29-11-2015 (Sun),
每當有人問我, 你的偶像是誰. 我會十分堅定的回答, "The one and only basketball player - Kobe Bryant". 高比拜仁是我從少以來的偶像, 他得到今日的成就, 是透過每天努力艱辛的訓練堆砌而成的. 成功從來沒有走捷徑的, 要成功就是要付出努力. 在這20年的生涯, 高比留下不少名言讓我們學習:
相信大家都知道最有名的一句"Love me or Hate me":
"Love me or hate me, it's one or the other. Always has been. Hate my game, my swagger. Hate my fadeaway, my hunger. Hate that I'm a veteran. A champion. Hate that. Hate it with all your heart. And hate that I'm loved, for the exact same reasons."
「愛我或者恨我，兩者必有其一。一直都這樣。有人恨我的比賽，我的狂妄自大；恨我的後仰投籃，我對勝利的渴望；恨我是一名老將，恨我獲得過總冠軍。恨吧，用你的全部心思去恨吧。然而也有很多人深愛著我，理由卻和恨我的人一樣。」
世界上總有人愛你, 總有人恨你. 面對別人的評價, 不論正面反面, 要學會不被其左右. 只要做好自己本份, 就對了.
高比拜仁宣佈會在今個賽季後退役, 結束20年職員球員生涯. 他親自撰寫一封「給籃球的信」. 內容如下:
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
