Kobe Bryant cut a picture of Paul Pierce from a newspaper for motivation after the Lakers lost to the Celtics in 2008

“[Kobe] started cutting out the Paul Pierce picture. He folded it up, and he put it in his pocket, and he was like: ‘motivation.’”@S10Bird tells an epic story about Kobe at the 2008 Olympics after losing to the Celtics in the Finals pic.twitter.com/8PebtHx4c1

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 1, 2020