kobe briyant is just days away from returning to the court.been a long, emotional road for the lakers star who tells me how close he was to retiring after tearing his achilles tendon last april. the night you got hurt, you did the soul searching, the facebook posting, the rant. worst thing ever. wonder if you should pack it in. now you look back through the whole experience, how would you describe it? >> well, i mean, it is one of those moments, you know, i think we all have moments like this in life where it just seems like thedy's never going to end. you know? seems like the moment that you're in just feels like the darkest moment to you. you know? you personally feel like i don't know if i can do this again. i don't know if i can come back. you know? you have to issue that challenge to yourself and try to respond to it. >> this past week you're rrning around all over, introducing a new kobe 9 shoe. >> that's right. >> you talked when you first got hurt, hey, maybe, i should just retire. look at michael jordan's postretirement. had the merch