What is the author's perspective in the nonfiction book, The Mamba Mentality: How I Play?

For the most part, the narrative and photographs are focused on the perspective and the experiences of basketball superstar Kobe Bryant. More specifically, the book offers detailed information to readers about how Kobe came to be the player he was, offering insight into both his physical and his mental game. Those insights are offered from both a visual and textual point of view, the photographs offering commentary, illustration, and illumination in relation to what the text is saying, and vice versa.