一代篮球巨星科比煽情宣布退役全文
Dear Basketball
——Kobe Bryant
From the moment
I started rolling my dad’s tube socks
And shooting imaginary
Game-winning shots
In the Great Western Forum
I knew one thing was real:
I fell in love with you.
A love so deep I gave you my all —
From my mind & body
To my spirit & soul.
As a six-year-old boy
Deeply in love with you
I never saw the end of the tunnel.
I only saw myself
Running out of one.
And so I ran.
I ran up and down every court
After every loose ball for you.
You asked for my hustle
I gave you my heart
Because it came with so much more.
I played through the sweat and hurt
Not because challenge called me
But because YOU called me.
I did everything for YOU
Because that’s what you do
When someone makes you feel as
Alive as you’ve made me feel.
You gave a six-year-old boy his Laker dream
And I’ll always love you for it.
But I can’t love you obsessively for much longer.
This season is all I have left to give.
My heart can take the pounding
My mind can handle the grind
But my body knows it’s time to say goodbye.
And that’s OK.
I’m ready to let you go.
I want you to know now
So we both can savor every moment we have left together.
The good and the bad.
We have given each other
All that we have.
And we both know, no matter what I do next
I’ll always be that kid
With the rolled up socks
Garbage can in the corner
:05 seconds on the clock
Ball in my hands.
5 … 4 … 3 … 2 … 1
Love you always,
Kobe
《亲爱的篮球》
科比·布莱恩特
小时候
我穿着老爸的直筒袜
想象着我在大西部论坛球馆
(从1967年至1999年期间一直是洛杉矶湖人队的主场,它也是湖人队使用时间最长的主场)
投中制胜球的样子
我就深深明白一件事
我爱上了篮球
我爱你如此深以致贡献所有
我的思想和身体
我的精神和灵魂
六岁开始
我就深爱着你
从未想到过结束
我只看到自己
在这条路上奔跑到尽头
所以我不停地跑
在 每个球馆我全力奔跑
为你争取每次机会
你要求我拼尽所有
所以我奉上真心
因为这里包含太多
我带着汗水和伤痛
不仅因为挑战
而是你在召唤我
我为你奉献所有
因为你也赠予我全部
因为篮球
我感到是一个鲜活的人
你让6岁孩子实现湖人梦
为此我将永远爱你
但我不能再迷恋你
这个赛季是我仅能给
心还能继续承受打击
意志也还能被碾磨
但身体知道是时候说再见
那好吧
我已经准备让你离开
现在只是想让你知道
我们能永远珍藏着每段时光
无论是好的,还是坏的
我们已贡献给彼此
所有的全部
无论接下来我会做什么
我都会是那个孩子
穿着老爸直筒袜
瞄准角落里的垃圾桶
时钟5秒在倒数
手里拿着篮球
5, 4 ,3 ,2 ,1
一直爱你的
科比