Kobe：never say goodbye

By Jerry Chen

出手50次，耗尽了最后一丝力气，轰下60分——在经历了漫长的20个赛季之后，2016年4月14日，“黑曼巴”打出了属于自己的史诗绝战。赛后，“黑曼巴”发表了告别感言。这一告别宣告了20年的落幕，让人恍如隔世。

Man!Guys,you know,I can't believe how fast 20 years went by.This is crazy.This is absolutely crazy.And to be standing here at center court with you guys,my teammates behind me and appreciating all this,the journey that we've been on—we've been through our ups and been through our downs,and I think the most important part is that we all stayed together throughout.

You know,I grew up a die-hard.I mean a die-hard Laker fan.Die-hard.I mean,I knew everything about every player that's ever played here.So to be drafted and then traded to this organization and to spend 20 years here,I mean,you can't write something better than this.

I'm more proud not about the championships,but about the down years.Because we didn't run.We didn't run.We played through all that stuff.We got our championships,and we did it the right way.All I can do here is just thank you guys.Thank you guys for all the years of support.Thank you guys for all the motivation.Thank you for all the inspiration.

You know what's funny.The thing that had me cracking up all night long is that the fact that I go through 20 years of everybody screaming to pass the ball and on the last night.They're like“Don't pass it”.This has been absolutely beautiful,you guys.I can't believe it's come to an end.You guys will always be in my heart，and I sincerely,sincerely appreciate it.No words can describe how I feel about you guys.Thank you,thank you from the bottom of my heart.I love you guys.I love you guys.

To my family—my wife Vanessa,my daughters Natalia and Gianna—thank you guys for all your sacrifices.For all the hours I spent in the gym working and training.And Vanessa,you holding down the family the way that you have,I can't,there's no way that I can thank you enough.So,from the bottom of my heart,thank you.

What can I say?Mamba out.

伙计们，我很难相信这20年这么快就过去了。这很疯狂，绝对地疯狂。和你们一起站在中心球场，我的队友们在我身后，欣赏这一切，我们的旅程，我们一直在经历起起伏伏，我认为最重要的是，我们都待在一起。

我是个死忠粉，我指的是湖人队的死忠粉，死忠。我的意思是，我知道所有的球员都在这里打球。因此，要选秀，然后交易到这个联盟，并花了20年在这里，我的意思是，你很难诠释出比这更好的东西。

比起冠军，我更为那些艰难的岁月而感到骄傲.因为我们没有逃跑。我们没有逃跑.我们经历了所有的东西。我们得到了冠军，我们做了正确的方式。我所能做的只是感谢你们。感谢所有的支持你的人。谢谢你们所给的动力，谢谢你们给予的激励。

你们知道什么是有趣的事。让我整夜崩溃的事实就是我经历了20年以及昨夜。其间，每个人都在尖叫着要我传球。他们像是在说，“别传了”。很难相信这是结束。你们将永远在我心中，我真诚，真诚地感谢它。没有一句话可以形容我对你的感觉。谢谢你们，从心底里谢谢你们。我爱你们。我爱你们。

我的家人，我的妻子瓦妮莎，我的女儿娜塔莉和吉安娜，谢谢你们所有的牺牲。我花了所有的时间在健身房工作和训练，而瓦妮莎，你以你的方式照顾着家人，我不能（照顾家里），除了感谢你没有别的方式（表达）了。所以，从我的心底，谢谢你。

我还能说什么呢？曼巴走了。