Growing up in L.A., Kobe was my idol, really.
“Growing up in L.A., Kobe was my idol, really.”
— Nick Young · Idol
The World Motivation
Growing up in L.A., Kobe was my idol, really.
“Growing up in L.A., Kobe was my idol, really.”
— Nick Young · Idol
Growing up in L.A., Kobe was my idol, really.
You know, if Kanye knows who you are, I think you're pretty much here. You've arrived.
As a player, you model yourself after other players. Kobe takes the same approach as Michael Jordan. But I follow someone like Magic Johnson; he showed emotion, he smiled and jumped around, he was happy for his teammates. There needs to be more players like that.
As a kid, you always wanted your own shoe. To see it happen, it's like a dream come true.
I'm just an outgoing cool cat.
George Gervin was my childhood idol since I was little. In Oakland I had all his posters on my wall.
When your parent is a public idol, you never really have a chance to lay that parent to rest.
Stevie G is the best midfielder I've played with. He was an idol for me and for everyone who watched him play, but when you were together with him, and you see him training, it was different: he was even better.
I'm an idol of cinema? Oh, wow.
I got to act with my childhood film idol, Robert Redford, and that's a gift in itself.