Valuetainment - May 10, 2026


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

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Patrick Bet-David
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Kobe Bryant Gov Westmore Laura Maron Tuscaneiro Patrick Colby Bean Cove
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7 minutes

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1,465

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85

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Kobe Bryant was a legend in the basketball world. He was one of the greatest players of all time, but what was even more special about him was how humble and humble he was in every aspect of his life. In this episode, we talk about his humble beginnings in high school and the lessons he taught us about life and basketball.

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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
00:05:57.520 understand it or appreciate it and sometimes we can even push back against it it's like
00:06:02.180 God is in charge of everything and I think that this moment is it is a really complicating moment
00:06:09.400 for people and I think for a lot of people it's a scary moment I think for a lot of people it's
00:06:12.720 an uncertain moment I mean we didn't even get a chance to talk about AI and some technology and
00:06:17.180 and some of the things that I'm incredibly excited about
00:06:19.760 and some things that I want folks to pay attention
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.
00:06:44.880 everything falls into those things god's grace moral leadership if we can lean on those two
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