Jordan二度退休發表的感言--上 - 籃球

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作者: jerrychen (迎接托福魔鬼班~~) 看板: YP91-311
標題: [閒聊] Jordan二度退休發表的感言--上
時間: Sat Jul 5 17:46:39 2003

Dear Basketball,

摯愛的籃球

It's been almost 28 years since the first day we met. 28 years since I saw you

in the back of our garage. 28 years since my parents introduced us.

已經28年了，從我們第一次相遇。已經28年了，從我在車庫看見你。已經28年了，從我父

母親介紹我們認識。

If someone would have told me then, what would become of us, I'm not sure I

would have believed them. I barely remembered your name.

那時，如果有人告訴我「我們是如何的相稱」，我不太確定是否會相信他們所說的，我僅

僅只知道你的名字而已。

Then I started seeing you around the neighborhood and watching you on

television. I used to see you with guys down at the playground. But when my

older brother started paying more attention to you, I started to wonder. Maybe

you were different.

接下來，在住家附近看到你的蹤影；在電視看到你的蹤影；看到你與大伙在球場上奔馳。

但直到我哥哥開始注意到你，我才開始對你產生好奇，也許你相當與眾不同！

We hung out a few times. The more I got to know you, the more I liked you. And

as life would have it, when I finally got really interested in you, when I was

finally ready to get serious, you left me off the varsity. You told me I wasn't

good enough.

我們接觸過幾次後，了解你越多，愛你也越多。你走進我的生活，我終於對你有興趣，我

終於對你認真，但卻被除名校隊！你說我還不夠好。

I was crushed. I was hurt. I think I even cried.

那時，我心碎，我受傷，我想我甚至為此流下淚過。

Then I wanted you more than ever. So I practiced. I hustled. I worked on my

game. Passing. Dribbling. Shooting. Thinking. I ran. I did sit-ups. I did

push-ups. I did pull-ups. I lifted weights. I studied you. I began to fall in

love and you noticed. At least that's what Coach Smith said.

至此之後，我比往常更想要你。加強練習，努力不懈，投入比賽，傳球，運球，投籃，思

考，跑步，仰臥起坐，伏地挺身，伏地挺身，學習你的一切，再次愛上你。你也注意到了

，至少教練Smith也是如此說的。

At the time, I wasn't sure exactly what was going on. But now I know. Coach

Smith was teaching me how to love you, how to listen to you, how to understand

you, how to respect you and how to appreciate you. Then it happened. That night

, at the Louisiana Superdome in the final seconds of the championship game

against Georgetown, you found me in the corner and we danced.

那時我不完全了解那是在幹什麼。但現在我終於知道，教練Smith在教導如何愛上你，如何

傾聽你，如何了解你，如何尊敬你，如何珍惜你。奇蹟發生了！那一晚，在路易斯安納巨

蛋球場，與喬治城冠軍賽的最後幾秒鐘，你在角落找到我，我們翩然起舞。

Since then, you've become much more than just a ball to me. You've become more

than just a court. More than just a hoop. More than just a pair of sneakers.

More than just a game.

從那一刻起，你在我心中不再是單單一顆球，你遠遠超越球場，超越籃球，超越球鞋，超

越比賽。

In some respects, you've become my life. My passion. My motivation. My

inspiration.

在某方面，你已是我的生活，我的熱情，我的動力，我的靈感。


--
"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career.
I've lost almost 300 games.
26times,Ive been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed.
I've failed over and over again in my life.
And that is why I succeed."

--