据美媒报道，NBA传奇球星科比·布莱恩特26日在直升机坠毁事故中丧生，享年41岁。
科比曾用一部动画短片向世人诉说他对篮球的初心。动画片名为《亲爱的篮球》（Dear Basketball），改编自他退役前写的一封信，科比本人配音。该片获得了2018年奥斯卡“最佳动画短片奖”。
让我们重温这部五分钟的短片，跟着科比的念白，回到篮球梦开始的地方。
Dear Basketball,

亲爱的篮球：
From the moment
I started rolling my dad's tube socks
And shooting imaginary
从我第一次
卷起父亲的直筒袜
开始想象
Game-winning shots
In the Great Western Forum
I knew one thing was real:
自己置身于大西部论坛球馆
命中绝杀球时
我就清楚知道：
I fell in love with you.
我深深地爱上了你。
A love so deep I gave you my all —
From my mind & body
To my spirit & soul.
一种深切的爱，我为你倾其所有——
从我的思想和身体
到我的精神和灵魂。
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.
六岁的我
深深地爱着你
我从来没有看见过隧道的尽头。
我只看到我自己
用力朝尽头奔跑。
And so I ran.
I ran up and down every court
After every loose ball for you.
You asked for my hustle
我就这样不停地奔跑。
我在每一个球场上来回奔跑
为了你去追逐每一个地板球。
你渴望我的拼抢
I gave you my heart
Because it came with so much more.
我就把心交给你
因为你给我的更多更多。
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.
我在球场流尽血汗、一身伤病
并不是因为挑战呼唤我
而是因为你呼唤我。
我做的一切都是为了你
这是理所应当的
因为你让我感受到鲜活的生命力。
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.
你给了一个六岁男孩他的湖人梦想
为此我将永远爱你。
但是我无法再痴迷地爱你更久。
这个赛季是我献给你的绝唱。
我的心脏能够承受剧烈跳动
我的思想能够经受艰苦磨砺
但是我的身体知道是时候说再见了。
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.
没关系。
我已经准备好让你走。
我希望现在让你知道
这样我们都可以尽情地享受剩下的每一刻。
无论好的坏的。
我们已经给了
对方各自的所有。
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
我们都知道，无论下一步我做什么
我将永远是那个孩子
将袜子卷成篮球
瞄准角落里的垃圾桶
倒数五秒
球在我的手里。
5…4…3…2…1
Love you always,
永远爱你的，
Kobe
科比
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