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Koby est.1987

Can be described very much like your favourite fruit, I'm recommended FIVE times a day!

About Me

There is so much to say about myself, but I'm going to keep it short and to the point. I'm 19, born and raised in the city though I have bigger dreams that go beyond living in the capital. Firstly I am going to pursue a career in basketball, I aim to progress so much that it will lead to an NBA contract. And the two tools that will allow this dream to become my reality is my "faith" and "self-belief". Though with life you got to have a plan B at times, you aint got to rely on it but its there just for those haters who want to s*** on your dreams. So haters I'm a student at the University of Hertfordshire also in the basketball team there and of course studying BA(Hons)Accounting and Finance degree and with a developed business background a mind of an entrepreneur with many visions and business plans drawn up in my head; but they of course come after I chase my one dream. Dream or no dream I will definately love to give back to the younger community who desire the same dreams and interests as me by developing my own basketball programme for kids, sort of like a basketball academy/clinc based in the South-East of England. But that will require a lot of finance and many years of me learning the beautiful game and developing my coaching skills. Other then that I'm just out here to enjoy life to the fullest (depending on the bank balance) and keeping things real.

My Interests

If you dont already know, my main passion is basketball, though I have a huge interest in films, mostly black comedy, fashion, music and I'm not shy about supporting Arsenal.FC (Greatest football team in the world...49 Unbeaten). Also log on to www.islington-panthers.co.uk and show love to the young ballers of Islington.

I'd like to meet:

I would like to meet old and new friends, from the wide communities that I involve myself in, be it basketball, music, fashion, acting, comedy or business related. I also plan to travel the world and meet not just people but see other cultures and experience how people in one end of the world live from me a city boy from London. Definately want to do a NBA world community summer tour (its a perk, in some ways).

Music:

I love my R'n'B, Hip Hop, Soul, and some modern Gospel (Kirk Franklin). It would be hard to choose a favourite album or artist but if you really want to know just feel free to ask.

Movies:

Black drama and black comedy are top of my list though I do enjoy British and Hollywood films. So when I'm rich the DVD collection will sure be at least 250 deep. At the momemnt films such as Ray, The Wood, Love and Basketball, Brown Sugar, Menace II Society, Raw, Oceans Twelve, etc. are stacked on my DVD shelf.

Television:

Top Five at the moment: 1. Prison Break 2. Lost 3. Fresh Prince of Bel Air 4. MTV Base 5. NBA TV

Books:

The Bible and a Sudoku puzzle, man I need to start buying books and reading, maybe autobiographies like...Yao, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcom X and great sporting athletes.

Heroes:

My Mum and those many family members who helped raise me. Sporting heros would be Michael Jordan (6 rings under his belt), Michael Johnson (one of the greatest sprinters in morden history 200m and 400m), Mohammed Ali (Self-Belief paved the way for his championship), Ian Wright (the number one Arsenal striker), Steve Nash (True point guard), Kobe Bryant (82 points WOW!) ...those are just a few to list.