Summary

In “I Could Run All Day Long,” the central image is a blurred action photo of Kobe and other players running up and down a court. In the accompanying text, Kobe describes the necessity of being in excellent cardio-vascular shape to play basketball. This, he says, is because basketball as a game consists of short bursts of activity and periods of recovery. Therefore, he says, he trained himself to bring the time it took him to recover from exertion to almost nothing.

In “I Asked a Ton of Questions,” the central image is of Kobe, in a red all-star uniform talking with another player, in a white all-star uniform. In the accompanying text, Kobe describes his willingness to ask questions of anyone – “a coach, hall of famer, teammate” – in any sort of situation (40). He explains that he did this in order to keep...