 Now I'd lived in a basketball bubble my entire life so I had heard the urban legend of how insanely intense Kobe's individual workouts were. So since I was on camp staff, I asked him if I could watch one. He said, sure, I'm going tomorrow at four. I said, but Kobe, we have a camp workout tomorrow at 3.30. He said, no, I'm going at four a.m. And I get to the gym probably a little after 3.30. And I step out and it's pitch black outside, but I can see that the gym lights are already on and I can faintly hear a ball bouncing and sneakers squeaking. I slither in the side door. Kobe is already in a full sweat. He was going through an intense warm-up before his scheduled workout started at 4 a.m.