His 13-year-old daughter and several others on board also died.

他 13 歲的女兒和其他同機成員亦同樣遇難。

Bryant, known by his nickname, Black Mamba, is being mourned as being one of the best basketball players of his generation.

Kobe 又稱「黑曼巴」，被哀悼為他這一代最優秀的籃球員之一。

Kobe Bryant straddles a couple of different eras of basketball.

Kobe Bryant 橫跨了幾個不同的籃球時代。

He goes from the sort of, you know, smash-up/mash-up, you know, era of the '90s where you had, you know, tough teams like the Miami Heat and the Knicks to the kind of perimeter-focused, three-point shooting that you see nowadays.

他從那種球場上暴力時代開始，90 年代的邁阿密熱火和紐約人等實力堅強的球隊，到如今如大家所見以外圍為重點的三分球。

In two decades with the Lakers, the 18-time all-star won five championships and scored 33,643 points, the fourth most in NBA history.

為湖人隊效力了 20 年，他 18 次入選全明星賽並曾取得 5 次總冠軍且總得分達到 33,643 分，位居 NBA 歷史第四位。

He could do it all, and that was one of his great gifts as a basketball player.

他都全做到了，這是他身為籃球員的天賦之一。

He wasn't wedded to any one style; he could beat you inside, outside.

他堅持自我的風格，他場內場外都能打贏你。

He could beat you seemingly single-handedly in his prime.

在他的全盛時期甚王能單槍匹馬上陣。

In 1996, after graduating from high school outside Philadelphia, he elected to skip college and go straight to the NBA, where he was drafted 13th overall by the Charlotte Hornets and immediately traded to the Los Angeles Lakers, where he quickly became a star.

1996 年於費城郊區外的高中畢業後，不選擇繼續升學而是直接進入 NBA，Kobe 被夏洛特黃蜂隊以第13順位選中，隨即被交換至洛杉磯湖人隊，及後更急速成為球壇新星。

The crowd got me real pumped up after the dunk.

扣籃得分後人群為我歡呼。

As a rookie, he won the slam dunk contest and, in his second year, was chosen to be an all-star.

作為新起之秀，他贏得灌籃大賽並於第二年被選為明星選手。

His meteoric rise continued through the late '90s and into the early 2000s.

他於 90 年代後期起聲名迅速崛起並一直持續至 2000 年代初。

Bryant, alongside teammate Shaquille O'Neal and coach Phil Jackson, by 2002 had won three consecutive NBA championships.

至 2002 年，Kobe 與隊友沙奎爾．奧尼爾 (Shaquille O'Neal) 以及教練菲爾．傑克遜 (Phil Jackson) 一起奪得三連冠。

A three-peak NS sweep.

三連冠！

The next year, Bryant's legacy was tarnished.

隨後一年，Kobe 的事業被矇上污點。

He was charged with sexually assaulting a 19-year-old hotel employee.

他遭指控對 19 歲的飯店職員性侵犯。

Bryant, his wife Vanessa beside him, said the sexual encounter was consensual.

他的太太 Vanessa 在旁邊指說當時是雙方自願的。

Prosecutors eventually dropped all criminal charges when the woman said she didn't want to testify.

後來該名女子不願出庭作供，檢察官最終撤銷所有控罪。

Bryant later settled a civil suit connected to the case.

Kobe 隨後亦解決了與該案有關的民事訴訟。

Back on the court, he continued breaking records.

回到球場上，他繼續打破不同的紀錄。

In 2006, he scored 81 points in a single game, the second highest in NBA history.

2006 年，他於單場比實中個人取得 81 分，是 NBA 史上得分第二高分的球員。

I couldn't even dream of this when I was a kid, you know.

我小時候根本沒有想過。

There's just no way possible.

感覺根本不可能發生。

In 2008, he was named the league's MVP, but he couldn't take his team all the way to victory that year.

2008 年，他雖獲得聯盟的 MVP，可惜無法帶領球隊贏得當年的總冠軍。

That was a turning point.

那是我的轉捩點。

It was when I sat there in the hotel room afterwards, I started thinking about that, because it's on me.

當時比賽結束後我坐在飯店房間裡，我開始想是不是我的責任。

If I didn't feel like my teammates were aggressive enough, that falls on me.

如果我感覺不到我隊友在場上的衝勁，那就是我的責任。

And I had to understand what their journey was; how are they feeling as people, what are they going through?

我必須要了解他們的經歷以及感受。

The next year, the Lakers were back on top.

之後那一年，湖人隊重奪冠軍。

He won his fourth championship and in 2010, his fifth and final.

該年他贏得了第四次冠軍並於 2010 年奪得第五次，亦是職涯的最後一次。

Championships are a byproduct of things, drills and exercises that I did when I was six years old.

該年他贏得了第四次冠軍並於 2010 年奪得第五次，亦是職涯的最後一次。

In 2016, after 20 years in the NBA, he retired.

加入 NBA 20 年，他於 2016 年退役。

The thing that I will never forget is his last game in the NBA.

我無法忘懷的是他最後一場 NBA 的比賽。

He got 60 points off 50 shots which is a spectacular amount of shots to take in a basketball game.

他投進 50 球取得 60 分，這進球率可說是驚人。

What an exit for number 24!

24 號球員退場可真漂亮！

And it was kind of, you know, in this very small moment, in his last moment of the court, the NBA kind of, in miniature, you know, all the greatness and brilliances and excesses of what it meant to be Kobe Bryant.

他在球場上最後的身影，小小的 NBA 球場上傑出且輝煌的成績成就了 Kobe Bryant。

After leaving the court, Bryant turned his attention to new business endeavors.

離開球壇後，Kobe 轉移至發展生意。

He launched a venture capital firm, published a series of young adult fantasy novels, and even won an academy award for an animated short film called "Dear Basketball", an ode to his love for the game.

他成立了一家創投公司並出版一系列供年輕人閱讀的奇幻小說，甚至憑動畫短片《親愛的籃球》奪得奧斯卡金像獎，以展示對籃球的熱愛。

My heart can take the pounding.

我的心能承受各種重擊。

My mind can handle the grind.

我的意志還能堅持不移。

But my body knows it's time to say goodbye.

我的身體卻知道該是說再見的時候了。

When the LA Lakers retired his jersey numbers in 2017, Bryant reminded his daughters of the secrets of his success.

2017 年，於洛杉磯湖人隊退役其球衣的場上，Kobe 向女兒提點他成功的秘訣。

You guys know that, you know, if you do the work, you work hard enough, dreams come true.

你們要知道當你努力工作，你全力以赴的話夢想是會實現的。

You know that, we all know that, but hopefully what you get from tonight is the understanding 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're too tired, you don't wanna push yourself but you do it anyway, that is actually the dream.

我們都知道，但希望你們在今晚能從中理解，不管早睡晚起都要把握時間努力工作；在你感到勞累、沒有動力，但你仍然硬著頭皮繼續，那是夢想驅使你往前。

That's the dream, it's not the destination, it's the journey.

這就是夢想，不是夢想的終點而是旅程。

Kobe was recently spotted out at NBA games with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna who died alongside him in the crash.

最近發現 Kobe 都會帶著 13 歲的女兒 Gianna 一起觀賞 NBA 球賽，而她同樣於事故中身亡。

She was a rising star basketball player herself.

她是籃球場上的後起之秀。

It was 20 great years.

這是美好的 20 年歲月。

I was very fortunate to play that long.

很幸運可以打這麼多年。

And, but now I watch it through my daughter.

現在換我看著我的女兒打。

My daughter plays every day.

我的女兒每天都會打籃球。

He called her mambacita, a nod to the nickname he had given himself.

他稱其女兒為「小曼巴」，以表示為自己的接班人。

Mamba out.

曼巴退場。