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The Lakers retire Kobe Bryant’s No. 8 and No. 24 | Ceremony & Speeches | NBA on ESPN
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please welcome liqueurs president of
basketball operations Irvin Magic Johnson
we're here to celebrate the greatest
hooves ever war the purple and gold for
20 years he thrilled us he made us
scratch our head what did we just see
what did we just witness and he gave us
let me see Kobe you gave us three and
number eight and two and 24 we are so
blessed to have had this man wear the
purple and gold for 20 years and he was
all about excellence he was driven his
will to win was very very high and
tonight we're able to put not just one
of his jersey but both of his jerseys up high
I hope that you recorded every game I
hope that you're doing the same thing
tonight because it will never ever be
another Kobe Bryant who can remember
and last but not least there would never
be an athlete in his last performance to
so before I turn the mic over to our
owner Jeanie buss is two things I want
to leave you with Kobe Jerry West called
me the day that you worked out and he
said Earvin I just witnessed the
greatest workout I've ever seen in my
entire life
and Jerry you were absolutely right
this man has turned out to be the
greatest we've ever seen and the next
thing Kobe is this brother we need you
right now when I look into this audience
there's our race of people come together
cheers you on for twenty years and this
country needs to come together and you
were able to bring us all together as a
city in Los Angeles for 20
and Geney before you speak we have got
to bring his closest friend my partner
in crime out here to join us
Rob pálinka you gotta come on out
representing Kobe for all those years
you gotta come on out we don't let
Koby we knew this day was gonna come and
here we are I also know you well enough
that the jerseys hanging up there was
not your motivation but this is our
tradition this is our ceremony but
really what we're celebrating tonight is
the journey that you took us on for
those 20 years we are retiring both your
numbers because if you separated each of
the accomplishments under those numbers
each of those players would qualify for
I have the honor of representing all
Laker fans here tonight and
overwhelmingly they asked me to express
their gratitude and their appreciation
for all that you've done I am quoting
some of them here Thank You Kobe for
your incredible work ethic never giving
up and somehow figuring out how to
impose your will on a game and change
the single-handedly changing the outcome
Thank You Kobe you taught us what
happens when you outwork fear with a
relentless Mamba mentality teaching us
that failure is a non-existent concept [Applause]
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Thank You Kobe for not only making the
players on your team better but you
forced your opponent to raise their game
as well Thank You Kobe for inspiring a
generation of fans to fall in love with
the game Thank You Kobe for playing
through enormous pain and sometimes
putting the team on your back to carry
and Kobe I thank you for staying loyal
and and remaining a Laker for life when
it might have been easier for you to
leave we asked you for your hustle and
you gave us your heart which was so much
more you showed us how to win by sheer
well hard work and perseverance you have
your legacy is much greater than
basketball no one will ever wear eight
or 24 again for the Lakers because they
the time has come Lakers fans please
direct your attention up to the
southeast corner of the arena were
number eight and number 24 will hang forever
forever
as we honor one of our Lakers rates Kobe Bryant
Bryant [Applause]
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I want to say you know it's thank you so
much for tonight but you know it's not
it's not about my jerseys that are
hanging up there for me you know it's
about the jerseys that were hanging up
there before and without them I couldn't
be here today they inspired me to play
the game by the high level magic cab
Shack pushing me every day
Baelor Chamberlain Goodrich Wes worthy
goes on and on and secondly it's about
this class organization and Jerry Buss
your father believing in a skinny old
kid from Lower Merion High School in
Philadelphia and it's also about the
next generation it's about it's
it's about it's about embodying the
spirit that exists in those jerseys up
there and carrying this organization
forward so that the next 20 years are
better than the past 20 years and that's
what it's about and then it's also about
the media I don't think you guys
understand how present you guys were
with me you know you guys were there
with me at 5:30 in the morning when I
was running the track and I was midway
through my workout and I didn't know if
I could make it through and I thought
about the expectations you got have you
guys have for me you have for our team
and it pushed me through it got me
through those eight hundreds and for
hundreds and one hundreds at 5:30 in the
it's about family it's about my wife
Vanessa you know you guys don't know
this but the last game my last game that
we had here against Utah Jazz I was
really tired I got home and I was like
you know what I don't know if I can do
this thing I got one more game left but
I don't have any legs and she said I
want to show you something I got a gift
for you for your last game and she
proceeded to show me a row of retired
jerseys from Baylor for magic from Shack
from cab all the personal messages
science' me including for Michael Jordan
including from the great Bill Russell
included from the great Larry Bird and
when I saw that I knew then that I had
to turn it up I had to turn it off so
thank you baby for being an inspiration
to me and and lastly our daughters
Natalia Gianna and Bianca you know I I
hope that tonight is not you know you
guys know that you know if you do the
work you work hard enough dreams come
true you know that we all know that but
hopefully what you get from tonight is
the understanding that those times where
you get up early and you work hard those
times where you stay up late and you
work hard those times where you don't
feel like working you're too tired you
don't want to push yourself but you do
it anyway that is actually the dream
that's the dream it's not the
destination it's the journey
and if you guys if you guys can
understand that then what you'll see
happen is that you won't accomplish your
dreams your dreams won't come true
something greater will and if you guys
can understand that and I'm doing my job
as a father thank you guys so much I
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