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Kobe Bryant Comments on Retirement, Kevin Durant’s Free Agency, More
- Updated: June 2, 2016
Retired NBA superstar Kobe Bryant appeared at the NBA 2K16 Road to the Finals Championship in Los Angeles on Wednesday night and spoke with Alysha Tsuji of For the Win about a number of topics, including retirement and Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant.
“Retirement’s been great for me,” Bryant, 37, told Tsuji. “I’m focused on the next thing and enjoying that. I get up every morning, and I’m excited to get to it. It’s been good.”
Bryant has certainly kept himself busy. He told Ryan Pearson of the Associated Press in May he’s been talking to and seeking advice from giants in the movie industry, including Steven Spielberg, J.J. Abrams and Jerry Bruckheimer. Bryant owns Kobe Inc., a publishing and production company, and Kobe Studios.
When asked about speaking to those men, Bryant revealed to Tsuji his wide array of mentors throughout his life:
Yeah, I’ve been really fortunate to have really great mentors throughout my career, which have nothing to do with basketball. Anna Wintour, Arianna Huffington, Mark Parker, Jony Ive, to be able to have access to them, to speak to them — just speak, not necessarily about business in particular, just nature and people …
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