Nceda undinike uludwe olufutshane lweziganeko ezibalulekileyo ezenzeka ebutsheni bukaKobe Bryant ngokulandelelana kwazo ngokwexesha, ukusuka kwezokuqala ukuya kwezona zimva.
Context:UBryant wazalwa ngoAgasti 23, 1978, ePhiladelphia, engoyena mncinci kubantwana abathathu kwaye ekuphela konyana kaPamela Cox Bryant kunye nowayesakuba ngumdlali weNBA uJoe Bryant. Wayengumtshana womama womdlali we-NBA uJohn "Chubby" Cox. Abazali bakhe bamthiya elo gama ngenxa yenyama yenkomo edumileyo yaseKobe, eJapan, ababeyibone kwimenyu yevenkile yokutyela. Igama lakhe lesibini, uBean, lalivela kwigama likayise elithi "Jellybean". Intsapho kaBryant yayingamaKatolika yaye wakhuliswa ngolo hlobo.  UBryant waqalisa ukudlala ibhola ekhatywayo xa wayeneminyaka emithathu ubudala, yaye iLakers yayiliqela lakhe alithandayo xa wayekhula. Xa uBryant wayeneminyaka emithandathu ubudala, utata wakhe wathatha umhlala-phantsi kwi-NBA waza wafudukela e-Rieti e-Italy ukuze aqhubeke nokudlala ibhola ye-basketball. Emva kweminyaka emibini, baqala ukufudukela eReggio Calabria, emva koko baya ePistoia naseReggio Emilia. UKobe waqhelana nendlela yakhe entsha yokuphila waza wafunda ukuthetha isiTaliyane ngokutyibilikayo. Wayeyithanda ngokukodwa iReggio Emilia, awayeyithatha njengendawo enothando nalapho ezinye zeenkumbulo zakhe zobuntwana zazenziwe khona. UBryant waqalisa ukudlala ibhola ekhatywayo ngokunyanisekileyo ngoxa wayehlala eReggio Emilia. Uyisemkhulu kaBryant wayemthumelela ngeposi iividiyo zemidlalo yeNBA ukuze uBryant azifunde. Omnye umthombo wokhuthazo yayiziimuvi zaseYurophu ezithetha ngemidlalo, apho wafunda ngakumbi ngebhasikithi. Ukususela ngo-1987 ukuya ku-1989, utata wakhe wadlala i-Olimpia Basket Pistoia apho wadibana khona nowayesakuba yiDetroit Pistons uLeon Douglas. UKobe wayesebenza emidlalweni njengenkwenkwana yokugcoba ibhola kwaye wayeziqhelanisa nokudubula ngexesha lokuphumla, uDouglas wabelana, "Kwimidlalo yethu nganye ngexesha lokuphumla, ibingumdlalo kaKobe. Wayephuma phaya aze afumane ithuba lakhe. Sasisithi xa siphuma kwigumbi lokunxiba xa kudlula isiqingatha somdlalo kuye kufuneke simgxothe".  Kwakhona uBryant wafunda ukudlala ibhola ekhatywayo, yaye iqela lakhe ebelithanda kakhulu yiAC Milan. Ehlotyeni, uBryant wayebuyela eUnited States ukuze adlale kwiqela lebhola ekhatywayo lasehlotyeni. Xa uBryant wayeneminyaka eli-13 ubudala, yena nosapho lwakhe babuyela ePhiladelphia, apho wabhalisa khona kwibanga lesibhozo kwiBala Cynwyd Middle School.
- NgoAgasti 1978, uKobe Bryant wazalelwa ePhiladelphia. Igama elithi Kobe livela kwinyama yenkomo edumileyo yaseJapan, iKobe. - Xa uKobe wayeneminyaka emithathu ubudala, waqalisa ukudlala ibhola yomnyazi. - Xa uKobe wayeneminyaka emithandathu ubudala, wafudukela eItali nentsapho yakowabo njengoko uyise waqalisa ukudlala ibhola yomnyazi apho. - Kwiminyaka emibini kamva, uKobe wafudukela eReggio Calabria, waza kamva waya ePistoia naseReggio Emilia. - UKobe wabuyela eUnited States xa wayeneminyaka eli-13 ubudala nentsapho yakhe. Wafunda kwisikolo samabanga aphakathi iBala Cynwyd.