I've worked in this business for more than 25 years.

我在這個行業工作了25年多。

I have covered everyone from Mohammed Ali to Michael Jordan, from Joe Montana to Tom Brady, from Serena Williams to Tiger Woods.

從穆罕默德-阿里到邁克爾-喬丹，從喬-蒙塔納到湯姆-布雷迪，從塞雷娜-威廉姆斯到泰格-伍茲，我都報道過。

And I can tell you for sure, there has never been anyone quite like Kobe Bean.

我可以肯定地告訴你，從來沒有人像科比豆一樣。

He could burn with intensity one minute and make mischief the next.

他可以在前一分鐘激烈地燃燒，下一分鐘就會惡作劇。

He was wildly creative, but at the same time maddeningly precise.

他的創意很瘋狂，但同時又精確得令人發狂。

He was not perfect.

他並不完美。

He had flaws.

他有缺點。

He did things that he would come to deeply regret.

他所做的事情，會讓他深感後悔。

But he also understood that what you did next, how you move forward, that mattered deeply.

但他也明白，你接下來做了什麼，如何前進，那是非常重要的。

And he made the absolute most of every minute, every day, every year that he was with us.

他把和我們在一起的每一分鐘，每一天，每一年都充分利用起來。

I actually saw him not that long before he died.

其實在他去世前不久，我還見過他。

And I remember so clearly that day how we were joking about having crossed the threshold of having known each other for more than half our lives and what that meant about how old we had both gotten.

而我清楚地記得，那天我們是如何開玩笑說，我們已經跨過了相識半生的門檻，這意味著我們都老了。

Of course, now all I can think about is how young he was when he was taken from us.

當然，現在我能想到的就是他被帶走的時候有多年輕。

How young, That sweet funny, smart, talented girl Waas.

多麼年輕啊，那個甜美、幽默、聰明、有才華的女孩華斯。

And what a tragedy it is for the family that was left behind.

而對於這個被留下的家庭來說，這是多麼大的悲劇。

And to that end, we want to make clear that over these next two hours we're keeping front and center the words of Vanessa Bryant, who recently posted on Instagram that she knew today would be full of remembrances of her late husband.

為此，我們想說明的是，在接下來的這兩個小時裡，我們會把瓦妮莎-布萊恩特的話放在最前面，她最近在Instagram上發帖說，她知道今天會充滿了對已故丈夫的紀念。

She wrote quote, I want to thank everyone that has handled their media coverage respectfully to everyone else.

她寫道："我要感謝每一個對媒體報道處理得很尊重的人。

Please reconsider your news story and look at your footage through the eyes of their Children.

請重新考慮你的新聞報道，並通過他們孩子的眼睛來看待你的鏡頭。

Spouse, parents, siblings and family celebrate their lives, not the day they lost them.

配偶、父母、兄弟姐妹和家人慶祝他們的生命，而不是慶祝他們失去生命的那一天。

So that is what we are going to do today.

所以這就是我們今天要做的事情。

We're going to celebrate the extraordinary and we're not the only ones.

我們要慶祝不平凡的人，我們不是唯一的人。

Last night, Kyrie Irving arrived in his game wearing a Kobe number eight jersey and he told the camera, Man, you know who I'm rocking tonight.

昨晚，凱里-歐文身穿科比8號球衣來到賽場，他對著鏡頭說：夥計，你知道我今晚要搖滾的是誰嗎？

Robert!

羅伯特！

Matt E.

Matt E.

No.

不知道

This day has been on the calendar.

這一天已經在日曆上了。

You knew it was coming.

你早知道會這樣

But Robert, why don't we start with you?

但是羅伯特，我們為什麼不從你開始呢？

What do you remember about your friend today?

今天你對你的朋友有什麼印象？

What's the bringing up for you?

帶來的是什麼給你？

You know for me.

你知道我。

Um I got to know Kobe when he was a rookie, and I got traded to the Lakers and it was all this hype around this high school kid, and I'm like, Okay, I haven't seen him play yet, so I get into practice and it's a shoot around and he's going 1000 miles an hour and I'm looking.

嗯，我認識科比的時候，他是一個新秀，我得到了交易到湖人隊，這是所有這一切炒作圍繞這個高中的孩子，我想，好吧，我還沒有看到他打，所以我進入練習，這是一個拍攝周圍，他的速度1000英里的時速，我看。

I'm like, Dude, slow down.

我想，夥計，慢點。

He's like, I got to get better.

他就像，我得變得更好。

I got to get better and that was just his whole mentality.

我得變得更好，這只是他的全部心態。

He wanted to get better each and every day.

他希望每一天都能變得更好。

And I'm looking like Dude is shoot around.

而我看杜德是到處亂拍。

Nobody's going 100 miles power.

沒有人去100英里的力量。

But the thing about him is you just knew he was destined be great because he had that energy network ethic like no other.

但關於他的事情是，你就知道他註定是偉大的，因為他的能量網絡道德是獨一無二的。

And for me tohave that moment to see what he could become and have a lot of conversations with this guy and share some of my knowledge with him.

對我來說，那一刻，我看到了他可以成為什麼，並有很多對話與這個傢伙，並與他分享我的一些知識。

And I remember when we finally had that first one on one, the first thing out of his mouth was Tell me about dreams, footwork.

我還記得當我們終於有了第一次一對一的機會，他嘴裡說的第一句話就是跟我說說夢想，腳步。

I'm like I'm doing all right.

我就像我做得很好。

Thanks for asking, you know, But it was just that he wanted to get better.

謝謝你的關心，你知道的，但這只是他想變得更好。

Hey, wanted to learn from the guy that had the best footwork in the game, and that's just who he was.

嘿，想跟那個腳法最好的人學習，他就是這樣的人。

His whole mental was to get better and to try to be the best.

他的全部心理都是為了讓自己變得更好，努力做到最好。

That that game and all I could do was sit back and just respect him and just watch him and believe it or not, learn from him because even though you've it coming off two championships, you watching this guy putting his work each and every day and you learning from like, Oh, I can't let this young fellow out work You just wanted to go on, Move on.

那場比賽，我所能做的就是坐下來，只是尊重他，只是看著他，相信或不相信，向他學習，因為即使你已經來了兩個冠軍，你看這個傢伙把他的工作每一天，你從學習一樣，哦，我不能讓這個年輕的傢伙工作，你只是想繼續前進，繼續前進。

Yeah, I mean, mine is is kind of post career, obviously, you know, our battles that have been well documented, but just the person outside of basketball.

是的，我的意思是，我的是那種後職業生涯， 很明顯，你知道，我們的戰鬥，已經很好的記錄， 但只是籃球之外的人。

Kobe, the man, the father, the businessman and how, Although basketball was over, he still attacked everything with that same passion, desire and focus.

科比，這個男人，這個父親，這個商人，以及如何，雖然籃球已經結束了，但他仍然用同樣的激情、慾望和專注來攻擊一切。

Um, the way he fathered how Adam and he was about trying to put his last 20 years behind him, his greatness in basketball and and be known for what was next.

嗯，他父親的方式如何亞當和他是關於試圖把他的最後20年在他身後，他的偉大的籃球和和被稱為什麼是下一個。

Hey was always trying to innovate.

嘿是一直在努力創新。

He was always trying toe get better, get himself better.

他總是試圖讓自己變得更好，讓自己變得更好。

You guys found this footage Thing was, of course.

你們發現這段錄像事情是，當然。

So just your sons.

所以只有你的兒子。

I mean, really, you know, he was uncle Cope to the boys, you know?

我的意思是，真的，你知道，他是男孩們的科普叔叔，你知道嗎？

And like I said, it's way became teammates to twitter, like three.

就像我說的，它的方式成為隊友微博，像三。

And he started, you know, treating him like he was a known, bringing them shoes all the time, hugging him, talking to him, bring him in the locker room.

他開始，你知道，對待他 就像他是一個已知的， 把他們的鞋子所有的時間， 擁抱他，跟他說話， 帶他在更衣室。

So he was just a special person.

所以他只是一個特殊的人。

Obviously, we know how amazing on the court he was, but he did just a za amazing things off the court as well.

顯然，我們知道他在球場上有多神奇，但他在球場外也做了不少令人驚奇的事情。

I loved you talking over the past year a little bit about how you guys were these great rivals, right?

我喜歡你在過去的一年裡談了一點關於你們是如何這些偉大的對手，對嗎？

And of course, we all know the Flinch video, the whole thing, but that when you did become teammates, the kinship you think with each other stages of your lives you were going through, and it was an instant brotherhood.

當然，我們都知道Flinch的視頻，整個事情，但是，當你真的成為隊友的時候，你認為與對方階段的親情，你正在經歷，這是一個瞬間的兄弟情誼。

You know, we're both going through things in our personal life, and we really just bonded, um, practice after practice.

你知道，我們都在經歷事情 在我們的個人生活， 我們真的只是結合， 嗯，實踐後的做法。

Uh, you know, post games, going out, grabbing a drink or grabbing some dinner and, like I said, getting the chance to really learn each other as men outside of outside of the basketball court.

呃，你知道，比賽結束後，出去，喝一杯或者吃點飯，就像我說的，有機會真正瞭解對方，作為籃球場外的男人。

And that's what my fondest memories of him wasn't just really getting a chance to know, because Robert tell you he doesn't let to meet people in and if allowed to let you in, it's It's a beautiful thing.

這就是我對他最美好的回憶，不僅僅是真正有機會認識他，因為羅伯特告訴你，他不會讓人進來，如果讓你進來，那是一件很美好的事情。

Yeah, once he lets you in, it's a wonderful thing, like you said.

是啊，一旦他讓你進去，這是一個美妙的事情，就像你說的。

And there's so many moments that we share privately and it's it's amazing to me that he has moments with Everybody is different.

我們有很多私下分享的時刻，對我來說，他和每個人都有不同的時刻，這很神奇。

Every story is different.

每個故事都是不同的。

It's almost like he put everybody in the categories.

這幾乎就像他把每個人都歸入類別。

Okay, I'm gonna talk with you about kids.

好吧，我要和你談談孩子的問題。

You know what cars you about footwork and it said he.

你知道什麼車你關於步法，它說他。

To me, it's almost like it was three or four different.

對我來說，這幾乎是三四種不同的。

Kobe's out there that he was in different places at different times because you hear the stories, you're like I was around that time.

科比在外面說他在不同的時間在不同的地方，因為你聽到這些故事，你就會覺得我在那個時候。

How do you get there?

你怎麼去那裡？

What what is it going on?

這到底是怎麼回事？

But it's so many stories.

但它的故事太多。

I think having my one of my other favorite stories is just when you have those long plane rides, you have moments.

我想有我的一個我的另一個最喜歡的故事，就是當你有那些漫長的飛機旅程，你有時刻。

Just sit down and you talk about everything outside of basketball.

只要坐下來，你就可以談論籃球之外的一切。

You know, I talked to him about his times growing up as a kid in a foreign country.

你知道，我跟他聊過他在異國他鄉長大的時光。

He talked about me growing up in the South and how it was and, you know, and the little thing and all of a sudden, you like, do you don't play space?

他說到我在南方長大，是如何和，你知道，和小事，突然，你喜歡，你不玩空間？

I'm like every black person America play space, you know?

我就像每個黑人美國玩的空間，你知道嗎？

You just sit there and you're teaching this guy how to play spades.

你就坐在那裡，教這個人怎麼玩黑桃。

You know, it's just It was just like a big brother kinship.

你知道，這只是... ...它只是... ...它只是像一個大哥哥的親屬關係。

But it was so many memories like that.

但這樣的回憶實在太多。

Then you sit back on the day like the day and you just think about it.

然後，你就像那天一樣，坐在那裡想來想去。

Even the last memory I have of him is meeting him at Mamba Academy a week before this thing's tragedy happened, and just laughing and joking and talking about everything other than basketball.

就連我對他最後的記憶，也是在這件事情悲劇發生的前一個星期，在曼巴學院見到他，然後就笑著說笑，聊著籃球以外的一切。

That was my favorite part.

這是我最喜歡的部分。