“I Think It Is Important To Listen to People Who Do Great Things”: NBA Legend Kobe Bryant Once Revealed His Admiration for 11-Time Grammy Award-Winning Singer

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant is known to be a serial winner. ‘The Black Mamba’ has won five NBA championships in his career spanning over 20 years in the NBA and he has won several other accolades as well. He has admiration for other winners in all genres as well, and not just basketball. Surprisingly, even music as he admired an 11-time grammy award winner for her ability to stay at the top.

Taylor Swift is one of the finest artists of this generation and she has been at the top for a long time. She is also one of the most popular and talked about singers today. Moreover, Swift has won multiple awards for her songs and albums. That includes 11 of the prestigious Grammy awards as well. Her albums are some of the top-grossing albums of all time.

Kobe Bryant says he listens to Taylor Swift

In an interview, back in 2019, Kobe was asked if he was a fan of music. He said that he is a huge fan of it. And when the interviewer asked if he has Taylor Swift in his album, Kobe replied he does. He said,” I think it’s important to listen to people who do great things. It’s not just genre specific. Taylor has been at the top of the game for a very very long time. How and Why?”

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“How does she write? How does she get into that mental place to create things over and over and over? It is a lot of pressure to follow up a number one album with a better album… I don’t care if you like her music or don’t like her music. Look at what she’s doing, it’s frightening. It’s unbelievable.”

Kobe also added that she is a sweetheart to her girls before she went viral. He also said that to be at the top of the game for so long, she has to have a killer mentality and she does have.

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These are massive words coming from one of the icons of this generation. Kobe knows all about winning and how tough it is to reach on top and be there.