Allen Iverson:
"It's one memory of him that I can't stop thinking about," Iverson wrote. "It was our rookie season and my first trip to LA for a game against the Lakers. (Bryant) came to my hotel, picked me up and took me to a restaurant. When we returned (and) before he left, he asked me, 'What are you going to do tonight?'
"My reply was, 'I'm going to the club. What are you going to do?' He said, 'I'm going to the gym.'
"That's who he always was, a true student of the game of basketball and also the game of life."