From the moment

　　那一年

　　I started rolling my dad’s tube socks

　　我第一次穿上爸爸的筒襪

　　And shooting imaginary Game-winning shots

　　幻想著自己在場上贏球

　　In the Great Western Forum

　　幻想自己在西部論壇球館

　　I knew one thing was real:

　　我知道

　　I fell in love with you.

　　我愛上了籃球

　　A love so deep I gave you my all —

　　我愛的如此深切

　　From my mind & body

　　無論思想，肉體

　　To my spirit & soul.

　　還是精神，靈魂

　　As a six-year-old boy

　　六歲的我

　　Deeply in love with you

　　已深深地愛上了籃球

　　I never saw the end of the tunnel.

　　我看不到盡頭

　　I only saw myself

　　我只看到了自己

　　Running out of one.

　　竭盡全力

　　And so I ran.

　　努力奔跑

　　I ran up and down every court

　　我在球場上不斷奔跑

　　After every loose ball for you.

　　爭奪每一個籃板球

　　You asked for my hustle

　　你們想看到我努力拼搏

　　I gave you my heart

　　我便將赤心交于你們

　　Because it came with so much more.

　　這其中，想說的提多

　　I played through the sweat and hurt

　　我揮汗如雨，帶傷征戰

　　Not because challenge called me

　　不為挑戰

　　But because YOU called me.

　　只為籃球

　　I did everything for YOU

　　我傾盡一切

　　Because that’s what you do

　　只為籃球

　　When someone makes you feel as

　　你讓我感到充實

　　Alive as you’ve made me feel.

　　讓我意識到自己還活著

　　You gave a six-year-old boy his Laker dream

　　你讓那個六歲的小男孩心懷湖人夢

　　And I’ll always love you for it.

　　我愛你愛的太多

　　But I can’t love you obsessively for much longer.

　　但是我不能再沉溺地愛下去了

　　This season is all I have left to give.

　　這將是我最后一個賽季

　　My heart can take the pounding

　　我的心仍在跳

　　My mind can handle the grind

　　我的意志仍然堅強

　　But my body knows it’s time to say goodbye.

　　但是我的身體告訴我，該告別了

　　And that’s OK.

　　好吧

　　I’m ready to let you go.I want you to know now

　　我該放手了，我想讓你明白

　　So we both can savor every moment we have left together.

　　在剩余的時光中，我們盡情享受

　　The good and the bad.

　　好壞亦然

　　We have given each other

　　我們已經為對方

　　All that we have.

　　傾盡所有

　　And we both know, no matter what I do next

　　我們都知道，從今以后

　　I’ll always be that kid. With the rolled up socks

　　我還是那個小男孩，穿著筒襪

　　Garbage can in the corner

　　瞄準墻角的垃圾桶

　　:05 seconds on the clock

　　默念倒計時五秒

　　Ball in my hands.

　　球在我手中

　　5…4…3…2…1

　　5…4…3…2…1

　　Love you always,

　　永遠愛著你，我的籃球

　　Kobe

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