In a now viral clip that has sparked an entire hashtag movement, ESPN sports anchor Elle Duncan shared the story of how she had interviewed the late Kobe Bryant about his family of four daughters.
She recalled how she had met the basketball legend exactly one time, when she was 8 months pregnant with her own daughter. Upon hearing she was pregnant with a girl, Bryant high-fived her.
"Girls are the best!" she remembers him saying. The sports legend told the new mom-to-be to "just be grateful" for the gift of having a girl, because "girls are amazing."
When she asked him if he wanted more children, and what would happen if he had another girl (he and his wife had three children at the time, so Kobe had one more girl in his future he didn't know about yet!), he gave her this now famous reply:
'I would have five more girls, if I could ... I'm a girl dad'
Here's to you
The world could use more of you — and we are so grateful for each and every proud #girldad out there.
