Kobe Bryant will go down as one of the greatest basketball players to ever live when he retires at the conclusion of the 2015-16 season. However, it's not the only sport he loves. Bryant has also been vocal throughout his career about the appreciation for soccer he developed while growing up in Italy, where it is much more popular than basketball.
Most would agree that the rangy 6'6 wing obviously ended up making the right choice of which sport to pursue as his primary focus. Still, it was notable when Bryant was asked by Thierry Henry, a retired forward who last played for the New York Red Bulls but also spent time with Arsenal, Barcelona, Monaco, and Juventus, who he saw as the "Kobe Bryant of fútbol.