During his appearence on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Shaquille O’Neal, the 48-year-old former basketball player, reflected on the time that he met Kobe Bryant and the basketball legend asked for his autograph.
Of course, they went on to play with each other in the Los Angeles Lakers. The athlete recalled a story told by Kobe in which he said that he tried to get an autograph from Penny Hardaway, but he blew him off.
However, when Kobe approached Shaq, he was a lot nicer. Shaq said that not long after, Kobe came onto the team and went into the locker room and asked, “you remember me?” O’Neal says that Kobe was ambitious right from the start; he wanted the top position on the team.
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