'You're my daughter before you're a basketball player,' said Kobe Bryant in November
The late NBA star — who previously expressed his joy in being a “” to his four daughters — said the tricky part about coaching his young athlete was “making sure she knows that I love her whether she plays well or plays like crap.”
“Doesn’t matter,” he said at the time of any shortcomings on the court. “You know, you’re my daughter before you’re a basketball player, and it’s important that she knows that that’s how I feel.” He continued: “And those aren’t words — you have to behave that way; you have to show her that after a tough game, you get in the car and it’s forgotten.”
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