A Quote by Shaquille O'Neal

Most ferocious was Kobe. Fiercest, most competitive, it was Kobe. D Wade is second after that.

Shaquille O'Neal

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After Competitive D Wade Ferocious Kobe Most Second Wade

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Shaquille O'Neal
American - Athlete
Born: March 6, 1972

If everyone had a superpower, Kobe would be the Hulk. Kobe could take on a whole team by himself and he's willing to do that. So, Kobe is like I'll go 5-1, I don't care. I'm still going to win. I put in more work than all five of you guys.

Channing Frye

The Kobe craze really annoyed me. Most of the practitioners had no real understanding of the product and were abusing it and exploiting it in terrible and ridiculous ways. Kobe beef should not be used in a hamburger. It's completely pointless.

Anthony Bourdain

The thing is I'm with Nike and I don't want to wear any other player's shoe. No Giannis or LeBron - I'm not going to wear those, and it narrows what you can wear. But with the Kobe's, who cares because Kobe is Kobe. You can wear his shoe because it's Kobe. They look great, the feel great and it represents something.

Evan Fournier

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 that season, I orchestrated a meeting between the two of them, thinking that Michael might help shift Kobe’s attitude toward selfless teamwork. After they shook hands, the first words out of Kobe’s mouth were, ‘You know I can kick your ass one on one.’

Phil Jackson

I had the Kobe jersey. I would do the Kobe walk. I would walk around the house doing the Kobe stare-down face. Anything you can name, I was idolizing him, trying to be like him.

Paul George

Kobe is Kobe. He is one of the best to ever play this game. Given the opportunity, he can embarrass you.

Jason Kidd

Huge Kobe fan growing up. My dog's name is Kobe.

Manny Machado

Kobe is probably an idol for so many players. He was such a great player so you wanted to be like Kobe. He's a legend that never dies.

Nikola Jokic

At the end of the day, the only person to have a better Kobe sneaker game than me is Kobe himself.

DeMar DeRozan

I can't play like Kobe, man. There's only one Kobe.

Nick Young

A fan is always an outsider. Most sportswriters are not, by this definition, fans. They capitalize on access to athletes. They spoke to Kobe last night, and Kobe says his finger is going to be fine. They spent three days fly-fishing with Brett Favre in March, and Brett says he's definitely coming back for another season.

Malcolm Gladwell

Even in practice, me and Kobe get into it every day. I do my best to challenge him. He's still going to be Kobe, talking trash.

Nick Young

Kobe is amazing. He's extremely competitive.

Metta World Peace

I think Phil Jackson started that feud. It happened many times that after team practice he would say, 'Kobe said this about Shaq, and Shaq said that about Kobe... ' We couldn't believe how could that happen, because just the day before we saw them together, jumping on one another.