Kobe's very last tweet congratulating Lebron James on passing him for 3rd all time on the NBA scoring list:
https://twitter.com/kobebryant/status/1221276426164269056
Shaquille O'Neal's son Shareef received one of if not the final text from Kobe:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12303718&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utmc_campaign=nzh_fb&fbclid=IwAR3QCgQxAJ8oVOrBf4YZp-pFUnyJt9ySCflD5dUNi8mdg-_5-RwrLv-GoWA
- "...Kobe: You good fam? sHAREEF: Yeah just been getting this work in trying to figure out my next move – how have you been?..."
- "...I'm not interested in self-serving pieces - it has to be something where an athlete reads it and is inspired by something, learns something and pushes themselves..."
- "...I enjoy passing things on and some people want to take it with them to the grave. Like 'Lord of the Rings.' The world is filled with a lot of Smeagols who can't let go of the damn ring..."
- (after an interview request) - "...Can't right now as my girls are keeping me busy. Hit me up in a couple of weeks..."
- "...I have such a narrow focus so I didn't have much time to socialize at all. When I wasn't training, I was writing and I was studying the art of writing, of filmmaking. My days were booked. It wasn't that I went out of my way not to be social. It was just that I was busy preparing for what I'm doing now..."
- (on the Jordan v Lebron debate) - “...We can enjoy one without tearing down one. I love what he’s doing. Don’t debate what can’t be definitively won by anyone.” That was followed by three hashtags: #enjoymy5, #enjoymj6, #enjoylbjquest..."
- (on people being negative about his then new TV show called Detail) - "...It’s just not for them, they have simple minds. The show is not for simple-minded people, the people that do that sort of stuff. They’ve got to grow up. We’re looking at this show from a deeper level...”
- My equal favourite basketball ad along with the Damian Lilliard and the Legends Footlocker ad.
- (his recruitment pitch to Matt Barnes) - "...Anyone crazy enough to fuck with me is crazy enough to play with me..."
- "...I love having girls..."
- (love for daughter GiGi) - "...Fans will be saying “hey you gotta have a boy, someone to carry on your tradition, the legacy” and GiGi's like “oi, I go this this, we don’t need no boy for that”. Kobe - "that’s right, yes you do, you got this..."
- (On his early teen years) - "...Trivial things weren’t going to get my attention, it had to have a purpose and anything outside of that lane (of basketball) ! didn’t have time for..."
- (In his rookie season to Shaq who kept getting fouled then missing free throws) - "...Shaq- hey man, pass me the ball, Kobe - fuck that get it off the rebound if I miss
- (On today's basketball style) - "...Today they play accidental basketball, all penetrate and pitch and you might make the shot or you might not and you don’t know who’s gonna be open. We played with purpose so if f(Derek) Fish(er) is on the wing and I’m the wing and you wanna deny the top we’d play sequences and have an understanding what the defense will do and play off of it..."
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