Fisher also referenced Bryant’s commitment to women’s athletics and women’s basketball as the departed Lakers legend remained steadfast in providing an opportunity for 13-year-old daughter Gianna, who also perished along with seven others in the Calabasas, California, helicopter crash in late January. “There are other days where it is a struggle … obviously they have been showing old games of ours, every time you look up there’s something Kobe-related that sometimes makes it tough to accept the fact that he’s not here, makes me feel like I can hit him up when I see him … “I know he would want us all to keep pushing on and channel our inner toughness and keep being who we are, try to be the best version of ourselves.”