NBA Superstar Kobe Bryant

NBA Superstar Kobe Bryant

"If myself, Tracy McGrady and LeBron James had a soccer ball at our feet instead of a basketball at 2 years old, with our size, it could have been something. If we had played soccer all our lives, I think [the U.S. soccer team] would have been pretty potent."

-- Kobe Bryant answering a question about how good the U.S. Men's National Team could be if some of the best NBA athletes played soccer instead of basketball.