Kobe Has Become A Mentor To Vince Young
23rd November, 2009 - 10:46 am
SI.com - Over the years, Kobe Bryant has become a de facto mentor to Vince Young.

Young would write text messages to Bryant, something like, "Man, I wanna play so bad. What do I do?'' The answer would always come back from Bryant with something like this: "Stay focused. Work on your craft."

As Young told SI's Peter King last week: "That's what I needed -- someone I respected, like him or Brett Favre, to tell me everybody goes through tough times. Adversity comes, work hard, work on your game, and you'll come out of it OK.''

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