You're talking about basketball my dude.... It's just basketball.
How about my mom came overseas to NY from Guyana, by herself, leaving my oldest brother behind. Worked as a live-in maid for years. Quit that job, started off as teller at a bank... then brought my brother and grandmother over with her and took care of them
Moved down to NC with my dad (military) and other brother, got another job as teller and had me. Parents got divorced, she took care of all 3 of us and my grandmother. Ended up becoming a Mortgage Loan officer by working her way up the ladder and getting remarried. Now she is the VP of her branch with and has 3 sons who are college graduates.
Then she adopted my 3 cousins from Guyana after both of their parents died and still taking care of them. One in college, one in high school, and the other in middle school.
I don't have so much admiration for Kobe, or any other celebrity, because I have people right around me who have worked just as hard as him, and probably harder, to get where they are. Kobe is just another nikka to me. A great basketball player, sure... but still just another nikka.
So basically she had a lot of jobs?

nikka kobe does HARD work. foh clown