Top 219 Kobe Quotes & Sayings

I think Kobe Bryant was great.

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.

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.

I got a lot of respect for Kobe.

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.

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.

In my head, I'm a big Kobe fan.

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

I grew up a huge fan of Kobe.

Kobe was like a brother to me, for sure.

Kobe can play in any league.

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.’

Kobe is a unique individual and he is very headstrong.

I met Kobe during my first year, before a game.

Everyone 'watches Kobe when the Lakers play.

I want to be me - and people know it's me. I don't want: 'He's trying to act like Kobe' or 'His answers are like something Kobe would've said.' Nah. If it's me, I'm going to say it.

Meeting Kobe, it was of the greatest feelings ever.

I grew up watching Kobe Bryant.

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

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.

I might not be Shaq, but I can be Kobe, you know?

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Kobe is amazing. He's extremely competitive.

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.

Growing up in L.A., every kid wants to play for the Lakers. As a kid I went to their championship parades, bought a Kobe jersey - I went to the gym and made everybody call me Kobe - loved Shaq, loved the three-peat.

Kobe meant a lot to me growing up.

That Stash Kobe 1, that is probably my number 1 shoe I have ever worn on the court. To wear it against Kobe in his last game against the Suns it was real fun, and for him to say something to me about them it is crazy. He is signed them up for me and personalized it. It was pretty dope.

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.

Most guys don't want to play with Kobe.

Kobe was a legend.

When I was, like, 4 or 5, I'd just always tell - my mom would ask me what I wanted to be when I got older. And I would just be like, 'I wanna be Kobe.' She'd be like, 'You wanna be in the NBA?' 'No, like, I wanna be Kobe.'

If you are an Olympian you are considered to be the best, like Kobe and 'Melo.

I don't need no advice from Kobe Bryant.

Kobe's heart is as strong as his muscles.

To have Kobe retire as a Laker, that to me is really important.

Kobe Bryant is a terrific offensive rebounder.

One of the things I learned from Kobe: You focus on what you're dealing with now.

I've always been a Kobe fan; he's one of my favorite players.

I grew up being a Kobe fan, of course.

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

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

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

There are no other Kobe Bryants.

Growing up in L.A., Kobe was my idol, really.

There are very few LeBron James and Kobe Bryants.

I grew up - obviously I'm from Philly, where Kobe is from, so we grew up idolizing Kobe. He meant everything to us.

I've been watching Kobe ever since I can remember.

I'm not going to let Kobe throw elbows at me.

Kobe was obsessed with the game of basketball.

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. coming up. He always gave me advice here and there, and even the smallest things stuck with me. I watched every single thing that Kobe did, every game, every move. He made me a student of the game.

I've always had a very cordial relationship with Kobe.

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.

Me, growing up, I was a Kobe fan, Kobe fanatic, and just getting, just being able to just wear his shoes, it's my favorite shoe to play in.

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

Guys like LeBron, Chris Paul, Kobe... They all speak to me. It's just insane that all these top tier guys who have been in the All-Star game for so many years actually know who I am. I mean not in a million years did I think that Kobe would speak to me.

If you mention the Lakers, you think about Kobe.