今天对NBA来说是个值得纪念的日子，勇士打破公牛的记录赛季73胜，库里又一次打破他的赛季三分球记录，MVP+得分王+抢断王，但是这些本应引起关注的记录在他的面前全部黯然失色。他就是科比·布莱恩特，他今天就要退役了。
朋友圈比比赛精彩的多，一夜之间几乎所有的人都变成了科密，无论男女平时看不看NBA都挂上了科比的图，大部分人都在关注科比的最后一战，议论他的60分，在说科比与自己的青春。
而我却突然想起了科比在年前给篮球写的情书。
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
短短几句话，饱含着科比对篮球无比的热爱。喜欢打球的朋友应该最能体会，这是怎样的一种热爱啊。原谅我直接粘贴了原文，我认为所有的翻译都是对其中感情的亵渎。
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
科比从最初受伤时的不甘，一步步走到现在的释然，平静的享受每一场比赛，我相信虽然无法再打NBA，但他一定是幸福的。因为他已将他一生最好的时光全部奉献给了他所热爱的篮球，能为自己的梦想竭尽全力并取得成就是多么幸福的一件事情。
科比已经退役了，但是NBA里面还有许多像科比一样热爱篮球的球员们，还有你们喜欢的球星，他们有着和科比一样的精神与信念，他们都愿意为其所热爱的篮球事业倾其所有。我认为这才是NBA最吸引人的地方，这才应该是球星吸引你们的地方。
最后，不要再怀念你们的青春了，科比都放下了，抓紧去为你们热爱的事业努力奋斗吧。愿我们每一个人垂垂老矣时，都能像科比一样充满骄傲的说，"我已经为我所热爱的事业付出了所有，离开的没有遗憾。"
个人拙见，希望能帮到你。
