Top 136 Bryant Quotes & Sayings

Bryant Gumbel's ego has applied for statehood. And if it's accepted, it will be the fifth-largest.

I always wanted to be on the same court as Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant.

Freddie Bryant is a brilliant young guitarist and composer.

I think as long as you have Kobe Bryant on your team, anything can happen in the playoffs.

Dez Bryant's a great player. You can't take that away from him.

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 team. When he tore his Achilles... I just felt bad. I knew he was going to come back and be Kobe Bryant.

Kobe Bryant is the most talented player in the game today; he could do anything.

I grew up watching Kobe Bryant.

Guys like Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Kevin Garnett, they'll take bad criticism in a good way.

Kobe Bryant is my favorite basketball player. He takes risks. He goes for the shot. He isn't cautious with whatever he does.

When you play with Kobe Bryant, the ball is gonna be with him most of the time, which is understandable.

Kobe Bryant is a terrific offensive rebounder.

Right now if you ask me Carmelo Anthony is GONE. He's going to L.A. to play w/Kobe Bryant.

It has long been acknowledged that the single best restaurant in the world is Arthur Bryant's Barbecue at Eighteenth and Booklyn in Kansas city.

The best player I've ever played against is Kobe Bryant. I have seen him do some stuff that is just unbelievable.

But I don't look forward to the day that Kobe Bryant's not in purple and gold.

Kobe Bryant is one of those guys I never imagined being on the same court with. It was always an aspiration.

I don't want to see Kobe Bryant ever leave. If he was 100 years old and still playing, I'd be happy.

Oftentimes when I do a project I do get influenced by the wardrobe. I certainly learned a lot from 'Mad Men' and from Janie (Bryant) in particular. She's just so fabulous.

I sang with Anita Bryant in the Southern Baptist churches.

And as far as guitars go, I loved Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West's stuff.

As a two, you gotta see the guys I have to guard on a nightly basis, like Dwyane Wade, Kobe Bryant or J.R. Smith. I have to be mentally prepared and battle-tested.

An Atheist in Alabama is one that doesn't believe in Bear Bryant.

No one was more important to the game of baseball in the last half of the 20th century than Henry Aaron and no one writes about that supremely talented man, that tumultuous time and this treasure of a game better than Howard Bryant. Together, they are an extraordinary combination, and the book Bryant has written gets to the heart of the complicated and dignified, patient and consistent genuine hero that is Henry Aaron.

I don't need no advice from Kobe Bryant.

I am thrilled to be working with Lane Bryant on this collaboration. Designing apparel women can feel confident and beautiful in has been a long-standing pillar of the Lela Rose brand, and we are looking forward to bringing our designs to Lane Bryant's inspiring base of customers.

Dez Bryant isn't a quarterback. He's not a leader. He's a talented, high-maintenance wide receiver.

I love dudes who are about winning and that is Kobe Bryant !

John McDonnell is the Bear Bryant of track and field.

If I would compare anybody to Michael Jordan, it would be Kobe Bryant.

Kobe Bryant will be better than Michael Jordan

Most of my stuff comes from Eloquii, Torrid, Lane Bryant - even Target!

... all of the great sounds that James Burton and Jimmy Bryant were getting, came out of Telecasters

When I got traded to the Lakers in '97, Kobe Bryant was just a rookie.

Kobe Bryant should know how to defend a pick and roll.

My hero in adulthood would be Michael Bryant, who's dead, bless him. His memory lives on. He was an actor at the National, and a wonderful man.

I think nobody should rash things and try to find the successor of Kobe Bryant.

Kobe Bryant has always been my favorite player, and he was drafted No. 13, too, in 1996.

Coach Bryant, before you start hugging me, you ought to know that my boys are fixing to get after y'all's ass.

Coach (Bear) Bryant wanted to see who was tough in the spring, who he could count on in the fall.

Bryant Gumbel is thrilled about his CBS deal and can't wait to start alienating the staff of an entirely new network.

I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.

A.J. Bryant is a player waiting to happen. If he gets a little confidence going and a couple of catches, he can really do some big things for us.

Dez Bryant isn't Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Drew Brees or Russell Wilson. Dez Bryant is a typical, me-first NFL receiver diva, cut from the same cloth as Terrell Owens, Chad Johnson, Randy Moss and Keyshawn Johnson, sprinkled with a heavy dash of Pacman Jones.

He's very knowledgeable. That's the one advantage that I see in Kobe Bryant's career compared to Michael Jordan. Ten years into Kobe Bryant's career, we're seeing a very polished 27-year-old player who's probably got another seven or eight great years ahead of him.

I think Kobe Bryant was great.

Kobe Bryant is a walking stat himself. He doesn't have to explain what he brings to the table.

Any free agent that would be afraid to play with Kobe Bryant is probably a loser, and I'm glad they wouldn't come to the team.

When I was 12, 13 years old, I fell in love with the game. I saw Kobe Bryant play. I wanted to be a part of it.

I love Kobe Bryant, was a Lakers fan for sure.

People like Bryant Gumbel and Bob Costas are terrific broadcasters because they get challenged every day.

Losing Michael Jackson is a handicap. It's the Lakers trying to win a championship without Kobe Bryant.

If a jayvee team puts on Lakers uniforms, that doesn't make them Kobe Bryant.

I like to refer to myself as 'The George Clooney of the Lane Bryant set.'

Putting styles on lock, and making beats by the bundle, Scooping more props than Bryant Gumbel...and staying humble.

I wore the number 24 in high school my freshman, sophomore year because of him. I wore Kobe Bryant basketball shoes because of Kobe Bryant. Every time I laced up my basketball shoes, I felt like I had Kobe Bryant with me. I had a little part of him - I had his jumper, his fadeaway.

Kevin Garnett was a great player, but he wasn't Kobe Bryant.

Kobe [Bryant] had the biggest contract for a high school kid. He was the first one to get more than a million a year.

It's hard not to respect Kobe Bryant's game: He's one of the all-time greats.

Anita Bryant is an important figure in gay history because she enraged a generation of people who got active.