I Just Love Kobe

There's nothing like comparing your rape charge to Jesus and tsunami victims.

KING: Does it [the tsunami] make your own adversity seem small?

BRYANT: Oh, absolutely.

KING: It dwarfs it, right?

BRYANT: Absolutely. You know, we all have crosses to bear. We all have crosses to bear. And you know, the cross that you are blessed to carry, may feel like a huge burden to you, but there's somebody out there who has a cross five times bigger than yours...

KING: You're not kidding.

BRYANT: ...that's carrying that cross. And then there's another person who has a cross bigger than his. And so we're all blessed in our own way, to be able to just wake up in the morning and to be able to receive the Lord's blessing, and to carry that cross and carry that burden, because it's a blessing, and that's how it should be looked. Because in the process of going through adversity, you're learning something. It brings you closer to God.