Q:Somepeoplesaythatin2005and2006seasonyouareunabletodefend.Fromthereporter'spointofview,youcannotdefendeveryseason.Accordingtoyourownopinion,doyouthinktheseasonwhichisunabletodefendhimself?Thereisnothingyoufactorintheachievementsoftheinvincible?

　　KobeBryant:Ithink2003wasmybestperformanceoftheyear,thatyearIam24yearsoldandhaveplayedallthetalent.Probablyin2003,andjustcounteachseasonpassessmoothly.

　　Q:Kobe,Ilearnedinyourtrainingmanualyouusuallygetupat4:00inthemorningaretrainingeveryday,butyoualwaysfeeltired,right?Thesetimes,howdoyouovercomefatigue?

　　Bryant:Well,evenifIfeelexhausted,Iwillnotstopthinking.Ijustkepttraining,especiallyifyouareateamleader,youcannotgiveup.Whenyouthinkofteammates,howtobettercommunicatewiththem?Howtowinmoreexciting?Likewatchingamovie,you'relookingateverything,includinglisteningtomusicinside.AllofthesethingsIhaveasanopportunitytolearn.EvenifIdonotrun,donotjump,donotsteal,andallofthese,Iwillsticktolearnfromit.Sothetrainingneverstops.

　　Q:Youmadeupmymindtobecomethebestbasketballplayer.Whatkindoflifeisaturningpoint,soyoudecidedtobecomeabigshotit?

　　Bryant:Whynot.Fromtheoutset.Myquestionis,thebetter,forallofuswhatitmeans?Onsuchwriters,iswhatmakesawriterwantstobecomeafirst-classwriter?Yes,thisisyourjob.Thisiswhatyoudo.Youenjoyit.Iwanteveryonetogoallout.So,forme,didnotwanttobesomebody'sideaofitisnotnormal.Inthatcase,Idonotunderstand.

　　Q:Youhavesaidthatyouarewaitingforthearrivalofanimportantday,justlikenowyou'refacedwithacareerinoneofthemostdifficultchallenges.Towinthetitleagain,whatdoyoudotoprepare?

　　Bryant:It'sagoodfeeling.Thisfeelsgreat.Imean,reallyamazing.Isithere,wearefullofdoubtforme.Youknow,I'mcaughtinasituation,allisnotveryconstructive.Moredistanttime.Verybeautiful.ThisisanopportunitythatIcantaketothinkclearly,toenhanceself-awareness.Tohowtoseethroughtheriddle,theanswerrevealedit?Howtowinagainthechampionship?Itwillbeveryinteresting.I'llbeasexcitedwhentraining.Hasnosuchalong,longtime.

　　Q:Thisisagreatseason,Iunderstand.Whatdoyouthinkthefirstthingistorebuildtheteam?

　　Bryant:Defenseandrebounding,everythinghasnotchanged,hasalwaysbeendefenseandrebounding.Towinthechampionship,thisistobegoodat.Thisisthebeginningofeverything.Afterthat,everythingwillcomeoutahead.Themostimportantthingisdefenseandrebounding.

　　Q:So,howdoyoupreparefor,andhowtomaintainit?

　　Bryant:Youknow,throughpractice.Thatis,I'mdoingsomethingveryimportant,itcomesfrommyneeds.Dayafterday,Ipayallthesweat.Therefore,whenIplay,ithasbecometheflowofbloodinmybody.Withoutthinking,Ijustdoenough.

　　Q:Manypeoplecomehere.Ifyouchooseonewordtoinspirethem,orwanttobesuccessfulinbasketballcareer,youwillusewhatword?Why?

　　Bryant:Adhereto.Likesailingnotalwayssmoothsailing,anyachievementscannotbeeasilyabletoget.Ifyouareverysimple,andthateachpersonwillbesuccessful.Soyouhavetoadheresteadfastlytowardsgoal,paymoresweatexpense.

　　Q:Doyouplantodointhefuturewhenacoach?

　　Bryant:No.