文/Kobe Bryant 繪/馬豆子

科比退役：致親愛的籃球

To My Dear Basketball

文/Kobe Bryant 繪/馬豆子

Dear Basketball,

From the moment, I started rolling my dad's tube socks, And shooting imaginary, Game-winning shots①game-winning shots 制勝球, 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 and body to my spirit and soul. As a six-year-old boy, Deeply in love with you, I never saw the end of②the end of ……的最后 eg. His death marked the end of an era. 他的逝世標志著一個時代的結束。the tunnel③tunnel 英 ［'t?nl］ 美 ［'t?nl］ n. 隧道；坑道；洞穴通道 vt. 挖；在……打開通道；在……挖掘隧道. I only saw myself, Running out of④run out of 用完；從……跑出來；（液體）從……流出；［美國英語］強迫離開；驅逐出……eg. We ran out of coal，and had to burn wood. 我們的煤用光了，只好燒柴。one. And so I ran. I ran up and down every court, After every loose ball⑤loose ball 雙方都未控制的球for you. Y ou asked for my hustle⑥hustle 英 ［'h?s（?）l］ 美 ［'h?sl］ vt. 催促；猛推；強奪 vi. 趕緊；硬擠過去；拼命掙錢 n. 推；奔忙；擁擠喧嚷, 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 pounding⑦pounding 英［'pa?nd??］ n.重擊；重擊聲, My mind can handle the grind⑧grind 英 ［ɡra?nd］ 美 ［ɡra?nd］ n. 磨；苦工作, 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 savor⑨savor 英 ［'se?v?］ 美 ［'sev?］ vt.盡情享受；使有風味；加調味品于；品嘗，欣賞vi. 有……的滋味；帶有……的性質 n. 滋味；氣味；食欲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: five seconds on the clock, Ball in my hands.5... 4... 3... 2... 1

Love you always,

Kobe

Kobe親愛的籃球：

在小時候，我穿著老爸的直筒襪，假裝著我在大西部論壇球館投中制勝球時開始，我就清楚地知道一件事情：我愛上你了。

我愛你如此之深，已奉獻我的所有——從我的思想到我的身體，從我的精神到我的靈魂。6歲的我，深深地愛著你。我從沒想過這段旅程結束時的樣子，我只看到我自己在這條路上奔跑，所以我不停地跑，每場比賽我都不停奔跑，為爭取每一次得到你的機會，你需要我拼盡全力。

我為你奉上了我的心，因為這需要的不僅僅是盡力。我為打球流盡血汗、帶著一身傷病，不是因為困難在挑戰(zhàn)我，而是因為你在呼喚我，我已經為你做了一切，因為你也是這樣對待我。因為你讓我感覺，我自己是一個鮮活的人，你讓一個6歲的孩子實現了他的湖人夢，為此我將永遠愛你。

但是我不能再如此迷戀你了。

這個賽季是我所能最后給予你的，我的心還能繼續(xù)承受各種打擊，我的意志也還能繼續(xù)堅持下去，但我的身體讓我知道是時候說再見了。這也很好，我已經做好準備跟你說再見了。

我現在只是想讓你知道，我們倆都可以永遠珍藏著彼此一起度過的每一段時光，無論是好的，還是壞的，我們已經給了彼此我們所能給的全部。我們倆都知道，接下來無論我去做什么，我都會是那個穿著老爸的直筒襪，瞄準角落里的垃圾桶，假裝進攻時間還有5秒，手里拿著籃球的小孩。

5秒……4秒……3秒……2秒……1秒。

一直愛你的，科比