Michael Jordan recuerda con lágrimas a Kobe Bryant

please welcome Michael Jordan. I am grateful to Vanessa and the 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's next, that's the basketball player as a businessman and storyteller and as a father in the game of basketball in life as a father Kobe He didn't leave anything in the tank, he left everything in the tank. Maybe they are spy people. COBE and I are very close friends, but we were very close. Coby was my dear friend. He was like a little brother.

Everyone always wanted to talk about the comparisons between him and me. , I just wanted to talk about Kobe and as I've gotten to know him, I want him to be the best big brother he can be, which you had to do. I endured the aggravation of late night calls or stupid questions. I was very proud when I met Kobe Bryant. He was just trying to be a better person, a better basketball player. We talk about business. We talk about enemies. We talk about. everything and he was just trying to be a better person now that he has me.

I'll have to look at another bad crime for the Knicks. I told my wife that she wasn't going to do this because she didn't want to see that for the rest. The next three or four years that's what Kobe Bryant will do to me. I'm pretty sure Vanessa and her friends can say the same. He knows how to reach you in a way that affects you personally, even if it is painful. up the ass, but she always has love for him and the way he can bring out the best in you. He did that for me.

I remembered, maybe a couple of months ago, he texts me and says, trying to teach my daughter some moves and I don't know what she was thinking or what she was working on, but what were you thinking when you did it? Did you try 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 texts me saying I'm laughing out loud, this is at two in the morning, but the thing about him is that We could talk about anything related to basketball, but we can talk about anything related to life and we, as we grow in life, we actually have friends that we can have conversations with like that, well, it's even weird when you can face to 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 Los Angeles and I walk in and Kobe is sitting there and the first thing I'm in a suit is the first thing Kobe said: did you bring your shoes? No, I wasn't thinking about that. playing, but his attitude to competing and playing against someone, I felt like he could enhance and improve his game for me and that's what I loved about the kid. I loved it, the child the number of times he saw me was a challenge and I admired him. him because his passion is rarely seen in someone who seeks and tries to improve every day, not only in sports but also as a father and as a husband.

He inspires me with what he has done and what he shared with Vanessa and what he shared with his children. I have a 30-year-old daughter who has just become a grandmother and I have two twins. I have a 22-6. I can't wait to get home to become a girl dad and hug them and see the love that doesn't smile. that they bring to us as parents, he taught me that just by watching this tonight, seeing how he responded and reacted to the people that he truly 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 to 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 ounce of himself in whatever it was. was doing after basketball, he showed a creative side of himself that I didn't think any of us knew he had when he retired, he seemed so happy that he found new passions and continued to contribute as a coach in his community, most importantly, he was incredible. incredible husband dad who was dedicated 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 us to do no one knows how much time we have so 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 we love absolutely living in the moment means enjoying each and everyone we come into contact with When Kobe Bryant died, a part of I died and as I look in this arena around the world, a part of you died or else you wouldn't be here, those are the memories we have to live with and we learn from them, I promise.

You from now on I will live with the memories of knowing that I had a little brother who I tried to help everywhere I could, please rest in peace.