我和勒布朗惺惺相惜,不會在意球迷之間的爭論

From this point on, all Laker hell will break loose.

從這一刻開始，整個湖人會陷入瘋狂。

LeBron fans will trumpet this as final proof that he's the greatest player to ever wear a Lakers uniform. Kobe fans will argue that basketball greatness is about far more than career statistics.

勒布朗的球迷會把鼓吹這個成就，認爲這是勒布朗作爲最偉大的湖人球員的終極證明。科比的球迷會爭論，認爲偉大不僅僅是看生涯數據。

"To represent me and the Mamba mentality and what we've done … it's about purple and gold … I bleed purple and gold … we all need to bleed purple and gold," he said.

“紫金軍團代表着我、曼巴精神和我們的成就，”科比說，“我流淌着紫金血液，我們都需要擁有紫金血液。

"It's about the Lakers organization and all that embodies … it's not about individual players."

湖人這傢俱樂部以及它所代表的意義纔是最重要的，而不是某個特定的球員。”

"I'm comfortable with the 20 years and moving on," he said, noting his legacy didn't feel threatened.

科比表示他不覺得自己在湖人的成就受到了威脅：“我對於那20年感覺很滿意，並繼續前行。”

"People tend to misconstrue my competitiveness and that of other athletes as well.

“人們似乎對我和其他運動員的競爭心存在誤解。

They think, they're competitors, they don't want the person coming up behind them to pass them or break their records, and that couldn't be further from the truth."

他們認爲，他們作爲競爭者不希望有人後來居上超越他們或者打破自己的紀錄，那完全不符合事實。”

"I think that mentality when I was playing, it made a lot of people uncomfortable, the things I would say, like, if we blew the NBA Finals, it was a failure of a season," he acknowledged,

“我覺得我打球時的那種心態讓許多人不爽，我會說類似這種話，比如假如我們輸掉了總決賽，這就是一個失敗的賽季，”科比說道，

"But that's the right way to compete, that's the reality of it, and I think this helped change the perspective of some our fans in our city.

“但那是正確的競爭方式，也是現實所在，我也認爲這有助於改變我們城市內球迷的想法。

You don't want to be a Finals losers, you want to win the whole damn thing."

你不想成爲總決賽的失利方，你希望大獲全勝。”

He added: "If you're playing together on the court, that's a competition."

“如果你們同場競技，那是一種競爭，”科比補充道。

"But when you have done whatever you can do and now you move on from that, you don't wish bad on other athletes because you're trying to preserve whatever idea you think people have of your legacy.

“但當你做到了不論何種成就，現在遠離那一切繼續前行，你不會因爲想要保護自己的成就或人們對此別的什麼想法而去詛咒別的運動員。

To me that's very immature and juvenile. For me, it's just the opposite."

我覺得那種行爲是非常不成熟且幼稚的。我的心態恰恰相反。”

"I want to see people do well, I want to see them do better than anything I've ever done, that's just the way it should be." Bryant said.

“我希望看到別人表現出色，希望看到他們超越我的任何成就，”科比表示，“就應該是這樣的。”

"I chuckle about them, it's funny because people get so passionate over it. I understand, you're fans, it's a debate culture, that will never, ever stop," he said.

“我對它們一笑了之，那很有趣，因爲人們對這種事實在是太熱情了，”科比說，“我理解，你們是球迷，這種爭論文化永遠都不會停止。

But for us as athletes, myself and ‘Bron and all the other guys, we appreciate each other, and we don't participate in that stuff."

但我們作爲運動員，我和勒布朗還有其他球員，我們彼此欣賞，我們不會參與那種事。”

"As a city, we've been so spoiled, we've had so many all-time greats put on purple and gold, we feel like we can minimize people that are currently playing.

“我們這個城市實在是被寵壞了，”科比說，“我們經歷過太多歷史級偉大球員身披紫金戰袍，我們覺得自己可以看輕現役球員。

it happened to me with the whole Magic thing," he said.

我曾經也經歷過被與魔術師比較的那些事。”

"We should appreciate athletes while they are here. We are getting the opportunity to see ‘Bron and Anthony Davis every single night, that stuff is not normal, you know what I'm saying? Appreciate that stuff."

“我們應該在他們還在這裏效力時就欣賞他們。我們有機會每晚都看到勒布朗和安東尼-戴維斯打球，這種事並不常見，你懂我的意思嗎？好好享受這些時刻吧。”

"I won't go to the game," Bryant said. "I'd rather that be about him."

“我不會到場的，”科比說到。“我更希望這個時刻是屬於他的。”

"I'll for sure call him and tell him congratulations," Bryant said.

“我肯定會打電話表示慶祝的，”科比說到。

"I'm so happy for ‘Bron, all he's accomplished and continues to accomplish, he's been great."

“我爲勒布朗感到開心，爲他所取得的成就，和將來要取得的成就感到開心，他一直很偉大。”

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