lazenby: kobe's mother, pam, was a fire-brand, and when she had this prized son with her two daughters, instinctively just locked in to advance the agenda of kobe. when kobe thinks of gigi playing, he smiled, and he talked about her, the way she bites her jersey or the way that she moves around the court, the way she thinks about the game. when is kobe, then, happiest away from the basketball floor? oh, that's easy -- when i'm with my girls. okay. when i'm with my girls. i'm at my happiest when i'm with them. riddell: kobe bryant didn't do anything by halves, did he? the three-peat was just extraordinary. 2000, 2001, 2002. he didn't win anything in 2003, but, well, maybe he did because that was when his first daughter, natalia, was born. kobe was very proud of natalia. and then next, kobe and vanessa had gianna. riddell: then there was a 10-year gap, until 2016. that's when bianca came. and then a fourth daughter in 2019, capri. mauser: any father with a daughter would tell you that those little girls just tear down all your macho and masculinity, and they were his world. i saw him as