We're used to watching Kobe Bryant's fluid movement on the court, changing hands as he takes the ball around, through and sometimes over his NBA opponents.

But the Los Angeles Lakers' "Black Mamba" can switch languages as smoothly as he can handle the ball. Did you know he speaks amazing Italian?Kobe spent most of his childhood in Italy. He moved back to the U.S. when he was 14, but he still has the gift of being bilingual! So amazing!

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