Charlotte Quote by Phil Jackson

Being a Cali kid and growing up watching him play, everybody wanted to be like Kobe. He was a special player.

— Aaron Gordon

Kobe was hell-bent on surpassing Jordan as the greatest player in the game. His obsession with Michael was striking. When we played in Chicago…

— Phil Jackson

I got a lot of respect for Kobe.

— Yo Gotti

When you're Kobe Bryant, you've got every little young guy coming at you every night, and it's you who's still got to carry the…

— Terrell Suggs

It was a lovely story that I finished my career with Kobe, with somebody who I was traded for. I have a lot of…

— Vlade Divac

When you played Kobe, it was something different. When you went to L.A., you made sure your shoes were tied extra tight. You made…

— Channing Frye

I didn't work out with Kobe. I don't know where that came from. I wish I could have.

— Kawhi Leonard

I played against Kobe a lot when I was in high school during the summers, even in college, just being that guy in L.A.…

— DeMar DeRozan

I was in Philadelphia when Kobe was a senior in high school and he used to come to all our practices and I would…

— Tom Thibodeau

It was great to be in the gym with Kobe. He's so particular about the game and... why and how things work. That's one…

— Kyle Kuzma

I knew Kobe pretty well and he was a guy that was always moving forward.

— Diana Taurasi

He reminds me of Michael Jordan. "You look and they have similar games where they want to lead their team to victory, no matter…

— LeBron James