Ngicela unginike uhlu olufushane olunezinhlamvu lwezenzakalo ezibalulekile ezenzeka ekuqaleni kokuphila kukaKobe Bryant ngokulandelana kwesikhathi, kusukela ekuqaleni kuya ekugcineni.
Context:UBryant wazalwa ngo-Agasti 23, 1978, ePhiladelphia, omncane ezinganeni ezintathu futhi okuwukuphela kwendodana kaPamela Cox Bryant kanye nowayengumdlali we-NBA uJoe Bryant. Wayengumshana kamama womdlali we-NBA uJohn "Chubby" Cox. Abazali bakhe bamqamba kanjalo ngenxa yenkomo edumile yaseKobe, eJapane, ababeyibone kwimenyu yokudlela. Igama lakhe lesibili, uBean, lisuselwa egameni likababa wakhe elithi "Jellybean". Umkhaya kaBryant wawungamaKatolika futhi wakhuliswa ngale nkolo.  UBryant waqala ukudlala i-basketball lapho eneminyaka emithathu ubudala, futhi i-Lakers yayiyiqembu lakhe alithandayo lapho ekhula. Ngesikhathi uBryant eneminyaka eyisithupha ubudala, ubaba wakhe washiya i-NBA wathuthela nomndeni wakhe eRieti e-Italy ukuze aqhubeke nokudlala i-basketball. Ngemuva kweminyaka emibili, bathuthela kuqala eReggio Calabria, base beya ePistoia naseReggio Emilia. UKobe wajwayela indlela yakhe entsha yokuphila futhi wafunda ukukhuluma isiNtaliyane ngokushelelayo. Wayethanda kakhulu iReggio Emilia, ayeyithatha njengendawo enothando futhi lapho ezinye zezinkumbulo zakhe ezinhle kakhulu zobuntwana zenziwa khona. UBryant waqala ukudlala i-basketball ngokungathi sína ngenkathi ehlala eReggio Emilia. Umkhulu kaBryant wayemthumelela ama-video emidlalo ye-NBA ukuze uBryant awafunde. Omunye umthombo wokhuthazo kwakuyizinhlelo zamafilimu aseYurophu ezemidlalo, lapho afunda khona okwengeziwe ngebhasikidi. Kusukela ngo-1987 kuya ku-1989, ubaba wakhe wadlalela i-Olimpia Basket Pistoia lapho ahlangana khona noLeon Douglas owayengumdlali we-Detroit Pistons. UKobe wayezosebenza emidlalweni njengomfana we-ball and mop futhi wayezozijwayeza ukudubula ngesikhathi sokuphumula, noDouglas ehlanganyela, "Kuyo yonke imidlalo yethu ngesikhathi sokuphumula, kwakuyisiboniso sikaKobe. Wayephuma aye lapho futhi athole isibhamu sakhe. Sasiphuma ekamelweni lokugqoka phakathi nesigamu futhi kwakudingeka simxoshe enkundleni".  UBryant wafunda nokudlala ibhola, futhi ithimba lakhe ayelithanda kwakungu-AC Milan. Ehlobo, uBryant wayebuyela e-United States ukuze adlale eqenjini lasehlobo lebhola lomnqakiswano. Lapho uBryant eneminyaka engu-13, yena nomndeni wakhe babuyela ePhiladelphia, lapho abhalisa khona ebangeni lesishiyagalombili eBala Cynwyd Middle School.
- Ngo-August 1978, uKobe Bryant wazalwa ePhiladelphia. Igama elithi Kobe livela enyameni yenkomo edumile yaseJapane, iKobe. - Lapho uKobe eneminyaka emithathu ubudala, waqala ukudlala i-basketball. - Lapho uKobe eneminyaka eyisithupha, wathuthela e-Italy nomkhaya wakubo njengoba uyise eqala ukudlala i-basketball njengomdlali oqeqeshiwe lapho. - Eminyakeni emibili kamuva, uKobe wathuthela eReggio Calabria, futhi kamuva waya ePistoia naseReggio Emilia. - UKobe wabuyela e-US lapho eneminyaka engu-13 nomkhaya wakhe. Wafunda esikoleni esiphakathi iBala Cynwyd.