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Reading Comprehension A “It’s funny. I think a lot of people, a lot of writers, try to take shortcuts in their assignments and just regurgitate (照搬) what somebody else may have written, you know, instead of truly saying what’s going on,” Kobe says. “I’m no different than anybody. Basketball to me is a game that I want to try to be the best at, and try to work at it as much as possible. But I understand it’s a game. But I’m extremely outgoing. People say, ‘He’s quiet’ and all that stuff. That’s crazy. They obviously don’t know me. So, I mean, people that know me and people that see me interact... stuff like that... I’m completely opposite of what they read. And a lot of people actually tell me that. They’ll say, ‘Man, you’re nothing like I thought you were.’” ?I just go. I just go. I just keep going until it feels right to me,” Kobe says of his habits. “If something doesn’t feel right, I’m gonna stay there until I get it right. I just continue to keep pushing and pushing and pushing. That’s all I’ve known. That抯 how my parents raised me. If you抮e going to be focused on something, if you want to do something, you can抰, you can抰 go about it halfway. You really gotta dedicate (ht. 奉献) yourself to it. Try to be the best at it. That’s the only way.” “I’m playing against great players, playing against the best in the world. The competition — that’s what I’ve always wanted.” | 
