Learn English with Kobe Bryant | "Dear Basketball" [Inspiring]

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They got me!
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I wasn't expecting it.
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It was emotional really really special I wanted
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to be remembered as a player that didn't waste a moment to do everything he could
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be trying to overachieve.
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I've just been extremely fortunate to be able to play the game about love
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and being in the NBA for more than half my life.
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Hey guys so you probably heard the recent tragic news about the passing of Kobe Bryant
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who was one of the best basketball players of all time and just
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a huge influencer in the United States even among non basketball fans such as myself
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our entire team really admired him as someone who was really
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hardworking and immensely prolific and truly just an example of what is
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possible when you refuse to give up on your dreams and so we thought that it
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would be appropriate to bring you a lesson featuring him this week and Kobe
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had recently retired from basketball and was just starting a new phase of his
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life and so the lesson that we chose from you is actually directly related to this.
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It comes from an oscar-winning short film that he actually wrote and
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narrated called dear basketball
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I think that we can all just learn a lot from
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this and not just about English but also about life so let's have a listen and
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learn to understand 100%
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all right so before we get into learning with this film I just wanted to let you
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know that every single week we make fun lessons just like this one so that you
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can learn to understand fast speaking natives
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without getting lost
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without missing the jokes
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and without subtitles
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so just hit the subscribe button and the
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bell down below so you don't miss a single one of our new lessons
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So, this is actually the first lesson we've ever made teaching you English with an
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athlete so if you would like to see more lessons with your favorite sports stars
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let us know by giving a like down below now let's watch Kobe short-film again
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and answer some quiz questions
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so I just wanted to take this as an opportunity to let you know that I
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really appreciate every single one of you watching this video all of our
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subscribers each one of you that takes the time to actually send me a comment
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or a note of support even if I'm not able to answer all of them really I want
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to thank you so much I hope that you enjoy this special kind of lesson today
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and that you'll take Kobe's words as a call to action to live your best life to
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enjoy every moment and to never give up on your dreams now it's time to go
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beyond the classroom and live your English Aww yeah!
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