Kobe Bryant is the youngest child and only son of Joe and Pam Bryant. His parents named him after a kind of steak: the famous beef of Kobe, Japan, which they saw on a restaurant menu. At the age of six, Kobe, his parents and two older sisters, Shaya and Sharia, moved to Italy, where his father began playing professional basketball. He became accustomed to the lifestyle and became fluent in Italian. At an early age, he learned to play soccer and his favorite team was AC Milan. Bryant once said that if he had stayed in Italy, he would have stuck with soccer and would have tried to become a pro soccer player. In 1991, the Bryants moved back to the United States. A spectacular high school career at Lower Merion High School in the Philadelphia suburb of Lower Merion, brought national recognition. While his SAT score of 1080[2] would have ensured his basketball scholarship to various top-tier colleges, the 17-year-old Bryant made the controversial decision to go directly to the NBA.
科比是最年轻的孩子和独生子乔和帕姆科比。他的父母给他取名后一种牛排：牛肉的著名的日本
神户，他们看到的一家餐馆菜单。 6岁时，神户，他的父母和两个姐姐，
沙雅和教法，转移到意大利，而他的父亲开始打职业篮球。他成了习惯的生活方式，并成为流利的
意大利语。在幼年时，他学会了踢足球，他最喜欢的球队是AC米兰。科比曾经说过，如果他留在意大利，他将坚持与足球和会试图成为一个职业足球运动员。 1991年， Bryants搬回美国。一项别开生面的高中生涯，下美浓高中在
费城郊区的0.5分，使国家的承认。虽然他的高考成绩1080 [ 2 ]将保证他的篮球奖学金，各种顶级学院， 17岁的科比了有争议的决定，直接进入NBA的。