致青春! 科比球衣正式退役 再见了！洛杉矶的凌晨四点
北京时间12月19日，在湖人队的主场，湖人队历史上的传奇球员以及多位NBA名宿齐聚一堂，包括“魔术师”约翰逊、奥尼尔、费舍尔、艾弗森等，亲眼见证了科比8号和24号球衣退役仪式，科比也是在现场发表了演讲。
Los Angeles Lakers officially retire Kobe Bryant's No. 8 and 24 jerseys
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"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. Without them, I couldn't be here today. They inspired me to play the game at a higher level.
“谢谢你们，谢谢你们，我想说的是，非常感谢这个夜晚你们的参与，不是因为悬挂在那里的我的球衣，而是之前退役的那些球衣，没有他们，不会有今天站在这儿的我。魔术师、韦斯特、沙克，每一天都激励着我打出高水平，还有贝勒、张伯伦、古德里奇、韦斯特、沃西和其他人，”
“其次，关于这支经典的球队，珍妮，你的父亲杰里-巴斯把我从费城高中带到这儿来，他相信这个瘦削的孩子。这也是关于下一代，关于现在的湖人球员，球衣象征的精神，会激励着湖人前进，未来的20年会比这20年更加伟大。”
"It's also about the fans. ... I don't think you guys understand how present you guys were with me. You guys were there at 5:30 in the morning when I was running the track and I was midway through my workout. I didn't know if I could make it through, and I thought about the expectations you guys had for me, you had for our team. And it pushed me through."
“同时，还和球迷有关，和媒体有关。你们不懂你们有多重要，在我早晨5:30起床跑步时，你们守着我，我训练的时候，你们也守着我。你们一直用高标准，高期待要求着我。我谢谢你们。”
The Los Angeles Lakers retired Kobe Bryant's No. 8 and No. 24 jerseys on December 18 at the Staples Center in LA during the half-time break of the game against the Golden State Warriors[金州勇士队].
"We are to celebrate the greatest who's ever worn the purple and gold. He gave us five NBA championships. You (Kobe) are able to bring us all together as a city of Los Angeles for 20 years," said Erving "Magic" Johnson at the retiring ceremony.
"I thank you for staying loyal to the purple and gold for twenty years, remaining a Laker for life when it might have been easier for you to leave," said Jeanie Buss, President of the Los Angeles Lakers.
"Hopefully what you will get from tonight, is to understand 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 you don't feel like working, you are too tired, you don't want to push yourself but you do it anyway, that is actually the dream. It's not the destination," said Kobe after the No. 8 and No. 24 Jerseys appeared high at the southeast of the Staples Center.
Having played for 20 years for the Los Angeles Lakers alone in the NBA, Kobe has built different contacts both in the league and in the rest of the world. Tencent Sports has interviewed some of those contacts:
"I think we all should appreciate what Kobe Bryant gave to this game (basketball). We're talking about 20 years of sacrificing and dedicating to becoming a great player, not cheating us as fans, as players. He gave 100 percent every night. As a former player and competitor, I appreciated that and I think you all should appreciate that. The guy is incredible. I go back and look at my videos and see some of the things that I have done in my career, and I was like, how can he get so much better than me," said Tracy McGrady, NBA Hall of Famer, who retired in 2013.
麦迪是科比的好友，在麦蒂眼中，科比是一位不可思议的球员。“每个人都应该对科比为篮球做出的贡献怀感激之情，”“20年如一日，为篮球毫无保留地付出，成为伟大的篮球运动员。他从不敷衍篮球，不敷衍球迷，每晚都全力拼搏。科比是非同一般的人，每当我回看比赛录像，回顾自己在职业生涯里取得的成就时，总是会想，怎么会有人比我强这么多？的确非常不可思议。”
"Congratulations, my brother. Just enjoy this day, enjoy this moment. You deserve everything you have worked for and got. I'm just proud of you. I was there for you. I'm sorry I'm missing this day [of your jerseys being retired] because of my duty as a basketball player. I wish I could be there for you in this special moment. But enjoy it with your family and friends. You deserve it," said Pau Gasol, Kobe's former teammate during the back-to-back champion seasons of 2009 and 2010.
“我为他感到自豪，他取得的每一个成就，都是靠艰苦奋斗得来的，他的职业生涯完美得不可思议，我很高兴自己能够陪伴他走过一段旅程，帮助他留下更多的历史时刻。我和科比的友情坚不可摧，我们携手走过的旅程独一无二，”加索尔说。“很遗憾未能参加球衣退役仪式，祝福我的兄弟和家人、朋友享受这一刻，他当之无愧。”
"Kobe is the hero of Los Angeles and worshiped by everybody. That is a very difficult task because LA is the entertainment center of the world. You can find so many movie stars, entertainment celebrities and rap singers in this city. But Kobe has become the brightest star here, brighter than anyone else," said Zhang Weiping, famous basketball commentator in China.
“科比是洛杉矶的英雄，他是大家崇拜的对象。做到这点是非常不容易的，为什么呢？因为洛杉矶是世界娱乐之都，星光璀璨，无论是电影明星，还是娱乐明星、说唱明星，大家都在这里，但科比能在这个明星璀璨的环境里，成为最耀眼的明星。”
Kobe has always been a favorite of Chinese NBA fans, about which there is a joke going like "there are six billion Kobe fans in the world". In his 20-year NBA career, he gave happiness, anger, sadness, hope, disappointment, tears and so many things to Chinese fans. Three generations have watched Kobe's game, growing older and more mature, together with him. He is the Mamba Mentality[曼巴精神], he is the Lakers, and he is the youth.
Kobe Bean Bryant, like he said in his farewell poem, has always been that kid with the rolled up socks and ball in his hands.
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