Michael Jordan recuerda con lágrimas a Kobe Bryant

please welcome Michael Jordan [Applause] [Music] [Music] I'm grateful to Vanessa and Bryan family for the opportunity to speak today I'm grateful to be here to honor Gigi and celebrate the gift that Kobe gave us all what he comes that's the basketball player as a businessman and a storyteller and as a father in the game of basketball in life as a parent Kobe left nothing in the tank he left it all on the [Applause] maybe it's spies people the COBE and I are very close friends but we were very close friends coby's was my dear friend it was like a little brother everyone always wanted to talk about the comparisons between he and I I just wanted to talk about Kobe and as I got to know him I want it to be the best big brother that I could be [Music] [Applause] to do that you had to put up with the aggravation the late-night calls or the dumb questions I took great pride as I got to know Kobe Bryant that he was just trying to be a better person a better basketball player we talked about business we talked about frenemy we talked about everything and he was just trying to be a better person [Music] now he's got me I'll have to look at another crime mean for the Knicks [Applause] I told my wife I wasn't gonna do this because I didn't want to see that for the next three or four years that is what Kobe Bryant does to me I'm pretty sure of Vanessa and his friends all can say the same thing he knows how to get to you in a way that affects you personally even though if he's being a pain in the ass but it she always ever has sense of love for him and the way that he can bring out the best in you he did that for me I remembered maybe a couple of months ago he sends me a text and he's saying I'm trying to teach my daughter some moves and I don't know what I was thinking or what I was working on but what would you what were you thinking about when you were trying as you were growing up trying to work on your moves I say what age he says 12 I said 12 I was trying to play baseball he sends me a text back saying laughing my ass off this is at two o'clock in the morning but the thing about him was we could talk about anything that related to basketball but we can talk about anything that related to life and we as we grow up in life really have friends that we can have conversations like that well it's even rare when you can go up against adversaries and have conversations like that I went and saw Phil Jackson in 1999 or maybe 2000 i don't know when phil was here in LA and I walk in and Kobe is sitting there and the first thing I'm in a suit first thing Kobe said did you bring your shoes no I wasn't thinking about playing but his attitude to compete and play against someone he felt like he could enhancer and improve his game to me and that's what I loved about the kid absolutely loved about it the kid the amount of where he saw me it was a challenge and I admired him because his passion you rarely see someone who's looking and trying to improve each and every day not just in sports but as a parent as a husband I am inspired about what he's done and what he shared with Vanessa and what he's shared with his kids I have a daughter who is 30 who just became a grandparent and I have two twins I have a 22-6 [Applause] I can't wait to get home to become a girl dad and to hug them and the see the love that didn't the smiles that they bring to us as parents he taught me that just by looking at this tonight looking at how he responded and reacted with the people they actually loved these are the things that we will continue to learn I'm Kobe Bryant - Vanessa Natalia Bianca Capri my wife and I will keep you closer in our hearts in our prayers you will always be here for you always I also want to offer our condolences and support to all the families affected by this enormous tragedy Kobe gave every last ounce of himself to whatever he was doing after basketball he showed a creative side to himself that I didn't think any of us knew he had in retirement he seemed so happy he found new passions and he continued to give back as a coach in his community more importantly he was amazing dad amazing husband who dedicated himself to his family and who loved his daughters with all his heart Kobe never left anything on the court and I think that's what he would want for us to do no one knows how much time we have that's why we must live in the moment we must enjoy the moment we must reach and see and spend as much time as we can with our families and friends and the people that we absolutely love to live in the moment means to enjoy each and every one that we come in contact with when Kobe Bryant died a piece of me died and as I look in this arena across the globe a piece of you died or else you wouldn't be here those are the memories that we have to live with and we learn from them I promise you from this day forward I will live with the memories of knowing that I had a little brother that I tried to help in everywhere I could please rest in peace [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause]

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Length: 9min 27sec (567 seconds)

Published: Tue Feb 25 2020