January 27, 2020

Shaun 2022-01-28 08:32:35

I swiped my phone, paused for a while, and thought about something.

The first thing that comes to my mind is that I haven't played for more than half a year. The last time I touched it twice at a fun sports meeting, I made two of three shots, the highest hit rate in recent years.

On the evening of the New Year's Eve, I restored the previous space log, which means "being a new person". That day I felt like doing another ten-year review, starting in 2010. The summary will probably talk about study and travel, about love and work, about the mountains of the Qinling Mountains and the seas of Iceland, and about people around you and people far away.

I'll go on talking about a bad life, discussing the wear and tear of willpower, and come to the conclusion that I haven't become a better person. As a master of self-soothing, I'll of course add a pep talk at the end, reminding myself that it's never too late.

Before I could write this paragraph, someone from far away jumped out. He jumped out of the cover of 81 points magazine, jumped out of the lively cement court in high school, jumped out from the text live broadcast peeked in class, and cheered from the dormitory. Or the sound of lamentation, from the computer screen playing the retirement battle, from the autobiographical animation that actually won the Oscar, from the video teaching my daughter's basketball skills, from the news I least want to see. Jump out and yell at me:

"Go play, learn, do what you're supposed to do, make them better, and never stop.

Forever, don't fuck, stop! "

Yes, who knows more about love and persistence than you? Thank you for the precious treasure you left, we do have something to fight for, it is there, and I don't think we will stop.

Finally, I hope that no matter where you are, there will be basketball with you. This is my only, most sincere blessing.

Bye now.

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  • Kobe Bryant: Dear Basketball, from the moment I started rolling my dad's tube socks and shooting imaginary game-winning shots In the Great Western Forum, I knew one thing was real: I fell in love with you. A love so deep I gave you my all - from my mind & body to my spirit & soul. 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. And so I ran. I ran up and down every court. After every loose ball for you. You asked for my hustle. I gave you my heart. Because it came with so much more. 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. 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. 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. 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. Love you always, Kobe