Valuetainment - May 10, 2026


＂Kobe NEVER Paid Me Back＂ - Wes Moore's UNTOLD Story About Kobe Bryant


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7 minutes

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1,465

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85

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00:00:00.000 Share your story with Kobe.
00:00:01.180 I want to know the Kobe Bryant stuff.
00:00:02.340 Because, you know, Kobe and I, you know, we had a...
00:00:04.780 Did you know him?
00:00:05.340 Oh, we had a...
00:00:06.040 Oh, you interviewed him.
00:00:07.220 Yeah, we had a very, very good relationship.
00:00:10.220 It was a devastating day for us when it happened.
00:00:14.100 And, you know, he's one of a kind.
00:00:16.140 I mean, I'm a, you know, I'm a diehard, diehard Kobe fan and what he did.
00:00:22.780 So, but what's your story with Kobe?
00:00:24.600 He was one of a kind, bro.
00:00:26.420 And I'm going to lie.
00:00:27.140 I mean, he was, when he was coming out of high school,
00:00:30.300 because that's when I first got a chance to meet him,
00:00:31.960 when he was actually a high school senior.
00:00:34.580 And another true story, I did not think he was going to be as good.
00:00:40.240 Because he was very good in high school.
00:00:42.200 But I was always like, ah, his jump shot isn't quite there.
00:00:45.080 And I'm thinking, like, you're going to the NBA. 0.75
00:00:46.700 Like, shows how much I know about freaking basketball.
00:00:50.580 Because also, you can never measure someone's work ethic.
00:00:54.580 Yeah, that's who he is in Laura Maron.
00:00:55.960 So that was the Kobe.
00:00:57.140 that I got a chance to meet.
00:01:00.680 His cousin slash friend, he said he was his cousin,
00:01:04.480 I think that's right, played for my high school team.
00:01:07.860 And he was like, listen, you know,
00:01:09.540 Bean and I are going out to a movie.
00:01:11.400 You want to come out?
00:01:12.300 I was like, yeah, of course.
00:01:13.460 So I'm a high school senior.
00:01:16.580 Cove's a high school senior, and our buddy's a high school senior.
00:01:20.180 We go out to a movie.
00:01:21.700 We go buy our movie tickets, sitting there, getting popcorn.
00:01:24.980 and this was I'm trying to remember if he had just declared for the draft or he was right before he
00:01:30.220 declared for the draft but Kobe was the thing in you know the suburbs of Philadelphia and everywhere
00:01:37.200 else but you know um so somebody comes up and is like hey I can get an autograph like yeah
00:01:44.940 and two more people and four more people now there's just a crowd around Kobe
00:01:52.440 And I'm sure this is not a very comfortable thing for Kobe because he's like,
00:01:56.460 we just want to go get a little movie.
00:01:59.460 But the truth is, Kobe was, what, like 6'6", or something like that.
00:02:03.460 Our buddy was 6'9".
00:02:04.980 You can't miss them.
00:02:06.040 You can't miss them.
00:02:08.400 And finally, Kobe just kind of goes to my teammate, and he's like,
00:02:14.540 and he comes over to me, and he's like, hey, do you mind if we just get out of here?
00:02:17.720 because I think Colby at that point realized this is not going to be a fun evening anymore.
00:02:22.040 So he was like, I was like, yeah, no problem.
00:02:24.820 And my buddy was like, but don't worry, we'll give you the money back for the movie ticket
00:02:29.360 because, like, we're in high school, man.
00:02:31.440 It's like that's not whatever it was back then, five bucks, six bucks.
00:02:34.800 That's a lot of money.
00:02:35.400 That's a lot of money back then.
00:02:36.600 So I'm like, okay, yeah, cool.
00:02:37.480 Don't worry about it.
00:02:38.700 And I never forgot the fact that I never got my money back
00:02:42.860 because I was always like, yo, like, I really want my money back.
00:02:47.720 what was the movie about what were you guys going to do you remember the movie i can't remember at
00:02:51.860 this point but it was it was 1996 and uh you know i never see him again was there any i never saw him
00:02:58.800 again i never and and i always said i i really hope i get a chance because i want to share that
00:03:02.820 story with him um um but the thing that i loved about um kobe and why i was such a fan is
00:03:11.440 he completely understood that to be great it means sacrifice it means that if you really
00:03:21.020 want to be great at something it means the other stuff might have to go off to the side
00:03:26.220 and not everyone's going to like it not everybody's going to understand it you will get judged 0.97
00:03:32.840 you will get criticized lock it out and that mamba mentality that he brought to basketball
00:03:43.480 that i think he brought to the business world after he was done with basketball
00:03:47.220 um is actually a really important lesson learned because whether you are a soldier with 101st
00:03:56.500 or an entrepreneur, you've got to block stuff out.
00:04:02.460 There are things that other people are going to say,
00:04:04.020 hey, Patrick, let's go.
00:04:05.380 No, can't.
00:04:07.380 I'm working.
00:04:08.360 Or there's going to be people with distractions saying,
00:04:10.200 like, this person said this about you.
00:04:11.440 Don't care.
00:04:12.640 Focused.
00:04:13.840 There is something that I think he provided such a beautiful lesson to humanity
00:04:20.360 about if you want to be great, know what that looks like
00:04:24.680 and know what's required.
00:04:27.260 And that's the only way you can ever actually achieve your greatness. 0.86
00:04:31.300 And I think you're going to have some Mamba mentality between that. 1.00
00:04:35.320 I hope you bring it out in 27, 28. 0.99
00:04:37.500 I want to see what you're going to do.
00:04:39.280 You know, I'm stirring a pot, but a part of me wants to see you up there, man.
00:04:42.980 I can't wait.
00:04:43.460 You're going to be up there.
00:04:44.140 I'm going to be like, what?
00:04:46.420 But I'm excited for you.
00:04:48.400 I truly enjoy talking to you.
00:04:50.880 And I know I would.
00:04:52.000 I knew I would.
00:04:53.340 Everybody would tell me, you're going to love this guy.
00:04:55.220 You're going to love this guy.
00:04:56.500 uh uh your class act just talking to you man just hearing you know your story your background what
00:05:01.560 you've done one you're telling me my story off the camera one of the best stories 18 years can
00:05:06.260 you imagine like if it happens one day and it's like it started off with this if you want the
00:05:10.520 greatest success stories of all time appreciate your time appreciate you for coming out is there
00:05:15.160 a site is there anything you want people to go to is there anything where if people want to see
00:05:20.320 more things that you're working on is there anything we want to drive to yeah i think um
00:05:23.920 Well, if people go to westmore.com, they can see a lot of the stuff that we're doing.
00:05:28.660 And also just some of the work that we're doing in Maryland.
00:05:32.320 You can go to maryland.gov and you get a chance to see exactly what we're working on.
00:05:36.520 All of our social stuff is at both IM Westmore and also Gov Westmore.
00:05:42.380 Put everything below Rob so the audience can find them.
00:05:44.800 Yeah.
00:05:45.760 But, you know, I think, you know, listen, and I'll say this one thing if it's okay, too.
00:05:51.080 um you know I really believe that God doesn't make mistakes on stuff right whether we fully
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00:06:22.120 because we have not seen a technology like this.
00:06:26.040 And I think we have to be very clear
00:06:27.560 about the type of guardrails that we need to think about.
00:06:31.420 However, I think about even in our most complicating moments
00:06:35.620 in our nation's history,
00:06:37.040 there have been two things that have gotten us through.
00:06:40.040 It's been God's grace and moral leadership.
00:06:44.200 That's it.
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