Consider, through gritted teeth if you have to, Kobe Bryant’s banal concept of “musecage.” All this business of needing to embrace your light and dark side in order to achieve greatness. A puppet can explain it to you if you need help.
The self-invention of musecage is a way for Kobe’s legend to live on. It dictates that, in order to respond to the hurdles of a basketball game, you must summon motivation and score in volume. This is what Bryant will be remembered for, anyway. He was a scorer with tunnel vision, a professional peach basket filler — one who often had limited patience for teammates.