I grew up watching Kobe Bryant.

I don't need no advice from Kobe Bryant.

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

Kobe Bryant is a terrific offensive rebounder.

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

I sang with Anita Bryant in the Southern Baptist churches.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

People were referring to me as the new Anita Bryant. Anita would get a little jealous.

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

I love Jimmy Bryant, and I love Albert Lee. Roy Clark. Chet Atkins. I love those pickers.

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

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

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

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

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

I don't really celebrate victories. Kobe Bryant just kept playing. Michael Jordan just kept playing.

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

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

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

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

Misery loves company. This is a Hollywood soap opera, and I'm not going to be a star in another Bryant soap opera.

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

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.

Oh, I think Janie Bryant is a genius. I mean, I think she changed menswear almost single-handedly with what she did on 'Mad Men.'

Anita Bryant had the effect of galvanizing the whole gay movement. She was somebody whom everybody could hate. She was easy to hate.

Eric Bryant and Ethan Berlin, the creators of 'Bunk,' asked me to come get involved in very early process when they wanted to make a game show.

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 want to be that type of guy - I want to be Kobe Bryant. I want to be Tim Duncan. I want to be Dirk Nowitzki - stay with one team my whole career.

I'm much more starstruck by athletes than I am by actors, and I think I saw Kobe Bryant at a basketball party, and I just kind of froze. He's monstrous.

You're always going to have a Dez Bryant somewhere in the league, somebody who has to go through some off-the-field problems in order to reach his potential.

Six books after the surprises of 'Full Dark House,' the Bryant and May novels continue to stay within the bounds of formula by straining against them in new ways.

Kobe Bryant, to me, is still the best basketball player in my mind. He played with me and he was in my era. I still love him to death. He's a little brother to me.

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.

The basketball great Kobe Bryant started his own venture-capital firm. LeBron James has rebranded himself as not just an athlete but also an investor and entrepreneur.

It's funny: I don't get to play characters where I wear what I want to wear. With 'Mad Men,' if Janie Bryant doesn't laugh at me, then that outfit doesn't make it to air.

I guess I've always been a groupie. My first date was a bull rider called Tommy Lee Bryant. We'd go to the rodeo every Saturday and Sunday. The bull riders were the cool guys.

A lot of players will tell you, 'When I was a kid, I watched Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, LeBron, Magic, and I wanted to be just like them.' For me, it wasn't like that at all.

I was one of those kids who watched the Bear Bryant Show every Sunday, and every time Alabama played, I was listening on the radio. I'd fight you if you talked bad about Alabama.

I personally love watching greats like Matt Lauer, Scott Pelly, Howard Cossell, Bryant Gumble and others that can stimulate an intelligent, thoughtful, moving conversation or interview.

If you look at the history of the NBA, guys that came out of high school are the guys that held the NBA together. You look a Kobe Bryant, you look at a LeBron, these are household names.

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