“I want to be that type of guy - I want to be Kobe Bryant. I want to be...” — Joel Embiid Quote

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.

One night, I went out with my teammates. I don't drink alcohol, so I wasn't drinking. This girl walked up to me; she was talking to me. She was like, 'Why aren't you drinking?' I was like, 'I just don't drink. Alcohol is nasty.' She said, 'I might have something for you.' She went and got a Shirley Temple. Then I was like, 'Ohhh, OK.'

Agents recruiting high-school players and talking to high-schoolers - I feel like those are the people who put bad ideas in kids.

I started playing basketball so late, it just means that anything is possible.

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

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

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

I grew up watching Kobe Bryant.

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