Hingis入名人堂典禮致詞 - 網球

轉自WTA官網

"I'd like to tell you how deeply honored and moved I am to stand here in
front of you today in this wonderful place with so much history," Hingis
said. "I can only find words to express feelings I have now being a member of
such an elite group our sport has elected to represent millions and millions
of people worldwide playing tennis. I could repeat the words said so many
times before here, that our sport has given me everything in my life, and it
would be the truth. But maybe I can add something special, something to give
you a little bit more insight about who I am and what this means to me.

"I was born behind the Iron Curtain, and my mother wanted to tear the curtain
apart for me. That is the reason I played tennis as a little girl. In 1980,
my mother didn't have many choices for giving me a better life and a chance
for freedom to see the world. She chose the game of tennis as a way out of
the world and the prison we lived in, so thank you, mom. She also gave me the
name Martina after Martina Navratilova who was a great legend and a symbol of
freedom in our country in Czechoslovakia.

"As the wall came down in '89, also, thanks to this great land of yours, I
was already on the way, so thank you, mom, again, you gave me life, you gave
me love, you gave me tennis. You gave me everything you could give me. Thank
you, tennis. You gave me the world, and now I honestly am out of words,
because there are no words to explain what I feel as you gave me a place here
for eternity.

"When I was a little girl," Hingis continued, "I didn't know there was a Hall
of Fame. When I was at the top of my game, I did not know there was more than
sports. As I stand here now in front of you, I am not sure if I deserve all
of this, but what more can I say? Thank you all, and I love you all."

心得:
Hingis真的受她媽媽影響太深了，想起以前看比賽轉播時，都會看見辛媽媽在場邊憂心忡
忡的樣子，還有最經典的是99年法網Hingis比賽結束時倒臥在媽媽身上，看了就很心疼...
還有練球的時候辛媽媽都會幫忙撿球等等，只能說母愛真是太偉大了!

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