Kobe Bryant shed a little light onto his most prevalent of influences. And the specific influence of AC Milan’s style of soccer is what became adherent to Kobe’s style of play. This is merely another indicator that basketball players are totally infatuated with wanting to be soccer players. Because, aside from salary and fame, it’s tremendously cooler to be a soccer player. Ask anyone. Except the Italians. They’ll ruin your entire fucking scope of the game.

Kobe on how soccer made him a better hoops player [The Offside Rules]