Sedale Threatt wrote:Slava wrote:Quite honestly there are feelings that I cannot put into words, this is one of them. The biggest thing I've taken from Kobe is to cherish the process as much if not more than the result in anything I try to accomplish in life. That's my life lesson.
Yup. I'm almost feeling a bit sad in that I wonder if I really enjoyed the whole journey. You get so hung up on the end result -- winning the championship, why the F is he shooting so much, etc. -- that you forget to enjoy everything else. At least, I know I did. It's just a tough, tough thing to stay in that moment. That's why people give up everything they own and go live in monasteries.
Man, This post kind of hit it right on the mark for me....combined with it finally officially sinking in. This whole time I've been so excited about this game, logically thinking that it was the right time, and that he deserves this, and the franchise will finally move on etc etc. But now, couple hours before the game, for the first time I'm legit very sad. A combination of irrational "basketball won't be the same" thinking combined with "I should have enjoyed it more as it was happening" feelings.
It's really ridiculous, when I really think about it, as I'm usually not a person who gets emotional about anything, let alone things out of my control about people I don't know, but I guess that's the power of sports. The Lakers really mean this much to me, and Kobe has been the Lakers for me since I started watching basketball. You older guys have seen Magic come and go....for my generation of Laker fans, Kobe leaving is kind of uncharted territory. I have no doubt the next Laker MegaStar will be here sooner or later, whose career I'll follow as closely as the Magic fans followed Kobes, and so on, but it definitely feels like uncharted territory, atleast right now.
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