Kobe chronicles: Players, coaches and broadcasters recount their best Kobe moments

The relationships that came out of there, myself and Kobe, you see it now with the relationship that we have -- its just a total amount of respect.

There are times when youre on the floor and you kind of have to pinch yourself a little bit, make sure youre not dreaming, as corny as it sounds.

— Robin Lopez

We sent double-teams at him, we sent triple-teams at him and normally he would pass out of it, but he was just on fire that night and he scored every time.

He changed the game, not just on the court but off the court, and he means a lot. Thats my favorite player.

The house was full of about 30 to 40 people in it and everybody saw Kobe and was like, 'Aw, man! He eats ribs!' and he said, 'Yeah, I pump my own gas, too.'

It was a very emotional situation from the standpoint of competing. One of the greats, a friend, brother, one last time.

A lot of people like to see highlight dunks, a lot of crossovers and stuff like that. But when Im watching Kobe, I just watch how detailed he is and just watching how he reads the game

I never got a chance to play against Jordan, so for my era, Kobe was the best player of my generation so the game will sorely miss him.

I just remember him hitting a three and one jump shot and looking at me like, 'Go sit down.'

It will 'be kind of weird' to think of the NBA without Bryant.

We played for many years. It's been great. We're moving on.

I dont know why everybody just made it seem like we just hated each other.

We come in not understanding who Father Time is, and at the end, you find out very quickly who he is and that he's undefeated. There's no way around it.

That's when I got behind the podium after the game and said, 'Kobe is the best player in the world!'

Who would you want to take the last shot in a game, Michael Jordan or Kobe?