Lonzo Ball想對父親說的話 - NBA

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The Players' Tribune

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Title: To the Loudest Guy in the Gym
給球場內的大聲公

Dear Dad,

Over the past few months, you’ve talked a lot about me — maybe more than
some people cared for. So with Father’s Day coming up I thought that writing
this would be a good way for me to actually say a few things about you.
過去幾個月中，你說了很多有關於我的話，或許多過人們想知道的
父親節即將到來，所以我想寫些人們所不知道的你

The real you — not the person everyone has seen on TV. Just, my dad.
真實的你 我的父親 不是大家在電視上看到的那個人 而是我的父親

One of the things I admire most about you is that you don’t really care what
other people think. People can have whatever opinions they want about who you
are as a person, but they’ll never have all the facts. They’ll never know
you like I do.
我最崇拜你的一件事，就是你並不關心別人對你怎麼想，別人可以怎麼說你
但人們絕不可能像我一樣如此了解你

They weren’t there when you cleared out our living room so that my brothers
and I would have room to play games and just be kids.
人們看不到你是如何整理我們的房間，好讓我跟兄弟們可以在房間打電動

They’ve never woken up to the smell of one of your signature breakfasts,
which you made for us every single day when we were growing up.
人們看不到你是如何每一天不倦怠的為我們準備美味的早餐

And they weren’t there when you were making sure that I always took care of
business in the classroom and graduated from high school with a 4.0 GPA.
人們更是看不到你是如何確保我可以跟上課業，並且以GPA 4.0的最高成績從高中畢業

But you were.
This probably won’t surprise anybody, but for as long as I can remember you’
ve always been the loudest person in the gym.
但你就是做到了
或許大家並不覺得驚訝，但在我印象中 你就是球場上喊最大聲的那個人

It didn’t matter if you were coaching my team or sitting in the stands, I’
ve always known you were watching me closely because I could always hear you.
And that’s how it’s always been — you’re not just present, you’re
involved.
不管是你是球隊的教練還是場邊的觀眾，我總是知道你在看著我，因為我總是可以聽到
你的聲音，你並不只是現身在球場，而是跟著我一起融入球賽中了

When I was in middle school, I started dreaming of one day making it to the
NBA. I wanted to be a point guard, just like Magic Johnson. You agreed to
show me how to get there. You made your living training athletes — you still
do — so I put my trust in you. And in return, you made me put in the work.
從我國中開始就想要進入NBA，以Magic Johnson為目標成為一個控球後衛
你答應我要帶我去NBA，你把你的全部身心投注在訓練我們這些運動員
所以我完全的信任你，做為回報，你讓我努力全心去完成夢想

I still have your schedule ingrained in my mind. I probably always will.
Monday, Wednesday and Friday we did weights.
Tuesday and Thursday we did pull-ups.
Then there was the hill. Oh man, that hill.
我還記得那訓練菜單，星期一三五做重訓，二四拉單槓
還有那要命的山丘 天啊 那山丘

Every day, no matter what, you’d take LiAngelo and LaMelo and me around the
corner from our house in Chino to run up and down that hill in the heat
before bringing us back home to do sit-ups.
每天你都會帶著我們三兄弟去那個小山丘跑上跑下，回家繼續做仰臥起坐

You were always out there with us, leading the way. You were there for every
step. Pushing, encouraging and refusing to accept anything less than our very
best. You never forced me to do any of it. You knew that you never needed to.
You understood me.
你總是帶領著我們一起訓練，陪伴著我們完成一步一階，並鼓勵著我們完成菜單
你從來不用強迫我去完成，你知道你永遠不必這樣做，因為你懂我

And when I did need some motivation, you always knew just how to push my
buttons. It wasn’t by making me do more reps or anything like that. It just
came down to saying something simple like, “I hope you know that you’re not
getting better.’ That was all I ever needed to hear from you to make me keep
grinding.
每當我需要一點激勵的時候，你總是知道如何我的點
那並不是要我做更多菜單
你單純只是過來跟我說 "我希望你知道你現在一點長進都沒有"
那幾句話就足夠讓我繼續埋頭苦幹

Regardless of what comes next in my life, I’m always going to remember our
family road trips to games. It would be you up front with mom, blasting music
and getting my brothers and I hyped in the backseat.
不管未來我的人生遇到甚麼困難，我只會記得以前在前往球賽的路上，你跟媽在前座
整路放著音樂 讓我們三兄弟在後座哼唱

The ride to a game was always a party, but the mood on the ride home, well,
that all depended on how the game had gone.
前往球賽的路上就像是個party，但在球賽結束回家的路上，車上的氣氛就得取決球賽打
的怎麼樣了

You’ve never told me, “Great game,” and just left it at that. Win or lose,
you’ve always been able to find something that I could improve. Some people
are thrown off by your tone, but I’ve always known to internalize what you
say rather than how you say it. Because when you unpack everything, there’s
always truth in what you tell me.
你從來不會只跟我說 "GG"而已，不管球賽贏還輸，你總是可以挑到我的毛病
有些人對你的方式感到迷惑，但我總是可以抓到你的重點
因為你從不會修飾 只有百分百的忠言

I’ll never forget the game we played against a travel team from New York a
few years back. They were all older than us, and we were completely outsized.
I mean, Melo was probably a foot shorter than every single guy on that team.
It was such a mismatch that I had to guard their power forward on defense.

我永遠記得幾年前那個來自紐約的球隊，他們都比我們年長，都比我們大隻
LaMelo大概都比他們任何一個球員還矮一呎以上，防守上是如此錯位
我必須去守他們的PF

It was the type of game that most teams probably would have gone into knowing
they were going to lose. In fact, most teams probably would have been
satisfied with keeping the score within 20.
那種身材水準落差過大的比賽 對大部分的球隊來說都已經是必輸的
輸20分以內都算贏的那種

Not our family, though.
We went out there and we ran those kids off the court. We rained threes on
them and pressed the entire game. And we won.
對我們這一家來說 絕沒這種事 我們追了他們滿場 用三分球壓迫他們 最後我們贏了

That was a really good ride home.
那次回家的路上真是令人印象深刻

A lot of people ask if I ever get sick of you talking about me. They see how
I mostly keep to myself and assume that I’d rather you acted the same way.
很多人問我會不會厭倦我爸大肆討論我的樣子，他們看到我保持靜默的樣子
以為我也反對這樣的行徑

What they don’t realize is all of the stuff that you’ve said about me in
public is the same stuff you’ve been telling me privately my whole life. And
a lot of the time, you’ve been right. Over the years, you’ve spoken so many
things into reality that otherwise seemed impossible. Even on the night of
the draft lottery, when the Lakers ended up in the top three, you started
running around the house screaming, “I TOLD EVERYBODY! I TOLD THEM IT WOULD
HAPPEN!” That was hilarious.
但他們不知道的是，那些你公開說過有關於我的話，其實就是你每天對著我說的那些話
而且大部分的時間，你都是對的，以前那些大家認為不可能發生的事情都實現了
即使湖人抽到樂透籤的那一晚，你繞著屋子大叫 "我告訴你了啦 我就知道這會發生"
那場景真的很好笑

People may not see it, but I possess the very same confidence that you have.
(I think Melo got all of the talking genes.) In fact, when I think about it,
confidence is the most important thing that I inherited from you. The
difference is, I’ve internalized it. Everything you’ve told me, I’ve
absorbed and used on the court. That’s where I do my talking.
人們或許不知道，但我承襲你的每一點滴自信，LaMelo遺傳到你所有的嘴砲
我認為我遺傳到你的自信
但我跟你的差別在於，我把我的自信隱藏起來
所有你告訴我的事情，我默默記在心中，而用球場的表現來說話，這是我嘴砲的方式

The confidence that you have in me makes me feel so strong. It’s helped me
to never back down from a challenge and to stay true to myself. I’m going to
be taking this next step to the NBA knowing that I’m ready. And no matter
what’s thrown at me, I know you’re always going to have my back.
你對我的自信讓我更加強壯，讓我不畏懼任何挑戰，並對誠實面對自己
我即將面對NBA，而我知道我準備好了
不管遇到甚麼困難，我知道有你做為我的後盾

There’s nothing I can ever do to really pay you back for all you’ve done
for me. There might be a car or two I might have in mind, but I know that a
car won’t really cut it. The best way I know how to repay you is by living
up to the vision you’ve always had for me. You’ve always said that making
it to the NBA is much easier than staying there. I want to take the belief you
’ve shown in me and justify it. I want you to see me play and be able to sit
back with a sense of satisfaction knowing that I made it. That we made it.
你對我的恩情我無以為回報，或許我會買幾輛車來答謝你，但我不知道這不是回報你
的最好方式，而是好好的在NBA發光發熱才是回報你最好的方式

I know there are a lot of kids who aren’t lucky enough to have a father
figure in their lives. That’s a really tough obstacle to overcome. So
regardless of what anyone else thinks of you, I’m just incredibly thankful
to have you as my dad. If I didn’t have you as an influence in my life, I don
’t think I’d be in the position I am today. Actually, I know I wouldn’t.
我知道有許多小孩沒如此幸運有這麼棒的父親，不管人們怎麼看你
我對你只有無限的感激，沒有你就沒有現在的我

You haven’t had the easiest life. Everything you’ve got, you’ve had to
work for. And you’ve spent your entire adult life instilling that work ethic
into me and my brothers to make sure that we never have to face the same
challenges that you did. I can’t think of anything else that you could ask
for from a dad.
所有你給我們的物質生活 你教導我們的所有事情 都是避免我們跟你遇到相同的挑戰
做為一個父親，我們對你已經無可挑剔了

Thank you for teaching me how to play this game. Thank you for teaching me
how to be a man. And thank you for never apologizing for being you.

感謝你帶領我進入籃球 感謝你教導我們怎麼成為一個男人 感謝你不會因做自己而道歉

Happy Father’s Day, Dad. Love you.

父親節快樂 愛你

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