The former New Jersey senator and professional basketball player spent 15 months running for president, before conceding to Gore in March.

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The son of professional basketball player Joe Bryant, Kobe was born in Philadelphia in 1978, moving to Italy with his family at the age of 6.

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Our panel included luminaries from a diverse range of fields: Tamika Catchings, professional basketball player, and founder of Catch the Stars Foundation, which works with at-risk youth.

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There is a day in everybody's life when they realize that they're not going to be a professional basketball player and they're not going to be a professional cartoonist.

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He highlights Cameroon's Luc Mbah a Moute -- now in his fourth season at the Milwaukee Bucks and former Basketball Without Borders attendee -- as the type of player he hopes to see more of in the professional game.

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