Kobe will retire after 15-16 - NBA

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Dear Basketball,

致我親愛的籃球


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:


余憶童稚時

能捲曲爹襪 想像自己投進致勝球

我知道有一件事確實假不了


I fell in love with you.

我愛妳

A love so deep I gave you my all —
From my mind & body
To my spirit & soul.

對妳的愛戀深如鴻溝 以致我毫無保留的付出

從我的心靈及肉體 到我的精神和靈魂

一點都不保留

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.

當時只是一個六歲的小男孩

義無反顧的陷入我們之間的愛情

就像是一座隧道 而我不斷的在其中狂奔

猶如這座隧道沒有盡頭似的

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.

奔 不遺漏任何地方 我奔馳在球場的每個角落

掉球是妳給我的試煉 以此測試我是否永不放棄

我把心思全都放在妳身上

是因為我知道回報是如此的豐碩


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.

伴隨著汗水與傷病 我奔馳在球場上

並不是挑戰召喚了我

召喚我的是妳

這一切都是為了妳

妳做的一切

讓我感到真真實實的活在球場上

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.

因為妳 一個六歲的小男孩做起了湖人夢

就算只有這個理由 也足夠我永遠愛妳

儘管我想付出更多來維持對妳的瘋狂愛戀

但很抱歉這個球季是我僅存的一點東西

我的心能繼續承受重擊

意識能繼續承受磨難

不過身體確實的告訴我: 是時候該說再見了

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.

沒事的

我已經做好放手的心理準備

每一吋關於我們的回憶 我們都會銘記在心

不管好的 或是壞的

我們都貢獻一切

毫無保留


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

我們都知道

無論我的下一步會怎麼走

我還是那個男孩

捲成球的襪子

目光望向角落的垃圾桶

時間倒數5秒

球在我手上...

5....

4....

3....

2....

1....


Love you always,
Kobe


愛不停歇

Kobe



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