Randy Moss Pays Tribute To Kobe Bryant With Touching Message

Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others died in a tragic helicopter crash a week ago. Athletes have paid tribute for the Lakers legend, and Randy Moss was the last to pay tribute to Kobe Bryant.

The former Patriots wide receiver and Pro Football Hall of Famer Randy Moss is the latest athlete to deliver a message for the legend. He paid respect Sunday before the Super Bowl game. Moss can relate to the Black Mamba as a former superstar and a loving father.

“I think it’s just hard to talk about Kobe. Kobe Bryant was one of the, some of the greatest athletes of our world, of this generation’s athlete. You know, and I’ll take it back to when I was a kid, being able to respect and look at a man like Michael Jordan. Everything he meant to the game of basketball. You know how many kids around the world tried to emulate Michael Jordan.

“Come out with commercials. ‘I want to be just like Mike.’ And here comes a young kid straight out of high school to be able to get to the NBA and show us everything that we tried to do in the backyard to try to emulate arguably the greatest basketball player. But he put a stamp on this world. Not just in basketball but just as a whole. And just to have a man like that gone at such a young age. I told my wife that I was going to say this and this message is to the Bryant family, I’m sorry for your loss. In my Moss household, it’s Mamba forever.”

Randy Moss and his emotional tribute for Kobe Bryant will make you cry

“And I just want, you know, I’m sorry I’m up here emotional, but that’s the first time I’ve heard anything about Kobe Bryant since his death. And since we were at the Pro Bowl, I had a lot of messages on my phone talking about, ‘Randy, you didn’t take time out to give Kobe his respects.’ But I didn’t want to say anything live on national television because we didn’t know if things were true or not. And I really appreciate you all giving me this platform but man, when I say ‘Mamba Forever’…

“I’m a big Michael Jordan fan, I really am. But when I say it’s ‘Mamba Forever,’ man, I say that Kobe Bryant to me, man. You take politics out of professional sports. Kobe Bryant is the best and the greatest basketball player, and I’m not saying since he’s here, anybody can check my resume. I love the game of basketball. Bryant, man, is the greatest basketball player, no disrespect to any of the greats out there. But now that he’s gone, I say it when he’s here. The greatest basketball player I’ve ever seen dribble a basketball is Kobe Bean Bryant man. God rest his soul.”