影片连结: https://youtu.be/Hr3dX6__-hU
Dear Basketball,
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，
自那刻，
我卷起了老爸的长筒袜，
在梦想里置身论坛球场，
投进了那颗致胜球，
我确信了有一事是真实的：
就是我爱上了你。
爱是如此的深邃，让我愿意奉献一切，
从我的身心，到我的灵魂以及所思所绪。
做为一名六岁
深爱着你的的小男孩，
我从未看见这隧道的尽头，
只看见自己一直朝着那个方向迈进。
所以我飞奔而去，
每次在场上我总是拚命追逐著，
那些不在所有人控制下的你。
你希望我努力，
而我给了你全部，
只因我明白你将回报我更多。
我挺过受伤和汗水，
并不是因为挑战在那里招唤我，
而是因为听见你在那里。
我为你尽了一切努力，
因为是你我才这么做，
就像那些让你活过来的人，你也让我活了过来。
你给了一名六岁男孩关于湖人的美梦，
至今，我也将继续沈醉在梦中，
但我不能在为你痴迷下去了，
这赛季是我仅剩所能献给你的。
我的心能够忍受打击，
我的灵魂能够被撕裂，
而我的身体却明白说再见的时候已到了。
好吧！
我准备好让你走了，
只是想让你知道。
剩下那些彼此还能相处的片刻。
不论是些好的坏的，
都是我们相处的一部分，
也是我们所共有的。
而我们都明白，
接下来的旅途不论做些什么，
我都仍将是那个卷著长筒袜，
站在垃圾桶静立于球场角落旁，
蓄势待发的六岁小男孩。
倒数五秒，我紧握著球，
5、4、3、2、1......
一如既往爱你的，
Kobe