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    Kobe Bryant's ambition has both helped and hurt his career. It drove him to work extremely hard and achieve great success, such as winning 5 NBA championships, but also led him to make poor decisions that resulted in technical fouls and legal issues. While ambition can be productive, it also has the potential to damage people's lives if left unchecked. Kobe has experienced both the positive and negative effects of ambition over his 20-year career but has been able to overcome challenges and continue striving for success.

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    Kobe Bryant's ambition has both helped and hurt his career. It drove him to work extremely hard and achieve great success, such as winning 5 NBA championships, but also led him to make poor decisions that resulted in technical fouls and legal issues. While ambition can be productive, it also has the potential to damage people's lives if left unchecked. Kobe has experienced both the positive and negative effects of ambition over his 20-year career but has been able to overcome challenges and continue striving for success.

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    Kobe Bryant's ambition has both helped and hurt his career. It drove him to work extremely hard and achieve great success, such as winning 5 NBA championships, but also led him to make poor decisions that resulted in technical fouls and legal issues. While ambition can be productive, it also has the potential to damage people's lives if left unchecked. Kobe has experienced both the positive and negative effects of ambition over his 20-year career but has been able to overcome challenges and continue striving for success.

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    IsaacLucero
    Mrs.Davenport
    English9Honors
    28March2016
    TheGoodandtheBadofKobesAmbition
    AmbitiousandhardworkingaretwowordsthatcometomindwhentalkingaboutKobeBryant,butso
    aremaliciousanddeceiving.Asmostpeopleknow,ambitioncanbeproductiveaswellasdestructive.
    ThebestexampleofthisisKobeBryant.Althoughhewonfivechampionshipsandhasachievedmany
    moreawards,hehascommittedthemosttechnicalfoulsinthelastdecadefortheNBA,aswellashaving
    beenconvictedofsexualassault.Hisambitionhasledhimtomanygreataccomplishmentsbutalso
    causedhimtodounlawfulthingsonhisjourney.Althoughambitioncanbegood,itoftentimesruins
    people'slivesanddestroystheirdreamsofachievingtheirrealgoalsinlife.
    KobeBryantwasborninPennsylvania,butatagethirteenhemovedtoItaly.InItalyheshowedhis
    eagernessandhisabilitytoadapttohisenvironmentashelearnedItalianinordertospeaktoother
    childrenathisnewschoolhebecamefluentinItalian.FromaveryyoungageKobewasambitious,
    whichwasshownwhenhemadehishighschoolbasketballteamasafreshmanandsurpassedavarietyof
    schoolrecords.HewasalsodraftedintotheNBAattheearlyageof18,theyoungestevertojointhe
    NBA.HisdesireforsuccessledhimtoskipgoingtocollegeinordertojointheNBAsoonerandimprove
    hisabilitiesamongplayersmucholderandmoreexperiencedthanhimself.AshebecameolderKobe
    Bryantonlybecamemoreaspiredbywinningthreechampionshipsby2003andhavingmadetheAllStar
    teambytheageof19yearsold.AccordingtoCNN,only3otherplayershaveachievedthis
    accomplishment.Hehasconsistentlypresentedhimselfasadominantathletewhoisledbydedication
    andhardwork.Alongthewayhoweverhegotinmanyfightsandearneddozensoftechnicalfouls.He
    hasbeenbothsuccessfulandcounterproductiveinhistwentyyearcareer.

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    KobeBryanthavingfacedboththenegativeandpositiveeffectsofambition,isawelldeveloped
    athlete.Hehasshownhowavastamountofdrivecanbeturnedintonotjustgoodbutgreatsuccess.
    However,nosuccessfulathletecanbetriumphantwithoutstrugglesandsetbacks.Oneofthesesetbacks
    waswhenhegotconvictedofsexualassaultagainsta19yearoldgirlin2003.ReportsfromCNNstate
    thathewasabletoavoidfurtherlawsuitsbecausetheywereabletoreachafinancialdeal.Afterallthe
    greatsuccesshisambitionhadbroughthim,hissuccessmadehimoverconfidentandledhimtodo
    irresponsiblethings.Hisoverconfidenceledhimtobelievehecoulddowhatever,hewantedwith
    whomeverhewantedandhebelievedthathewasabovethelaw.Alongwithbeingconvictedofsexual
    assaulthehasthemosttechnicalfoulsinthelastdecadefortheNBA.AccordingtoESPNKobeBryant
    hasthesecondmosttechnicalfoulsinthelastdecadefortheNBA.IngamesKobehasdisplayedhis
    intensityforthegameandhasdonewhateverheneededtodotowinthegame.Thisincludesshowing
    disrespectbyusingslursagainstreferees.Hisintensityhasproventocreateobstaclesforhimsincehe
    oftendisagreeswiththerefereesingamesandisnotconsciousofwhathesays.Hisdesireforsuccesshas
    proventobedirtyandhasdrawnthenegativeattention.Manypeopleconsiderhimtobeanaggressive
    player.Kobesambitioncanbeseenasconnivingandaggressivewhichhasgivenhimmuchunwanted
    attention.Similarly,inthenovel,
    ASeparatePeace,
    Geneisalsoveryaggressiveintryingtosucceed,
    FinnyhaddeliberatelysetouttowreckmystudiesWewereevenafterall,eveninenmity.Thedeadly
    rivalrywasonbothsidesafterall(Knowles53).HisaggressionleadshimtoaccuseFinnyofsabotaging
    hisintentionsofbecomingValedictorian.Hisdestructiveambitionleadshimtobelieveanyoneevenhis
    bestfriendisagainsthim.SimilarlyKobeoftenyellsslursandreceivestechnicalfoulseventhoughitis
    notnecessarytohissuccessonthecourt.Ambitioncanbringouttheworstinpeopleevenwhenitisnot
    intended.
    OverthespanofKobescareerhehasshownhowambitioncanaffectonebothpositivelyand
    negatively.Hehasachievedmanygreatthingsthroughouthiscareerandhasalsoreceivedcriticismfrom

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    manypeople.AlthoughKobewasaffectednegativelybyambitionhispositiveambitionhasprevailedand
    helpedhimmorethanhurthim.Hehasshownthecapacitytolearnfromthedownsidesofhispersonality
    andhowtogrowfromit.Hehaswithoutadoubtbenefittedfromambitiononlybecausehewasableto
    overcomethenegativesaspectsofambition.SimilartoKobespersonaldrive,Macbethhadambitionfor
    selfgain.Theybothwantedmoreandastheywentonandneverseemedsatisfiedwithany
    accomplishments.AlthoughKobecontinuestostriveformoresuccesshehaspositiveambitionwhile
    Macbethhadmostly,mischievousanddiabolicalambitiontoachievewhateverhewanted.Forexample,
    KobehavingbeenaccusedofsexualassaultandMacbethkillingBanquoaresideeffectsofnegative
    ambition.Macbethcontinuallyhadevilambitionanditledtohisdownfall.EvenBanquowarnshim,
    Oftentimes,towinustoourharm,theinstrumentsofdarknesstellustoourtruth,winuswithhonest
    trifles,tobetrays(Shakespeare1.3.135137).Banquosayshowambitioncanleadtobothagoodfuture
    andabadone.SimilarlyKobehasrevealedhowonecanbeeffectedsosubstantiallybythedifferent
    effectsofambition.Ambitioncaninfluenceanindividualintwodifferentways.Forexample,ascalecan
    beusedtorepresentthecontrastofgoodandbadambitioninaperson.Darkuglyrockscanrepresent
    aspectsofnegativeambitionandcolorfulprettyrockscanrepresentaspectsofpositiveambition.Itis
    importantthattheprettyrocksalwaysweighmorethantheuglyrockssoanindividualonlyexperiences
    positiveambition.Iftheuglyrocksweighmorethantheprettyrocksthenharmcanoccurfromnegative
    ambition.Itiscrucialthatpositivedrivealwaysovershadowsnegativedrive.
    Overall,Kobehasshownthatambitioncanindeedbeagreatthing,butcanalsobe
    counterproductive.KobeBryanthasexperiencedbothproductiveanddestructiveambition,buthehas
    overcomethebadwiththegood.Kobehasembracedhisproductiveeagernessandhasbecomeoneofthe
    mostinfluentialbasketballplayersintheworld.Successfulathletesandpeopleofmanybackgrounds
    experiencebothgoodandcounterproductiveambition,butitisimportantthatoneovershadowsthebad
    ambitionwiththegood.

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