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Kobe Bryant announces his retirement

Tuesday, December 01 2015 by SNTV
  • Basketball's Kobe Bryant says "I don't want to do this any more" as he announces he will retire at the end of this season.

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers: (On his retirement.)

    "I mean, I've know for a while, right, and I've always said if anything changes then I'll change my mind. But the problem became for me what does that really mean? I mean a decision like this, you can't allow... you can't make that decision based on outside circumstances, it has to be an internal decision. And finally, I just had to accept the fact that I don't want to do this any more, you know, and I'm okay with that. And once I accepted that then it became time to just let everybody know, I mean why not? It takes a load off my shoulders and everybody else's. Then it's just the right thing to do.

    "I don't want to get too Zen-like on you guys, but honestly, when I'm sitting in meditation, my mind starts drifting, and it always drifted toward basketball, always... always. And it doesn't do that now. It does that sometimes. It doesn't do that all the time, and to me, that was really the first indicator that this game is not something I can obsess over for much longer.

    "I honestly feel good about it, I really do. I mean, I really feel at peace with it and, you know, excited for what's to come honestly."

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