Thank you so much for tonight. But it‘s not about my jerseys that are hanging up there for me, It‘s about the jerseys that were hanging up there before. It goes on and on. Without them, I couldn‘t be here today. They inspired me to play the game at a higher level.Magic [Johnson], Cap [Kareem Abdul-Jabbar], Shaq pushing me every day. [Elgin] Baylor. [Walt] Chamberlain. [Gail] Goodrich. [Jerry] West. [James] Worthy.
谢谢你们,感谢今晚所有的一切,这不仅仅是关于悬挂在那里的我的球衣,更是在我之前退役球衣的每一个巨星。没有他们,我没有今天的我。是他们激励这位,要每天贡献自己最大的能量,魔术师、贾巴尔、奥尼尔每晚激励着我,贝勒、张伯伦、
古德里奇 、韦斯特、沃西等等。
And secondly, it‘s about this class organization...Jerry buss, your father believed in this skinny kid from Lower merion high school philadafia.and it‘s also about the next generation, it‘s about current Lakers roster that we have here. It‘s about embodying the spirit that exists in those jerseys up there and carrying this organization forward, so that the next 20 years are better than the past 20 years. That‘s what it‘s about.
其次,我想感谢湖人这个联盟,巴斯家族,谢谢你们信任那个来自费城劳尔梅里恩高中的瘦小子,第三,今晚更关乎湖人的下一代,现在湖人的这帮孩子,关乎把那些球衣里承载的精神,传承给如今的他们,带动湖人前进,让下一个20年比上一个更优秀,这次是最重要的。
Then also about fans, the media. I thank all of you guys all understand that how presence you guys are with me, 5:30 in the morning when i was running on my track or when i am on my way to my work, i didn‘t know if i can make itthrough, i thought about the expectation you got for me and you have for our team, it push me through, it got me throught those 800 meters, 400 meter and 100 meters at 5:30 in the morning, i thank you.
第四,关于在场的球迷和媒体,你们大概不知道,你们对我的陪伴,无论我早晨5点半起来练球、练体能、训练,在我都不知道自己能不能撑下来的时刻,我会想到你们对我和湖人的高期待、高要求,让我撑过了那些凌晨5:30,从100到400再到800次的投篮,感谢你们!
And it‘s about family. It‘s about my wife, Vanessa. You guys don‘t know this, but my last game that we had here against the Utah Jazz, I was really tired. I got home, and I was like, ‘I don‘t know if I can do this thing. I got one more game left, but I don‘t have any legs.‘ And she said, ‘I want to show you something. I got a gift for you for your last game.‘ And she proceeded to show me the row of retired. jerseys from Baylor, from Magic, from Shaq, from Cap, all with personal messages signed to me, including from Michael Jordan, including from the great Bill Russell, including from the great Larry Byrd. When I saw that, I knew then that I had to turn it up,"Kobe recalled as his wife watched, smiling wide. "So, thank you, baby, for being an inspiration to me.
第五,这关于我的家庭,我的妻子瓦妮莎,有个你们不知道的故事,我在斯台普斯的最后一场,对阵爵士,我已经很累了,我回到家,抱怨太累了,不知道能不能撑下去,我还有一场比赛,我实在没体力了,她说:“我给你看个宝贝,我有给你最后一场准备的礼物”,她放给我看,所有在我之前退役球衣的视频,从贝勒到魔术师,到奥尼尔,到贾巴尔,还有迈克尔-乔丹的,比尔-拉塞尔,拉里-伯德,而看见了那些,我才知道,我得努力了。谢谢你,亲爱的,能这么多年当我的动力激励我。
Lastly our daughters, Natalia, Bianca and Gianna. You guys know that if you do the work, you work hard enough, dreams come true. You know that, we all know that. But hopefully what you get from tonight is that those times when you get up early and you work hard; those times when you stay up late and you work hard; those times when don’t feel like working — you’re too tired, you don’t want to push yourself — but you do it anyway. That is actually the dream. That’s the dream. It’s not the destination, it’s the journey. And if you guys can understand that, what you’ll see happen is that you won’t accomplish your dreams, your dreams won’t come true, something greater will.(Points to the rafters).And if you guys can understand that, then I’m doing my job as a father.”
最后,我的宝贝女儿,娜塔莉亚,吉安娜,比安卡,你们知道,如果努力了,梦想就会实现,你们知道,我们也都知道,但我希望,过了今晚,你们会知道,那些你早起的时光,那些你努力工作的时光,那些你熬夜的时光,努力学的时光,那些你感觉自己没有在努力工作,感觉太疲惫的时光,那些你不想再逼迫自己,但仍还是选择继续那样做的时光,那就是追寻梦想的意义。那才是梦想,重要的不是结果,是过程,如果你们认识到了这一点,你们会发现,也许梦想不会成真,但更好的会到来,如果你们记住了这一点,那我也算是尽到了作为父亲的职责。
Thank you, I love you, Mamba out!
谢谢你们,我爱你们,mamba out!