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迈克尔乔丹周一在洛杉矶斯台普斯中心的追悼会上发表了一篇感人的演讲，谈到了他的好友科比布莱恩特。乔丹是科比在比赛中成长起来的偶像和导师，在他11分钟的演讲中，这位6届NBA冠军分享了他们深夜短信和在一起时光的心声。
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"I would say good morning, but it's afternoon. I'm grateful to Vanessa and the Bryant family for the opportunity to speak today.
"I'm grateful to be here to honor Gigi and celebrate the gifts that Kobe gave us all – 1 he accomplished as a basketball player, as a businessman, and a storyteller and as a father. In the game of basketball, in life, as a parent – Kobe left nothing in the tank. He left it all on the floor.
"Maybe it surprid people that Kobe and I were very clo friends. But we were very clo
friends. Kobe was my dear friend. He was like a little brother. Everyone always wanted to talk about the comparisons between he and I. I just wanted to talk about Kobe.
"You know all of us have brothers and sisters, little brothers, little sisters, 2 for whatever reason always tend to get in your stuff, your clot, your shoes, everything. It was a nuisance – if I can say that word – but that nuisance turned into love over a period of time. Just becau the admiration that they have for you as big brothers or big sisters, the questions in wanting to know every little detail about life 3 they were about to embark on.
"He ud to call me, text me, 11:30, 2:30, 3 o'clock in the morning, talking about post-up moves, footwork, and sometimes, the triangle. At first, it was an aggravation. But then it turned into a certain passion. This kid had passion like you would never know. It's an amazing thing about passion. If you love something, and 4 you have a strong passion for something, you would go to the extreme to try to understand or try to get it. Either ice cream, Cokes, hamburgers, 5 _ you have a love for. If you have to walk, you would go get it. If you have to beg someone, you would go get it.
" 6 Kobe Bryant was to me was the inspiration 7 someone truly cared about the way either I played the game or the way 8 he wanted to play the game. He wanted to be the best basketball player 9 he could be. And 10 I got to know him, I wanted to be the best big brother 11 I could be.
To do that, you have to put up with the aggravation, the late-night calls, or the dumb questions. I took great pride 12 I got to know Kobe Bryant 13 was just trying to be a better person – a better basketball player. We talked about business, we talked about family, we talked about everything. And he was just trying to be a better person.
"Now, he's got me and I'll have to look at another crying meme for the next ...
"I told my wife I wasn't gonna do this 14 I didn't want to e that for the next three or four years. That is 15 Kobe Bryant does to me. I'm pretty sure 16 Vanessa and his friends all can say the same thing – he knows how to get to you in a way 17 affects you personally, 18 being a pain in the ass. But you have a n of love for him and the way 19 he can bring out the best in you. And he did that for me.
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"I remember maybe a couple months ago he nds me a text and he said, 'I'm trying to teach my daughter some moves. And I don't know 20 I was thinking or 21 I was working on, but what were you thinking about when you were growing up trying to work on your moves?
' I said 'What age?'
He says '12'.
I said '12, I was trying to play baball.'
He nds me a text back saying 'Laughing my ass off.' And this is at 2 o'clock in the morning.
"But the thing about him was we could talk about anything 22 related to basketball 23 we could talk about anything 24 related to life. (s2) And we, 25 we grew up in life, rarely have friends 26 we can have conversations like that. Well, it's even rarer 27 主要经历怎么写 面具画you can grow up against adversaries and have conversations like that.
"I went and saw Phil Jackson in 1999, maybe 2000, I don't know, when Phil was here in L.A. And I walk in and Kobe's sitting there.
"And the first thing, Kobe said, 'Did you bring your shoes?'
轮机员" 'No, I wasn't thinking about playing.'
"But his attitude to compete and play against someone he felt like he could enhance and improve his game, that's 28 I loved about the kid. I absolutely loved the kid. No matter 29 思政论文he saw me, it was a challenge. And I admired him 30 his passion, you rarely e someone 31 is looking and trying to improve each and every day, not just in sports, but as a parent, as a husband. (S5) I am inspired by 32 he's done, and 33 he's shared with Vanessa, and 34 he's shared with his kids.
"I have a daughter 35 is 30 and I became a grandparent. And I have two twins. I have twins at 6. I can't wait to get home to become a Girl Dad and to hug them and to e the love and smiles 36 they bring to us as parents. He taught me 37 just by looking at thi
s tonight, looking at how he responded and reacted with the people he actually loved. 绩效管理培训The are the things不懂得珍惜的句子 38 we will continue to learn from Kobe Bryant.
