Many people are still paying tribute to the sports icon, whose impact will never be forgotten.
Osaka and Bryant met in June 2019, just six months before his untimely death.
“There would be some really tough losses,” Osaka toldThe Wall Street Journal(viaPeople).
For me, it was definitely helpful."
I don’t really know what to do so I’m writing you this letter," she wrote.
“Thank you for being you.
Thank you for inspiring people everywhere, you have no idea how many hearts you’ve touched.
Thank you for being so humble and not acting as big as you are..
Thank you for caring and checking up on me after my hard losses.”
Osaka continued, “Thank you for randomly texting me ‘You ok?
‘, cause you know how f***** up my head is sometimes.
Thank you for existing.
You will forever be my big bro/mentor/inspiration.
In February, Osaka posted a video on Twitter of her playing tennis with Bryant.
“He wasn’t THAT bad at tennis… haha love you bro,” she wrote.
“Typical Mamba mentality,” said Pelinka.
