“I heard the ball bouncing. No lights were on. Practice was at about 11， it was probably about 9，9：30. And I go out to the court and I look，and there's Kobe Bryant. He's out there shooting in the dark. And I stood there for probably about ten seconds， and I said，‘This kid is gonna be great ... I knew this kid was gonna be special.’”

“我听见拍球声。没有开灯。训练大概在11点开始，那时候才9点、9点半左右，然后我去球场看了看，发现科比·布莱恩特在那儿。他摸着黑在投篮，我在那儿站了大概10秒，当时我说‘这孩子必成大器……我觉得他会很出众’。”（美国商业内幕网站）

——19日，洛杉矶湖人队举行篮球巨星科比·布莱恩特的8号球衣和24号球衣退役仪式。湖人前主帅拜伦·斯科特在采访中表示，科比18岁时，他就断定科比必成大器。（张伊宇编译）