nowhere one afternoon, Michael Jackson made a call to the irrepressible and isolated Kobe Bryant, and so much changed for him. From a distance, the King of Pop could sense so much of his own obsessive genius within the prodigy. Bryant was the 18-year-old wonder for the Los Angeles Lakers, and no one knew what to make of a restlessness borne of a desperate desire for greatness.

"He noticed I was getting a lot of [expletive] for being different," Bryant said.

They would talk for hours and hours, visiting at Neverland Ranch, and Bryant has long been fortified by the lessons Jackson instilled about the burden of honoring true talent, about the ways to open your mind to be smarter, sharper and insatiable in the chase.


Kobe Bryant, in his 15th NBA season, says his on-court mentality comes from advice offered by the King of Pop.
(Gary Dineen/Getty Images)

"It sounds weird, I guess, but it's true: I was really mentored by the preparation of Michael Jackson," Bryant told Yahoo! Sports.

Bryant isn't much for nostalgia and sentimentality, but it hung in the air as he cut into his steak over dinner recently in the fourth-floor restaurant at the Graves Hotel. Jackson is gone, but Bryant is going on 15 years with the Lakers.

"We would always talk about how he prepared to make his music, how he prepared for concerts," Bryant said. "He would teach me what he did: How to make a 'Thriller' album, a 'Bad' album, all the details that went into it. It was all the validation that I needed – to know that I had to focus on my craft and never waver. Because what he did – and how he did it – was psychotic. He helped me get to a level where I was able to win three titles playing with Shaq because of my preparation, my study. And it's only all grown.

"That's the mentality that I have – it's not an athletic one. It's not from [Michael] Jordan. It's not from other athletes.

"It's from Michael Jackson."

Bryant wore his Lakers varsity jacket, purple gold. It had several championship trophies across the back. For all the cynicism the years have brought him, a lot of that teenager still lives within. Kobe Bryant is 32 years old now, and he keeps coming and coming like nothing witnessed since Jordan himself.

YEAH... GO MICHAEL MY ANGEL <3 SIGH... simply michael so pure and tru <3 thats why I looove him <3

[fuzzball]

Skøn artikel !! But also heartbreaking...(ville ønske den slags historier kom frem for
flere år siden...)

[Janet]

Intet mindre end fantastisk!... Han var virkelig fantastisk... *suk*

[Mike's Moonwalker]

fuzzball, på 26 November 2010 - 10:34 AM, sagde:

Skøn artikel !! But also heartbreaking...(ville ønske den slags historier kom frem for
flere år siden...)

Det vil jeg også! Det ville have gjort Michael rigtig glad at vide, at han har kunne hjælpe andre til at nå deres drømme.

[themjj]

Mike sagde:

Det vil jeg også! Det ville have gjort Michael rigtig glad at vide, at han har kunne hjælpe andre til at nå deres drømme.

Det tror jeg nu godt at han vidste, han var der jo og jeg er ikke i tvivl om at han var god til at fornemme de mennesker som var ham taknemlig. Jeg syntes det er skønt at han vælger at fortælle om dette, og endnu federe at det er nu, fremfor lige efter MJs bortgang, det gør det endnu mere troværdigt og rørende :-)
Det er en imponerende indflydelse Michael har haft på folk, og jeg er virkelig glad for at han er så detaileret i han beskrivelse... det giver et skønt billede af min personlige helt, som alt for mange ikke kender til.

[Mike's Moonwalker]

themjj, på 26 November 2010 - 12:05 PM, sagde:

Det tror jeg nu godt at han vidste, han var der jo og jeg er ikke i tvivl om at han var god til at fornemme de mennesker som var ham taknemlig. Jeg syntes det er skønt at han vælger at fortælle om dette, og endnu federe at det er nu, fremfor lige efter MJs bortgang, det gør det endnu mere troværdigt og rørende :-)
Det er en imponerende indflydelse Michael har haft på folk, og jeg er virkelig glad for at han er så detaileret i han beskrivelse... det giver et skønt billede af min personlige helt, som alt for mange ikke kender til.

Så perfekt, som jeg synes, at Michael var, og så god menneskekender, som jeg synes han var, må jeg desværre erkende, at han nogle gange omgav sig med nogle, der bare var ude på at udnytte ham. Eller som ikke vil ham det gode. Uden at han selv var helt klar over, hvor onde eller inkompetente de var. Det har vi jo desværre set nogle grimme eksempler på. Dermed ikke på nogen måder sagt, at Michael ikke var super intelligent på mange måder. For det var han bestemt! Men selv de bedste kan tage fejl eller tvivle på dem selv.

Jeg er også overbevist om, at Michael vidste til en vis grad, hvem der var ham taknemlig. Men jeg er ikke sikker på, at han altid var klar over, hvor STOR en positiv indflydelse han havde på nogles liv. Han var aldrig selv helt tilfreds med, hvad han leverede. Det varmer altid at få at vide, at man har gjort en HUGE forskel.

[HeavenCanWait]

Jeg kan slet ikke holde ud at læse sådanne historier. Lige så meget som jeg elsker dem, lige så meget hader jeg at læse dem.
De gør bare savnet endnu størrere og endnu sværrere at bære.

Michael var i sandhed en engel og lige meget hvad jeg læser bekræfter det bare mine tanker om, hvilken dejlig mand han var og hvor misforstået han også var. TRUELY PURE HEARTED

[AJackson :D]

Arj, Mike er fantastiiiisk! LOVE HIM!