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Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.

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Kobe Bryant
Age: 41 †
Born: 1978
Born: August 23
Died: 2020
Died: January 26
Basketball Player
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Kobe Bean Bryant
Black Mamba
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