距离科比退役还有十多个小时,还有最后一场比赛。我算不上真正热爱篮球的球迷,但我喜欢篮球这项运动,我喜欢看着篮球沿着抛物线的轨迹刷筐而进的时刻。
对于科比,我没有用太多的青春去追。虽然,他真的名副其实地陪伴了所有90后的青春(从1996年开始进入NBA,到2016年,整整20年),我也不是湖人的球迷。只是在这样一个被全世界聚焦的告别时刻到来的时候,我想写一点文字,毕竟等这一天过去,我也没有第二个青春去追了。时光的脚步是留不住的,但是一定可以用某种特别的方式记住它。
闪耀着光芒的星星很多,通常,我们抬头最先看到的还是最亮的那一颗。科比·布莱恩特,就像是这个时代篮球王国里的那颗耀眼的星星,用20年的时间去做好一件事,让更多的人知道有一个名叫科比·布莱恩特的家伙篮球打得相当相当得不错。
科比,Kobe Bryant,身高6英尺6英寸,出生于1978年8月23日。20年的篮球生涯,拿下了5次总冠军、2次得分王、4次全明星MVP、1次常规赛MVP、2次总决赛MVP、18次NBA全明星、11次最佳阵容一阵、9次最佳防守阵容、单场81分……太多太多的荣誉和光环萦绕着他。
20年的篮球生涯让他从当初一个青涩的高中生变成了现在的小飞侠、黑曼巴、打铁王、得分王、一个真真正正出色的篮球巨星。
只是,英雄终将退出战场,即便精神和意志犹在。2016年4月14日星期四,对于科比本人,对于所有喜欢科比的人来说,注定是不平凡的一天。
讲不出再见,是因为我们希望这段青春依然能够激情燃烧下去,然后彼此陪伴;
讲不出再见,是因为科比给予了太多太多惊喜和感动,我们还想继续拥有下去;
讲不出再见,是因为真的不想说再见。
千言万语,只有汇成千千万万的祝福。
记住科比在宣布退役时写下的文字
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
前方依旧有路,明天过后,洛杉矶凌晨四点的太阳会照常升起。
道一声珍重,各自安好,用心守护好这段美好的青春记忆。
今夜,我在北京,祝福科比。