nugget of wisdom.
i don't believe in pots of gold at the end of rainbows, but i do believe in happiness at the bottom of bottles. a very alcoholic thing to say, yes, but i'm smiling and you're not.
The gloss is gone. The edge, no longer there. He who once hit buzzer-beating three-pointers and played with a perceptible passion in his eyes has now become a walking zombie. At best, flashes of brilliance of years passed. At worst, deteriorating from the inside out. What he lacks is motivation, which is now apparent in his dead eyes. When you've been through so much, from winning the highest accolades of your sport, to losing and being booed everywhere you go (not to mention a rape trial), it's gonna take a whole lot more than a contract renewal in a now-mundane game that you very nearly mastered years ago to keep your interest. The sad part is, there may not be anything else. Jordan took a year off and a failed stint at baseball to rejuvenate his love for the game. I don't know how good your swing is Kobe, but I'm sure it's not good enough to hit Roger Clemens' roidballs. 