Kostas Antetokounmpo has a tattoo of a lion's head on his left forearm. Brian Hamilton's 2018 profile of the player for The Athletic describes the tattoo and inspiration at length:
He got it after his father died. Charles was a Leo, and Kostas has always seen his dad as a lion, taking care of this little pride of boys in Greece, doing whatever he had to do to get the four siblings whatever they needed. When Kostas was little, the family used to say he was the son who was most like the father, a quiet man who minded his own business. His mother said they looked just like each other. Same build. Same face. A spitting image.
Kostas directs a visitor’s attention to the inscription above the tattoo.
I am my father’s legacy, it reads.
