Lou Williams Quotes

It's hard not to respect Kobe Bryant's game: He's one of the all-time greats.

Magic Johnson is one of the greatest players to ever play... he's the best point guard to ever play, so I can learn a lot of things from him.

A lot of black guys always ask me, 'Did Larry Bird really play that good?' I said, 'Larry Bird is so good it's frightening.'

Kobe Bryant, to me, is still the best basketball player in my mind. He played with me and he was in my era. I still love him to death. He's a little brother to me.

LeBron James is one of the best players in the league - and one of the best players to ever play the game.

Kobe Bryant was the reason I started playing basketball - always was and will be my favorite player of all time. I love the way he could get his shot off, his footwork down in the post, just his determination to be the best player.

Dwight Howard is a Hall of Fame player.

Kobe Bryant has always been my favorite player, and he was drafted No. 13, too, in 1996.

Carl Yastrzemski was the best all-around player. He could run, throw and hit. He had the ability to play a number of different positions. He signed as a shortstop. He could play the outfield, of course, and third base and first, too. He was a tremendous athlete. Mickey Mantle was unbelievable, too.

As far as I'm concerned, Aaron is the best ball player of my era. He is to baseball of the last fifteen years what Joe DiMaggio was before him. He's never received the credit he's due.

Kobe's legacy is definitely one of the best players to play this game ever.

Superstar - I mean, when I think of superstar, I think of LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, names like that. I don't know if I can put myself in that category.

Kobe is amazing. He's extremely competitive.

I've always been a Kobe fan; he's one of my favorite players.

Obviously, Kobe is one of the greatest players to ever play the game.

You can't have a greater person to emulate your game around than Scottie Pippen.

I've looked up to Michael Jordan because not only was he an assassin on offense, he was an assassin on defense.

To put it another way, Michael Jordan was a gym rat.

Pau is one of the best big men in the game. I mean, Pau Gasol is going to be in the Hall of Fame.

Who do I think was the greatest? This might shock you: Elgin Baylor. He did so many great things. Nobody could guard him, playing in the forward spot. I'd love to see some of today's greats playing against Elgin. They couldn't guard him. Nobody could.

No player in baseball history worked harder, suffered more, or did it better than Andre Dawson. He's the best I've ever seen.

In New York, after that famous home run, they expected me to be up there every year. That homer raised me to a high level, with the top guys in the game.

There's absolutely no comparisons to me or anyone else to Willie Mays. Willie Mays, he's the greatest baseball player of all time.

I grew up watching Kobe Bryant.

Kevin Garnett was a great player, but he wasn't Kobe Bryant.