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Kevin Garnett was a great player, but he wasn't Kobe Bryant.
JERRY WEST Give Quincy credit. We tried to guard him but he makes you pay. He's a terrific player and he hit so...
NORM ROBERTS He's a Philly guy, and we like to get after it. What player in the league wouldn't jump at the oppor...
AARON MCKIE He's a Philly guy, and we like to get after it. What player in the league wouldn't jump at the oppor...
AARON MCKIE When you play with Kobe Bryant, the ball is gonna be with him most of the time, which is understanda...
STEVE NASH Everybody on the floor had to do something, because Kobe is an incredible player. It's different in ...
FRANCISCO GARCIA The best quality about Kobe Bryant? You want me to be honest? I don't know. I'll tell you wh...
SHAQUILLE O'NEAL He was Kobe Bryant tonight. I was pretty sure he wanted to come back at us because we pretty much hu...
ANDRE IGUODALA Stop saying,'I cant love without him',because you have lived even before you met him.So stop being s...
JENNY PABUALAN I didn't really know that. Fans really get hold of that type of information when you pass on a guy. ...
ANDRE IGUODALA Kobe Bryant is my favorite basketball player. He takes risks. He goes for the shot. He isn't cau...
HALEY JOEL OSMENT![]()
I always wanted to play with Kobe Bryant. I used to tease him all the time. Every time I was a free ...
NATE ROBINSON Anytime you're playing against those two guys, especially the great one in Kobe Bryant, you want to ...
BARON DAVIS![]()
I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be
Kobe Bryant
KOBE BRYANT Meeting Kobe Bryant is a great feeling. I've got family here, I've got all my friends. It's just a g...
LAWRENCE SIVILS They've got a terrific guard in Will Gill. He's a very active guard with a tough mentality. He's goi...
EDDIE MILLER![]()
I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.
KOBE BRYANT I think there's a lot of different ways to win. You've seen teams that win championships wit...
DOUG COLLINS He's 6-foot-4, runs like a deer and can jump like Kobe Bryant.
RODNEY HARRISON Carlson is a nice player ... we've really got to concentrate on her. I think Sarah is smart enough a...
CHRIS HANAFAN You have to take your hat off to Kobe. Kobe hit some tough shots. We double-teamed him and I thought...
MIKE BROWN![]()
There are some coaches who believe you just let the best players get all the points they can and sto...
PAT SUMMITT![]()
Losing Michael Jackson is a handicap. It's the Lakers trying to win a championship without Kobe ...
TITO JACKSON Vince Carter is such a great player that we need two guys to try to stop him. When we got there to t...
SAM CASSELL We designed it just right. We just wanted to make sure that Kobe would not get a good look. Calvin w...
EDDIE JORDAN![]()
Some days... I walk.
Some days... I run.
And on the odd day... I fly.
And when I have...
ANTHONY T. HINCKS Marsh is a tremendous post player and an incredible athlete. We've got some really good post players...
JEFF JUDKINS He's very knowledgeable. That's the one advantage that I see in Kobe Bryant's career compared to Mic...
SCOTTIE PIPPEN Kobe is always a factor in the game. I don't think Golden State stopped him from scoring the ball. H...
SMUSH PARKER I got to play against a really good player. [Williams] is a really strong guy. He's a great player. ...
LAURYNAS MIKALAUSKAS To tell you the truth I really don't know why I just randomly smile when you're around. You're just ...
MAHMOUD EL HALLAB She's such a great scorer. We tried using a box-and-one or doubling her on the wing. I don't think y...
MUFFET MCGRAW We tried to stump him, and we got him on a couple things.
TUFFY LATOUR It has to be a balance for us. Kobe is a special player, but there is no way that he can shoulder th...
CHRIS MIHM We huddled up quickly, and we knew that we couldn't do anything about [the injury], and we just had ...
LAURYNAS MIKALAUSKAS It was pretty hard (to win). We just played a little better than they did in a few key moments and g...
LAURYNAS MIKALAUSKAS We needed a few stops; that's what we were thinking. I wasn't really actually worried that we were g...
LAURYNAS MIKALAUSKAS That's what we're waiting for (today). We're going to play even harder. We remember what happened a ...
LAURYNAS MIKALAUSKAS I don't think Cameron Indoor was any different from Virginia Tech or Gonzaga. It was kind of crazy a...
LAURYNAS MIKALAUSKAS We gave the University a good win. And we appreciate all the fans, especially the student support.
LAURYNAS MIKALAUSKAS He's only a freshman. He can't really handle the double team as well as older guys.
LAURYNAS MIKALAUSKAS Once you try to stop one player, someone else beats you. We played a zone to negate the size differe...
PAUL THOMPSON![]()
Come the fourth quarter, we buckled down and got the stop and made some good plays offensively. Earl...
ALLEN IVERSON![]()
To this day, I don't really know what happened with him, ... When he tried to make a comeback with u...
ROGER STAUBACH You can't guard him. He's phenomenal. We had nine turnovers in the first quarter and you can't guard...
LARRY BROWN This administration has systematically tried to roll back environmental laws. And so, for the presid...
BILL WALKER Well when you cant sleep well you cant dream and when you cant dream well whats life mean
HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD Everybody on the floor had to do something, because Kobe is an incredible player.
FRANCISCO GARCIA He?s known Kobe since Kobe was growing up in Philadelphia and Aaron was a college player at Temple. ...
LEON ROSE I can speak for any player,'' Bryant said.
ANDRA DAVIS We couldn't stop him. You can't teach height. We tried to push him back. We just couldn't do it.
JOE CROCCO He's just big. It's hard to move him around. Our guys tried hard against him, and we got a few of st...
CHAD ALLEN He's the best receiver in the league. He's 6-4, can run like a deer, can jump like Kobe Bryant. He's...
RODNEY HARRISON It depends on which day it is. Some days, it's more depressing than other days.
CINDY SALERNO We just tried to make every catch tough. We tried to fight him in the post, try to make them throw h...
DEVIN HARRIS Nothing against Tony, but there's other guys playing great. Tracy (McGrady) has to be there. It's in...
ROBERT HORRY I'm just being more aggressive. That's all. Kobe (Bryant) is getting doubled team so much, and I'm j...
DEVEAN GEORGE Everybody knows what kind of player he is ? Pro Bowl player, All-Pro player, a great competitor on a...
DEION BRANCH![]()
As a senior, she's given us more experience. She's a really good defender. She's able to (guard) the...
REGGIE WHITE![]()
But you cant shut everyone out. I mean you have to have someone to love. . .someone to hold on to. ....
HUBERT SELBY JR. Jeff was really hot early. And that's the nice thing about having so many options, they tried to sto...
CRAIG SMITH Bryant is hard to guard. He makes tough shots. He attacks you going to the basket and tonight he mad...
RICK ADELMAN I got on him pretty hard to get the ball where he needed to get it and he really came through. He wa...
JASON KERR He's the kind of player who we don't have anyone to guard him. With what he does, at his size.... He...
RICK BYRD I worked him seven-eighths (of a mile) on the 24th and had him shod five or six days ago, and we may...
STEVE SPECHT Our goal was to slow down Cage. He's a hell of a player. If he gets going, he's tough to stop. I tri...
DEANDRE HAYNES Not even one time I fouled him. Because he's Kobe and I'm young, he gets the call. I bet Raja would ...
LEANDRO BARBOSA I honestly can't take this anymore. I just cant stand it seeing you with him any longer. I tried to ...
MAHMOUD EL HALLAB You always have got to have a guy like Buck on year team. He does whatever you ask him to do, guard ...
ADRIAN DANTLEY People who don't see you every day have a hard time understanding how on some days--good days--you c...
JENNIFER STARZEC It's really hard to guard her one-on-one, so we got help from other people. It was pretty much a tea...
MAURA MCHUGH He's a very good player, a very good player. I found out he couldn't go right, so toward the end of ...
JUSTIN SCOTT![]()
I didn't want to like him back. I tried to be mean to him."
"I thought you were ju...
RAINBOW ROWELL I'm happy, but it's only one day out of 81. Last year was a disheartening start. I thought we'd buil...
DAN DOOCY Just on paper, without seeing him play you would know he's a good player. When you watch him play, i...
BILL WHITEHEAD Ricky Woods is an exceptional player. He's certainly one of the best in our league. We would certain...
BILLY TUBBS We got stops in overtime when we needed them. Iverson is so tough to stop and you're never really go...
KEYON DOOLING just because theres a goalie, doesnt mean you cant score
BRADLEY ADAM HENDERSON![]()
Some days I look in the mirror and feel hot. Other days I say, 'I've got back fat'.
CHARLIZE THERON It definitely did. Our guards tried to force some passes that weren't there. Our guard play has got ...
CRAIG PIPPEN We don't want to put too high expectations on him. We know he's going to be a good player. If he pla...
DENIS PAGAN Whatever defense we were in, we had to stretch that towards him. If he put the ball on the floor, we...
WAYNE MORGAN We didn't have good help defense. You can't guard Haley one-on-one without some help from your teamm...
DEB BENNETT Richie said he started to idle, and then Richie panicked and cracked him. You really don't want to h...
BARCLAY TAGG We tried to convince him to stay but we couldn't, ... We have a very high opinion of him as a player...
ARRIGO SACCHI![]()
You weren't able to talk sense into him?"
Well, we kind of tried to kill each other in a duel t...
RICK RIORDAN With 15 seconds left I tried to get a jump on him. Luckily I got it.
BILLY CHAMBERLAIN![]()
I'm much more starstruck by athletes than I am by actors, and I think I saw Kobe Bryant at a bas...
CHRIS EVANS![]()
I got some new underwear the other day. Well, new to me.
ANONYMOUS![]()
I got some new underwear the other day. Well, new to me.
EMO PHILIPS The key to playing a guy like Bradford is putting pressure on him. If you let him sit back there he'...
DAN COCANNOUER Some day, some day of days, threading the street With idle, heedless pace, Unlooking for such ...
NORA PERRY We tried to guard her. I guess she wanted to prove she should have been on the All-Rookie team.
MUFFET MCGRAW We knew he wouldn't go all the way, so early on, we took some pitches and tried to make him have som...
DEWEY KALMER![]()
Do you think we'll get married one day?" I said.
"To each other?" Charlie asked.
"No, sill...
A.S. KING It's just every day. You work on it every day. We have to communicate, and as a point guard, that's ...
DEDRICK FINN We do not know why the man tried to immolate himself but we managed to stop him.
ANITA ROY![]()
I think he meant to be there for a few days, but I gave him some moonshine after the first day and d...
JOHNNY KNOXVILLE I'm so proud of my teammates. Isaiah Thomas is a great player and nobody is going to stop him, but t...
VENOY OVERTON We wanted to get all the help we could on him and he such a fine player and can shoot it from anywhe...
DEWEY PENNELL
JERRY WEST Give Quincy credit. We tried to guard him but he makes you pay. He's a terrific player and he hit so...
NORM ROBERTS He's a Philly guy, and we like to get after it. What player in the league wouldn't jump at the oppor...
AARON MCKIE He's a Philly guy, and we like to get after it. What player in the league wouldn't jump at the oppor...
AARON MCKIE When you play with Kobe Bryant, the ball is gonna be with him most of the time, which is understanda...
STEVE NASH Everybody on the floor had to do something, because Kobe is an incredible player. It's different in ...
FRANCISCO GARCIA The best quality about Kobe Bryant? You want me to be honest? I don't know. I'll tell you wh...
SHAQUILLE O'NEAL He was Kobe Bryant tonight. I was pretty sure he wanted to come back at us because we pretty much hu...
ANDRE IGUODALA Stop saying,'I cant love without him',because you have lived even before you met him.So stop being s...
JENNY PABUALAN I didn't really know that. Fans really get hold of that type of information when you pass on a guy. ...
ANDRE IGUODALA Kobe Bryant is my favorite basketball player. He takes risks. He goes for the shot. He isn't cau...
HALEY JOEL OSMENT
I always wanted to play with Kobe Bryant. I used to tease him all the time. Every time I was a free ... NATE ROBINSON Anytime you're playing against those two guys, especially the great one in Kobe Bryant, you want to ...
BARON DAVIS
I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to beKobe Bryant
KOBE BRYANT Meeting Kobe Bryant is a great feeling. I've got family here, I've got all my friends. It's just a g...
LAWRENCE SIVILS They've got a terrific guard in Will Gill. He's a very active guard with a tough mentality. He's goi...
EDDIE MILLER
I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant. KOBE BRYANT I think there's a lot of different ways to win. You've seen teams that win championships wit...
DOUG COLLINS He's 6-foot-4, runs like a deer and can jump like Kobe Bryant.
RODNEY HARRISON Carlson is a nice player ... we've really got to concentrate on her. I think Sarah is smart enough a...
CHRIS HANAFAN You have to take your hat off to Kobe. Kobe hit some tough shots. We double-teamed him and I thought...
MIKE BROWN
There are some coaches who believe you just let the best players get all the points they can and sto... PAT SUMMITT
Losing Michael Jackson is a handicap. It's the Lakers trying to win a championship without Kobe ... TITO JACKSON Vince Carter is such a great player that we need two guys to try to stop him. When we got there to t...
SAM CASSELL We designed it just right. We just wanted to make sure that Kobe would not get a good look. Calvin w...
EDDIE JORDAN
Some days... I walk.Some days... I run.
And on the odd day... I fly.
And when I have...
ANTHONY T. HINCKS Marsh is a tremendous post player and an incredible athlete. We've got some really good post players...
JEFF JUDKINS He's very knowledgeable. That's the one advantage that I see in Kobe Bryant's career compared to Mic...
SCOTTIE PIPPEN Kobe is always a factor in the game. I don't think Golden State stopped him from scoring the ball. H...
SMUSH PARKER I got to play against a really good player. [Williams] is a really strong guy. He's a great player. ...
LAURYNAS MIKALAUSKAS To tell you the truth I really don't know why I just randomly smile when you're around. You're just ...
MAHMOUD EL HALLAB She's such a great scorer. We tried using a box-and-one or doubling her on the wing. I don't think y...
MUFFET MCGRAW We tried to stump him, and we got him on a couple things.
TUFFY LATOUR It has to be a balance for us. Kobe is a special player, but there is no way that he can shoulder th...
CHRIS MIHM We huddled up quickly, and we knew that we couldn't do anything about [the injury], and we just had ...
LAURYNAS MIKALAUSKAS It was pretty hard (to win). We just played a little better than they did in a few key moments and g...
LAURYNAS MIKALAUSKAS We needed a few stops; that's what we were thinking. I wasn't really actually worried that we were g...
LAURYNAS MIKALAUSKAS That's what we're waiting for (today). We're going to play even harder. We remember what happened a ...
LAURYNAS MIKALAUSKAS I don't think Cameron Indoor was any different from Virginia Tech or Gonzaga. It was kind of crazy a...
LAURYNAS MIKALAUSKAS We gave the University a good win. And we appreciate all the fans, especially the student support.
LAURYNAS MIKALAUSKAS He's only a freshman. He can't really handle the double team as well as older guys.
LAURYNAS MIKALAUSKAS Once you try to stop one player, someone else beats you. We played a zone to negate the size differe...
PAUL THOMPSON
Come the fourth quarter, we buckled down and got the stop and made some good plays offensively. Earl... ALLEN IVERSON
To this day, I don't really know what happened with him, ... When he tried to make a comeback with u... ROGER STAUBACH You can't guard him. He's phenomenal. We had nine turnovers in the first quarter and you can't guard...
LARRY BROWN This administration has systematically tried to roll back environmental laws. And so, for the presid...
BILL WALKER Well when you cant sleep well you cant dream and when you cant dream well whats life mean
HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD Everybody on the floor had to do something, because Kobe is an incredible player.
FRANCISCO GARCIA He?s known Kobe since Kobe was growing up in Philadelphia and Aaron was a college player at Temple. ...
LEON ROSE I can speak for any player,'' Bryant said.
ANDRA DAVIS We couldn't stop him. You can't teach height. We tried to push him back. We just couldn't do it.
JOE CROCCO He's just big. It's hard to move him around. Our guys tried hard against him, and we got a few of st...
CHAD ALLEN He's the best receiver in the league. He's 6-4, can run like a deer, can jump like Kobe Bryant. He's...
RODNEY HARRISON It depends on which day it is. Some days, it's more depressing than other days.
CINDY SALERNO We just tried to make every catch tough. We tried to fight him in the post, try to make them throw h...
DEVIN HARRIS Nothing against Tony, but there's other guys playing great. Tracy (McGrady) has to be there. It's in...
ROBERT HORRY I'm just being more aggressive. That's all. Kobe (Bryant) is getting doubled team so much, and I'm j...
DEVEAN GEORGE Everybody knows what kind of player he is ? Pro Bowl player, All-Pro player, a great competitor on a...
DEION BRANCH
As a senior, she's given us more experience. She's a really good defender. She's able to (guard) the... REGGIE WHITE
But you cant shut everyone out. I mean you have to have someone to love. . .someone to hold on to. .... HUBERT SELBY JR. Jeff was really hot early. And that's the nice thing about having so many options, they tried to sto...
CRAIG SMITH Bryant is hard to guard. He makes tough shots. He attacks you going to the basket and tonight he mad...
RICK ADELMAN I got on him pretty hard to get the ball where he needed to get it and he really came through. He wa...
JASON KERR He's the kind of player who we don't have anyone to guard him. With what he does, at his size.... He...
RICK BYRD I worked him seven-eighths (of a mile) on the 24th and had him shod five or six days ago, and we may...
STEVE SPECHT Our goal was to slow down Cage. He's a hell of a player. If he gets going, he's tough to stop. I tri...
DEANDRE HAYNES Not even one time I fouled him. Because he's Kobe and I'm young, he gets the call. I bet Raja would ...
LEANDRO BARBOSA I honestly can't take this anymore. I just cant stand it seeing you with him any longer. I tried to ...
MAHMOUD EL HALLAB You always have got to have a guy like Buck on year team. He does whatever you ask him to do, guard ...
ADRIAN DANTLEY People who don't see you every day have a hard time understanding how on some days--good days--you c...
JENNIFER STARZEC It's really hard to guard her one-on-one, so we got help from other people. It was pretty much a tea...
MAURA MCHUGH He's a very good player, a very good player. I found out he couldn't go right, so toward the end of ...
JUSTIN SCOTT
I didn't want to like him back. I tried to be mean to him.""I thought you were ju...
RAINBOW ROWELL I'm happy, but it's only one day out of 81. Last year was a disheartening start. I thought we'd buil...
DAN DOOCY Just on paper, without seeing him play you would know he's a good player. When you watch him play, i...
BILL WHITEHEAD Ricky Woods is an exceptional player. He's certainly one of the best in our league. We would certain...
BILLY TUBBS We got stops in overtime when we needed them. Iverson is so tough to stop and you're never really go...
KEYON DOOLING just because theres a goalie, doesnt mean you cant score
BRADLEY ADAM HENDERSON
Some days I look in the mirror and feel hot. Other days I say, 'I've got back fat'. CHARLIZE THERON It definitely did. Our guards tried to force some passes that weren't there. Our guard play has got ...
CRAIG PIPPEN We don't want to put too high expectations on him. We know he's going to be a good player. If he pla...
DENIS PAGAN Whatever defense we were in, we had to stretch that towards him. If he put the ball on the floor, we...
WAYNE MORGAN We didn't have good help defense. You can't guard Haley one-on-one without some help from your teamm...
DEB BENNETT Richie said he started to idle, and then Richie panicked and cracked him. You really don't want to h...
BARCLAY TAGG We tried to convince him to stay but we couldn't, ... We have a very high opinion of him as a player...
ARRIGO SACCHI
You weren't able to talk sense into him?"Well, we kind of tried to kill each other in a duel t...
RICK RIORDAN With 15 seconds left I tried to get a jump on him. Luckily I got it.
BILLY CHAMBERLAIN
I'm much more starstruck by athletes than I am by actors, and I think I saw Kobe Bryant at a bas... CHRIS EVANS
I got some new underwear the other day. Well, new to me. ANONYMOUS
I got some new underwear the other day. Well, new to me. EMO PHILIPS The key to playing a guy like Bradford is putting pressure on him. If you let him sit back there he'...
DAN COCANNOUER Some day, some day of days, threading the street With idle, heedless pace, Unlooking for such ...
NORA PERRY We tried to guard her. I guess she wanted to prove she should have been on the All-Rookie team.
MUFFET MCGRAW We knew he wouldn't go all the way, so early on, we took some pitches and tried to make him have som...
DEWEY KALMER
Do you think we'll get married one day?" I said."To each other?" Charlie asked.
"No, sill...
A.S. KING It's just every day. You work on it every day. We have to communicate, and as a point guard, that's ...
DEDRICK FINN We do not know why the man tried to immolate himself but we managed to stop him.
ANITA ROY
I think he meant to be there for a few days, but I gave him some moonshine after the first day and d... JOHNNY KNOXVILLE I'm so proud of my teammates. Isaiah Thomas is a great player and nobody is going to stop him, but t...
VENOY OVERTON We wanted to get all the help we could on him and he such a fine player and can shoot it from anywhe...
DEWEY PENNELL
