还记得第一次看科比的比赛，是那年在校门口的米粉店，76人和湖人的决赛，从此就粉上了科比，之后的五个总冠军、81分…后来很少看比赛，然后他也退役了。

这本自传19年一出，马上入手了，只是去年他走以后才开始看。原来他有的不只是刻苦训练，还有内在的驱动、超强的学习能力...相信他写这本书，也是希望能影响更多人，就像加索尔在序中说

I hope you find the inspiration in this book to go build your own Mentality. 这应该就是科比想通过这本书传递给我们的能量吧！

1.内心的驱动力

在我们看来，科比训练非常刻苦，甚至是苦。可这都是他发自内心对篮球的痴迷，就是想要练到最好。99岁高龄的英语翻译大师，许渊冲老人家，依然在翻译莎士比亚的著作，每天都翻译到凌晨，外人看来这简直比996还累啊，可是他却乐在其中。

他们都是因为内心的热爱，自发的想做到最好。在这个做的过程中，越来越熟练的成就感，又会让他们更热爱在做的这件事。

The only aspect that can’t change，though，is that obession. You have to enter every activity, every single time,with a want and need to do it to the best of your ability.

他说自己一直有内心的渴望想做到最好，完全不需要外力。

I had a constant craving, yearning to improve be the best. I never needed external forces to motivate me.

甚至于别人对自己的期望，都比不上自己对自己的期望。

I never felt outside pressure. The expectations I placed on myself were higher than what anyone expected form me.

2.如何学习

你以为科比只是不带脑子的苦练吗？他除了练习动作，还在不断思考，提问，研究视频，读书，甚至研究裁判手册。

不怕丢脸的请教，当下不会就是不会，去问去学就好了，应该把眼光放长远，知道自己的目标是是什么，相比起来，当下这点尴尬算什么呢？

I wasn’t scared of missing, looking bad, or being embarrassed. That’s because I always kept the end result, the long game, in my mind.

My approach is that I’d rather risk embarrassment now than be embarrassed later, when I’ve won zero titles.

从小开始，只要到有用的技能，他就立刻学习，然后用起来。不停的学习新知识，让他之后学习任何东西都比别人快。很多时候，我们遇到学东西快的人，就觉得是天分，其实大多数时候，只是因为他们做的多，熟能生巧。

As a kid, I would work tirelessly on adding elements to my game. I would see something I liked in person or on film, go practice it immediately, practice it more the next day, and the go out and use it. By the time I reached the league, I had a shorter learning curve. I could see something, download it, and have it down pat.

泡澡的时间读书，尽一切可能提高球技，甚至学习了裁判手册。

Bath time had a bonus benefit: I’d use the quiet break to catch up on reading, always studying to improve my game.

研究裁判如何判定，知道了裁判的盲点，能更理解裁判，也能利用这些规则，对自己更有利。

I earned where those zones were, and I took advantage of them. I would get away with holds, travels, and all sorts of minor violations simply because I took the time to understand the officials’s limitations.

身体某个地方的疼痛，比如脚踝，通常是其他部位动作不对，不平衡造成的，不要只顾着解决表面的疼痛，而忽略去找到根本的原因。

Pain in area of your body always stems form the imbalance somewhere else. With that in mind, it’s important to treat the root cause and not the effect.(I’d spend a lot of time before games working on my ankles-the core of the problem.)

3.如何争取一切时间

有了内驱力和学习力之后，再来看看他有多勤奋。我们都熟悉那句“你见过凌晨五点的洛杉矶吗”，其实早起还有特别暖心的作用，练习后回家，孩子们就起来了，这样就有时间和孩子们相处。

If I started at 5AM and went until 7,I could go again from 11 until 2 and 6 until 8. By starting earlier, I set myself up for an extra workout each day.

很多球员在休息时期减少训练，但科比不会。李笑来也常说，他从来不放假，因为在他看来，每天都一样，越是别人都休息，就越是继续做。

It involved putting a lot of work and hours. It’s no lie tiring. For that reason, a lot of players pare down.Not me, though.This work might be strenuous on the day-to-day, but it left me stronger and more prepared during the dog days of the season and the playoffs.

4.如何专注

在这个碎片信息充斥的年代，专注真的是一项稀缺的能力。而科比却能高度的专注，甚至在他职业生涯的最后一场比赛，他都能忘记是一场告别赛，而是专注在过程中。

The game started and I was accurately focused. I was in the moment, and any small thought of being the final game disappeared.

看看他是怎么做到的：

The only way I was able to pick up details on the court was by training my mind to do that off the court and focusing on every detail in my daily life.

By reading, by paying attention in class and in practice, by working, I strengthened my focus. I strengthened my ability to be present and not have a wandering mind.

平常生活中就要养成专注的习惯，读书、练习，从生活中的一切小事做起。我们总是寄希望于有什么神奇的方法，能让自己马上专注，其实秘诀就在于认真的做每一件事。不管是工作、阅读、甚至看电影（有的人看电影都要看手机），运动，专注眼前做的事。冥想和番茄钟可以试试帮助专注。

要说有什么技术吗？那就是察觉。就像冥想中强调的一样，走神了没关系，关键是要意识到，然后回来。

The key, though, is being aware of how you’re feeling and how you need to be feeling. It all starts with awareness.

5.场景的力量-如何快速进入状态

刚才说过了专注，如何能快速进入状态？经常看到体育明星带着大耳机，其实他们是在调整，让自己迅速进入状态。

科比就说自己需要不同状态，会听不同的歌，如果需要提起精神，就听一些硬核的歌，如果需要舒缓，就会听高中时候常听的歌。有时候需要平静，只是假装带着耳机。

If I needed to get keyed up, I listened to hard music. If I need to soothe myself, I might play the same soundtrack on the bus in high school to put me back in that space.

NBA球星是怎么克服赛场上观众的尖叫声的？自己在场馆里不停的练习，到了场上就想象自己还是在练习的时候。这就像其他人说到如何克服演讲的恐惧，大量的练习，练习的时候假想自己就在现场演讲。

When I jogged out of the tunnel, and the fans were screaming, and it’s loud. The noise didn’t impact me. Mentally, I was able to remember the stillness of the earlier moment and carry that with me.

6.不抱怨

遇到困难，不抱怨，而是接受现实，并做自己能做的事，尽力改变。比如受伤了从不抱怨，如果只是有点痛，没什么，继续练习就好了。

That was my mindset. I never let fear or doubt seep into my psyche. I never whined and I never complained. I mean, for what?

If it was going to be painful but not get worse, I’d deal with it 100 percent of the time. That twas the only thought process for me.

手受伤了以后，要换姿势投篮，那就大量练习，直到形成肌肉记忆。

After I hurt it, I had to start focusing on using my middle finger. Making that change took a couple of practices. Not average practices, though.

Days flooded with mental and physical work. I had to download the software that was the new form, and then drilling it in.

7.Mentality

坚持做对自己有用的，不要管外面流行什么，适合自己的才是最好的。

If something is working for you, why changed it up and embrace some new fad? Stick with what works, even if it’s unpopular.

想做出点什么成就，就扎进去好好做。怎么可能什么都不牺牲就能有所成就？

If you want to be in a particular area, you have to obsess over it. A lot of people say they want to be great, but they are not willing to make the sacrifice, they spread themselves out.

人生没有顶峰，而是不断精进的过程。

I guess, for some people, it might be hard to stay sharp once you‘ve reach the pinnacle. Not for me，though. It was never enough. I alway wanted to be better, wanted more. I can’t really explain it, other than I love the game but had a very short memory. That fueled me until the day I hung up my sneakers.

专注一件事，这件事会辐射到所有方面，全都好起来，因为Mentality已经形成。所以退役后，科比做的这条动画短片也获得了奥斯卡。

The basketball took me everywhere.

写在最后：

今天才发现这本书是两年前的今天到货的，去年今天他走以后，我放在床头每晚读一页，是读出声的那种朗读。一年后的今天，读书笔记终于写完了。