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John Wooden: The difference between winning and succeeding
John Wooden om forskellen mellem at vinde og succes
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Med dybsindig simpelhed, omdefinerer træner John Wooden succes og anmoder os alle om at forfølge det bedste i os selv. I dette inspirerende foredrag deler han den rådgivning han gav sine spillere ved UCLA, citerer poesi og husker hans fars visdom.
John Wooden - Coach
John Wooden, affectionately known as Coach, led UCLA to record wins that are still unmatched in the world of basketball. Throughout his long life, he shared the values and life lessons he passed to his players, emphasizing success that’s about much more than winning. Full bio
John Wooden, affectionately known as Coach, led UCLA to record wins that are still unmatched in the world of basketball. Throughout his long life, he shared the values and life lessons he passed to his players, emphasizing success that’s about much more than winning. Full bio
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I coined my own definition of success
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Jeg opfandt min egen definition af succes
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in 1934, when I was teaching at a high school in South Bend, Indiana,
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i 1934, da jeg underviste på et gymnasie i South Bend, Indiana,
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being a little bit disappointed, and delusioned perhaps, by
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værende en smule skuffet, og blændet måske, af
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the way parents of the youngsters in my English classes
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den måde hvorpå forældrene til børnene i min engelsk time
00:28
expected their youngsters to
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forventede at deres børn
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get an A or a B. They thought a C was all right for the neighbors' children,
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fik et A eller B. De synes et C var udmærket til naboens børn,
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because the neighbors children are all average.
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fordi naboens børn er alle sammen gennemsnitlige.
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But they weren't satisfied when their own --
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Men de var ikke tilfredse når deres egne --
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would make the teacher feel that they had failed, or the youngster had failed.
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ville få læreren til at føle at de havde fejlet, eller at børnene havde fejlet.
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And that's not right. The good Lord in his infinite wisdom
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Og det er ikke i orden. Den gode herre i sin uendelige visdom
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didn't create us all equal as far as intelligence is concerned,
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skabte os ikke alle lige når det kommer til intelligens,
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any more than we're equal for size, appearance.
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mere end at vi er lige i størrelse, udseende.
00:52
Not everybody could earn an A or a B, and I didn't like that way of judging it.
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Ikke alle kunne gøre sig fortjent til et A eller et B, og jeg kunne ikke lide den måde at dømme det på.
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And I did know how the alumni of various schools
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Og jeg vidste hvordan de tidligere studerende af forskellige skoler
00:59
back in the 30s judged coaches and athletic teams.
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tilbage i 30'erne dømte trænere og atletik hold.
01:03
If you won them all, you were considered to be reasonably successful --
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Hvis man vandt dem alle sammen, blev man anset for at være rimelig succesfuld --
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not completely. Because I found out --
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ikke fuldstændig. Fordi jeg fandt ud af --
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we had a number of years at UCLA where we didn't lose a game.
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vi havde et antal år på UCLA, hvor vi ikke tabte en kamp.
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But it seemed that we didn't win each individual game by the margin
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Men det virkede til at vi ikke vandt hver enkelt kamp med den
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that some of our alumni had predicted and
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margen som nogle af vores tidligere elever havde forudset og
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quite frequently I --
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ret ofte jeg --
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(Laughter)
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(Latter)
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-- quite frequently I really felt that they had backed up their predictions
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-- ret ofte følte jeg at de havde bakket deres forudsigelser op
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in a more materialistic manner.
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på en mere materialistisk måde.
01:31
But that was true back in the 30s, so I understood that.
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Men det var tilbage i 30'erne, så jeg forstod det.
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But I didn't like it. And I didn't agree with it.
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Men jeg kunne ikke lide det. Og jeg var ikke enig i det.
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And I wanted to come up with something that I hoped could make me a better teacher,
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Og jeg ville finde på noget, som jeg håbede ville gøre mig til en bedre lærer,
01:39
and give the youngsters under my supervision --
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og give de unge under min vejledning --
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whether it be in athletics or in the English classroom --
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hvad enten det var i atletik eller i engelsk timerne --
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something to which to aspire,
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noget at stræbe efter,
01:46
other than just a higher mark
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andet end bare at få en høj karakter
01:49
in the classroom, or more points in some athletic contest.
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i timerne, eller flere point i nogle atletiske discipliner.
01:52
I thought about that for quite a spell,
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Jeg tænkte over det i noget tid,
01:55
and I wanted to come up with my own definition. I thought that might help.
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og jeg ville finde på min egen definition. Jeg tænkte det måske ville hjælpe.
01:58
And I knew how Mr. Webster defined it:
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Og jeg vidste hvordan Hr. Webster definerede det:
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as the accumulation of material possessions
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Som akkumuleringen af materielle besiddelser
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or the attainment of a position of power or prestige, or something of that sort --
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eller opnåelsen af en position af magt og prestige, eller noget i den stil --
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worthy accomplishments perhaps,
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værdige præstationer måske,
02:09
but in my opinion not necessarily indicative of success.
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men efter min mening ikke nødvendigvis indikationer på succes.
02:13
So I wanted to come up with something of my own.
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Så jeg ville finde på noget selv.
02:15
And I recalled -- I was raised on a small farm in Southern Indiana
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Og jeg kunne huske -- jeg voksede op på en lille farm i Southern Indiana
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and Dad tried to teach me and my brothers
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og far prøvede at lære mig og mine brødre
02:21
that you should never try to be better than someone else.
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at man bør aldrig prøve på at være bedre end nogen andre.
02:24
I'm sure at the time he did that, I didn't -- it didn't --
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Jeg er sikker på at han dengang gjorde det, jeg gjorde ikke -- det var ikke --
02:28
well, somewhere, I guess in the hidden recesses of mind,
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jamen, et aller andet sted, jeg tror i en skjult afkrog i sindet,
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it popped out years later.
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poppede det ud flere år senere.
02:33
Never try to be better than someone else,
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Prøv aldrig på at være bedre end nogen andre,
02:35
always learn from others. Never cease
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lær altid af andre. Hold aldrig op med
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trying to be the best you can be -- that's under your control.
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at prøve på at være det bedste man kan være -- det styrer man selv.
02:40
If you get too engrossed and involved and concerned
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Hvis man bliver for opslugt og involveret og bekymret
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in regard to the things over which you have no control,
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i forhold til tingene man ikke har noget kontrol over,
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it will adversely affect the things over which you have control.
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vil det have en ugunstig effekt over de ting man kan kontrollere.
02:49
Then I ran across this simple verse that said,
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Så faldt jeg over dette simple vers, hvor der stod,
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"At God's footstool to confess, a poor soul knelt, and bowed his head.
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"Ved Guds fodskammel at indrømme, en stakkels sjæl knælede, og bøjede sit hoved.
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'I failed!' He cried.
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'Jeg fejlede!' Skreg han.
02:57
The Master said, 'Thou didst thy best, that is success.'"
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Herren sagde, 'Du gjorde dit bedste, det er succes.'"
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From those things, and one other perhaps,
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Fra de ting, og måske en anden,
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I coined my own definition of success,
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formulerede jeg min egen definition af succes,
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which is: peace of mind attained only through
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som er: sjælefred kun opnået gennem
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self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do the best
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selvtilfredsstillelse ved at vide at man gjorde en indsats for at gøre det bedste
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of which you're capable.
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man var i stand til.
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I believe that's true. If you make the effort
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Jeg mener det er sandt. Hvis man gør sig umage
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to do the best of which you're capable, to try and improve the situation
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for at gøre det bedste man er i stand til, for at prøve og forbedre situationen
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that exists for you, I think that's success.
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man er i, mener jeg det er succes.
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And I don't think others can judge that. I think it's like character and reputation.
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Og jeg mener ikke andre kan bedømme det. Jeg mener det er ligesom karakter og omdømme.
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Your reputation is what you are perceived to be;
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Ens omdømme er hvad man opfatter det til at være:
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your character is what you really are.
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ens karakter er hvad man virkelig er.
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And I think that character is much more
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Og jeg mener karakter er meget
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important than what you are perceived to be.
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vigtigere end hvad man opfatter det som.
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You'd hope they'd both be good,
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Man ville håbe at de begge er gode,
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but they won't necessarily be the same.
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men de vil ikke nødvendigvis være det samme.
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Well, that was my idea that I was going to try to get across to the youngsters.
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Jamen, det var min ide som jeg ville prøve at udbrede til de unge.
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I ran across other things. I love to teach,
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Jeg kom også med andre ting. Jeg elsker at undervise,
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and it was mentioned by the previous speaker
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og det blev nævnt af en tidligere taler
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that I enjoy poetry, and I dabble in it a bit, and love it.
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at jeg nyder poesi, og jeg sopper lidt i det, jeg elsker det.
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There are some things that helped me, I think,
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Der er nogle ting der hjalp mig, tror jeg,
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be better than I would have been. I know I'm not what I ought to be,
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til at være bedre end jeg ville have været. Jeg ved jeg ikke er hvad jeg burde være,
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not what I should be. But I think I'm better than I would have been
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ikke hvad jeg skulle være. Men jeg mener, at jeg er bedre end jeg ville have været
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if I hadn't run across certain things.
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hvis jeg ikke var løbet ind i bestemte ting.
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One was just a little verse that said,
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Et af dem var bare et lille vers hvor der stod,
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"No written word, no spoken plea
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"Intet skrevet ord, ingen udtalt bøn,
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can teach our youth what they should be.
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kan lære vores ungdom hvad de burde være.
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Nor all the books on all the shelves --
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Ej heller alle bøger på hylderne --
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it's what the teachers are themselves."
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det er hvad lærerne selv er."
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That made an impression on me
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Det gjorde et indtryk på mig
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in the 1930s.
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i 1930'erne.
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And I tried to use that more or less in my teaching,
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Og jeg prøvede at bruge det, mere eller mindre i min undervisning,
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whether it be in sports, or whether it be in the English classroom.
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hvad enten det var i sport, eller i engelsk timerne.
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I love poetry and always had an interest in that somehow.
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Jeg elsker poesi og har på en eller anden måde altid haft en interesse i det.
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Maybe it's because Dad used to read to us at night.
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Måske er det fordi min far plejede at lære for os om aftenen.
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Coal oil lamp -- we didn't have electricity
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-- vi havde ikke elektricitet
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in our farm home.
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i vores landbrugshus.
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And Dad would read poetry to us. So I always liked it.
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Og far ville læse poesi for os. Så jeg kunne altid lide det.
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And about the same time I ran across this one verse,
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Og på cirka samme tid løb jeg ind i dette ene vers,
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I ran across another one. Someone asked
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løb jeg ind i et andet. Nogen spurgte
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a lady teacher why she taught.
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en lærerinde hvorfor hun underviste.
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And she -- after some time, she said she wanted to think about that.
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Og hun -- efter noget tid, sagde hun at hun ville tænke over det.
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Then she came up and said,
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Så kom hun tilbage og sagde,
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"They ask me why I teach
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"De spørger mig hvorfor jeg underviser
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and I reply, 'Where could I find such splendid company?'
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og jeg svarer, 'Hvor kunne jeg finde så fremragende selskab?'
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There sits a statesman, strong, unbiased, wise;
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Der sidder en statsmand, stærk, objektiv, vis;
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another Daniel Webster, silver-tongued.
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en anden Daniel Webster, ordet i sin magt.
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A doctor sits beside him,
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Der sidder en læge ved siden af ham,
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whose quick steady hand may mend a bone,
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hvis hurtige og rolige hånd kan hele en knogle,
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or stem the life-blood's flow.
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eller styre livsblodet flyden.
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And there a builder. Upward rise the arch of a church he builds,
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Og der en bygger. Hvælvingen på den kirke han bygger, strækker sig opad,
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wherein that minister may speak the word of God
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hvori den præst kan tale Guds ord
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and lead a stumbling soul to touch the Christ.
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og lede en vaklende sjæl til at røre Kristus.
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And all about a gathering of teachers,
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Og alt sammen om en samling lærere,
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farmers, merchants, laborers:
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landmænd, handlere, arbejdere:
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those who work and vote and build and plan and pray into a great tomorrow.
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dem der arbejder og stemmer og bygger og planlægger og beder ind i en bedre morgendag.
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And I may say, I may not see the church,
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Og jeg må sige, jeg ser måske ikke kirken,
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or hear the word or eat the food their hands may grow.
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eller hører ordet, eller spiser maden deres hænder dyrker,
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But yet again I may. And later I may say,
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Omvendt så gør jeg måske.Og senere kan jeg sige,
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I knew him once, and he was weak, or strong,
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jeg kendte ham en gang, og han var stærk, eller svag,
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or bold or proud or gay.
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eller modig, eller stolt eller glad.
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I knew him once, but then he was a boy.
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Jeg kendte ham en gang, men de var han en dreng.
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They ask me why I teach and I reply,
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De spørger mig hvorfor jeg underviser og jeg svarer,
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'Where could I find such splendid company?'"
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'Hvor kan jeg finde så fremragende selskab?'"
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And I believe the teaching profession --
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Og jeg tror på lærergerningen --
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it's true, you have so many youngsters.
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det er sandt, man har så mange unge.
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And I've got to think of my youngsters at UCLA --
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Og jeg skal tænke på mine unge ved UCLA --
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30-some attorneys, 11 dentists and doctors,
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nogle og 30 advokater, 11 tandlæger og læger,
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many, many teachers and other professions.
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mange, mange lærere og andre professioner.
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And that gives you a great deal of pleasure,
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Og det giver en en stor del glæde,
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to see them go on.
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at se dem gå videre.
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I always tried to make the youngsters feel
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Jeg har altid prøvet på at få de unge til at føle
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that they're there to get an education, number one.
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at de er der for at få en uddannelse, nummer et.
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Basketball was second, because it was paying their way,
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Basketball var nummer to, fordi det betalte for dagen og vejen,
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and they do need a little time for social activities,
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og de har brug for lidt tid til sociale aktiviteter,
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but you let social activities take a little precedence over the other two
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men man lader sociale aktiviteter have et lille fortrin frem for de to andre
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and you're not going to have any very long.
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og man har ikke nogen af dem særlig længe.
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So that was the ideas that I tried to get across
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Så det var ideerne jeg prøvede at formidle
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to the youngsters under my supervision.
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til de unge i min varetægt.
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I had three rules, pretty much, that I stuck with practically all the time.
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Jeg havde tre regler, stort set, som jeg til hver en tid holdte mig til.
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I'd learned these prior to coming to UCLA,
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Jeg havde lært dem inden jeg kom til UCLA,
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and I decided they were very important.
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og jeg besluttede at de var meget vigtige.
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One was -- never be late. Never be late.
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En var -- kom aldrig for sent. Kom aldrig for sent.
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Later on I said certain things --
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Senere sagde jeg bestemte ting --
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I had -- players, if we're leaving for somewhere, had to be neat and clean.
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jeg havde -- spillere, hvis vi skulle et sted hen, skulle være pæne og rene.
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There was a time when I made them wear jackets and shirts and ties.
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Der var en gang hvor jeg fik dem til at have jakker og skjorter og slips på.
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Then I saw our chancellor coming to school
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Så så jeg vores rektor komme i skole
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in denims and turtlenecks, and I thought,
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i cowboybukser og rullekrave, og jeg tænkte,
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not right for me to keep this other.
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ikke rigtigt for mig at holde fast i det andet.
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So I let them -- just they had to be neat and clean.
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Så jeg lod dem -- bare at de skulle være pæne og rene.
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I had one of my greatest players that you probably heard of,
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Jeg havde en af mine største spillere som I muligvis har hørt om,
07:21
Bill Walton. He came to catch the bus;
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Bill Walton. Han kom for at nå bussen;
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we were leaving for somewhere to play.
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vi skulle afsted for at spille et eller andet sted.
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And he wasn't clean and neat, so I wouldn't let him go.
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Og han var ikke ren og pæn, så jeg lod ham ikke tage afsted.
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He couldn't get on the bus. He had to go home and get cleaned up
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Han måtte ikke komme ombord. Han skulle hjem og blive rengjort
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to get to the airport.
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for at komme til lufthavnen.
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So I was a stickler for that. I believed in that.
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Så det var jeg pertentlig omkring. Jeg troede på det.
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I believe in time -- very important.
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Jeg tror på tid -- meget vigtigt.
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I believe you should be on time. But I felt at practice, for example,
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Jeg mener man skal komme til tiden. Men jeg følte til træning, for eksempel,
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we start on time, we close on time.
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vi startede til tiden, vi sluttede til tiden.
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The youngsters didn't have to feel that we were going to keep them over.
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De unge skulle ikke føle at vi holdte dem længere.
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When I speak at coaching clinics, I often tell
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Når jeg taler til coaching klinikker, fortæller jeg ofte
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young coaches -- and at coaching clinics, more or less,
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unge coacher -- og ved coaching klinikker, mere eller mindre,
07:53
they'll be the younger coaches getting in the profession.
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er det de unge coacher der prøver at komme ind i professionen.
07:56
Most of them are young, you know, and probably newly married.
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De fleste af dem er unge, I ved, og sikkert nygifte.
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And I tell them, "Don't run practices late.
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Og jeg fortæller dem, "Træn ikke sent.
08:02
Because you'll go home in a bad mood.
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Fordi man tager hjem med dårligt humør.
08:05
And that's not good, for a young married man to go home in a bad mood.
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Og det er ikke godt, for en ung nygift mand at komme hjem i dårligt humør.
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When you get older, it doesn't make any difference." But --
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Når man bliver ældre, gør det ikke nogen forskel." Men --
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(Laughter)
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(Latter)
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So I did believe on time. I believe starting on time,
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Så jeg tror på, til tiden. Jeg tror på at starte til tiden,
08:17
and I believe closing on time.
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og jeg tror på at slutte til tiden.
08:19
And another one I had was, not one word of profanity.
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Og en anden ting jeg havde var, ikke et skældsord.
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One word of profanity, and you are out of here for the day.
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Et skældsord og man er væk herfra resten af dagen.
08:27
If I see it in a game, you're going to come out and sit on the bench.
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Hvis jeg ser det i en kamp, kommer man ud og sidder på bænken.
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And the third one was, never criticize a teammate.
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Og den tredje var, kritiser aldrig en holdkammerat.
08:33
I didn't want that. I used to tell them I was paid to do that.
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Det ville jeg ikke have. Jeg plejede at sige til dem, at jeg blev betalt for at gøre det.
08:36
That's my job. I'm paid to do it. Pitifully poor, but I am paid to do it.
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Det er mit job. Jeg bliver betalt for at gøre det. Utrolig lidt, men jeg bliver betalt for at gøre det.
08:40
Not like the coaches today, for gracious sakes, no.
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Ikke ligesom trænerne i dag, for søren, nej.
08:43
It's a little different than it was in my day.
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Det er lidt anderledes end det var i min tid.
08:46
Those were three things that I stuck with pretty closely all the time.
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Det var tre ting jeg holdte mig ret meget til hele tiden.
08:50
And those actually came from my dad.
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Og det kom faktisk fra min far.
08:53
That's what he tried to teach me and my brothers at one time.
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Det var det han prøvede at lære mig og mine brødre en gang.
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I came up with a pyramid eventually,
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Jeg fandt på en pyramide med tiden,
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that I don't have the time to go on that.
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som jeg ikke har tid til at forklare nu.
09:03
But that helped me, I think, become a better teacher.
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Men den hjalp mig, tror jeg, med at blive en bedre lærer.
09:07
It's something like this:
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Det er noget i denne retning:
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And I had blocks in the pyramid,
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Og jeg havde blokke i pyramiden,
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and the cornerstones being industriousness and enthusiasm,
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og hjørnestenene var arbejdsomhed og entusiasme,
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working hard and enjoying what you're doing,
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at arbejde hårdt og holde af det man gør,
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coming up to the apex
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at nå højdepunktet
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according to my definition of success.
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ifølge min definition på succes.
09:22
And right at the top -- faith and patience.
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Og helt på toppen -- tro og tålmodighed.
09:24
And I say to you, in whatever you're doing,
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Og jeg fortæller jer, uanset hvad man laver
09:26
you must be patient. You have to have patience to --
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skal man være tålmodig. Man skal have tålmodigheden til --
09:29
we want things to happen. We talk about our youth being impatient a lot.
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vi vil gerne have at der sker noget. Vi taler om at vores unge tit er utålmodige.
09:35
And they are. They want to change everything.
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Og det er de. De vil ændre alt.
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They think all change is progress.
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De tror al forandring er forbedring.
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And we get a little older -- we sort of let things go.
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Og vi bliver lidt ældre -- vi lader ting være.
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And we forget there is no progress without change.
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Og vi glemmer at der ikke er noget fremskridt uden forandring.
09:43
So you must have patience.
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Så man skal have tålmodighed.
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And I believe that we must have faith.
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Og jeg mener at vi skal have tro.
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I believe that we must believe,
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Jeg mener at vi skal tro,
09:49
truly believe. Not just give it word service;
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virkelig tro. Ikke bare for at sige noget;
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believe that things will work out as they should,
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tro på at tingene udarter sig som de burde,
09:55
providing we do what we should.
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forudsat vi gør det vi bør.
09:57
I think our tendency is to hope that things will turn out the way we want them to
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Jeg tror vores tendens er at håbe på at tingene udarter sig som vi gerne vil have de gør
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much of the time. But we don't do the things that are necessary
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meget af tiden. Men vi gør ikke de ting der er nødvendige
10:06
to make those things become reality.
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for at de ting kan blive til virkelighed.
10:10
I worked on this for some 14 years,
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Jeg arbejdede på dette i cirka 14 år,
10:12
and I think it helped me become a better teacher.
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og jeg mener det hjalp mig til at blive en bedre lærer.
10:15
But it all revolved around that original definition of success.
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Men det drejede sig om den originale definition af succes.
10:19
You know a number of years ago, there was a Major
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I ved der for et antal år siden, var der en Major
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League Baseball umpire by the name of George Moriarty.
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League Baseball dommer der hed George Moriarty.
10:25
He spelled Moriarty with only one 'i'.
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Han stavede Moriarty med kun et 'i'.
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I'd never seen that before, but he did.
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Det havde jeg ikke set før, men det gjorde han.
10:30
Big league baseball players --
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Big league baseball spillere --
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they're very perceptive about those things,
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de er meget hurtigt opfattende om disse ting,
10:34
and they noticed he had only one 'i' in his name.
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og de lagde mærke til at der kun var et 'i' i hans navn.
10:37
You'd be surprised how many also told him
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Man ville blive overrasket over hvor mange der også sagde til ham
10:40
that that was one more than he had in his head
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at det var et mere end han havde i sit hoved
10:43
at various times.
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på forskellige tidspunkter.
10:44
(Laughter)
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(Latter)
10:46
But he wrote something that I think he did
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Men han skrev noget som jeg tror han gjorde
10:48
while I tried to do in this pyramid. He called it "The Road Ahead,
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mens jeg prøvede at lave denne pyramide. Han kaldte det "The Road Ahead,
10:50
or the Road Behind."
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or the Road Behind."
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"Sometimes I think the Fates must
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"Nogen gange tror jeg skæbnerne må
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grin as we denounce them and insist
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grine mens vi tager afstand fra dem og insisterer
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the only reason we can't win, is the Fates themselves that miss.
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på, at den eneste grund til vi kan vinde er, at skæbnen selv rammer ved siden af.
11:00
Yet there lives on the ancient claim:
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Alligevel lever den gamle myte videre:
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we win or lose within ourselves. The shining trophies on our shelves
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vi vinder eller taber indeni os selv. De skinnende trofæer på vores hylde
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can never win tomorrow's game.
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kan aldrig vinde morgendagens kamp.
11:07
You and I know deeper down, there's always a chance to win the crown.
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Du og jeg ved inderst inde, at der altid er en chance for at vinde kronen.
11:10
But when we fail to give our best,
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Men når vi ikke formår at yde vores bedste,
11:12
we simply haven't met the test, of giving all
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har vi ikke levet op til det, at give alt
11:14
and saving none until the game is really won;
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og ikke gemme noget til kampen virkelig er vundet;
11:16
of showing what is meant by grit;
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ved at vise hvad der menes med mod;
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of playing through when others quit;
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ved at blive ved med at spille, mens andre stopper;
11:21
of playing through, not letting up.
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ved at blive ved, ikke at give op;
11:23
It's bearing down that wins the cup. Of dreaming there's a goal ahead;
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Det er vedholdenhed der vinder en trofæet. Ved at drømme om der er et mål forude;
11:25
of hoping when our dreams are dead;
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ved at håbe, mens vores drømme er døde;
11:27
of praying when our hopes have fled.
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ved at bede, når vores håb har forladt os.
11:29
Yet losing, not afraid to fall,
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Alligevel at tabe, ikke være bange for at falde,
11:32
if bravely we have given all. For who can ask more of a man
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hvis vi modigt har givet alt. For hvem kan bede en man om mere
11:35
than giving all within his span.
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end at han giver alt i sin magt.
11:37
Giving all, it seems to me, is not so far from victory.
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At give alt, virker det på mig, er ikke så langt fra sejr.
11:42
And so the fates are seldom wrong, no matter how they twist and wind.
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Så skæbnen tager sjældent fejl, uanset hvordan de drejer og vrider.
11:45
It's you and I who make our fates --
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Det er dig og mig der bestemmer vores skæbne --
11:48
we open up or close the gates on the road ahead or the road behind."
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vi åbner op eller lukker porten til vejen foran os eller bag os."
11:52
Reminds me of another set of threes that my dad tried to get across to us.
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Det minder mig tre andre ting min far prøvede at lære os.
11:55
Don't whine. Don't complain. Don't make excuses.
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Lad være med at jamre. Lad være med at klage. Lad være med at finde på undskyldninger.
11:58
Just get out there, and whatever you're doing,
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Bare kom derud, og uanset hvad man gør,
12:00
do it to the best of your ability.
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gør det så godt man kan.
12:02
And no one can do more than that.
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Og ingen kan gøre mere end det.
12:05
I tried to get across, too, that --
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Jeg prøvede også at lære, at --
12:08
my opponents don't tell you -- you never heard me mention winning.
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mine modstandere fortæller jer ikke -- man har aldrig hørt mig nævne det at vinde.
12:11
Never mention winning. My idea is
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Aldrig nævn det at vinde. Min ide er,
12:13
that you can lose when you outscore somebody in a game.
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at man kan tabe når man scorer mere end modstanderen.
12:18
And you can win when you're outscored.
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Og man kan vinde når modstanderen scorer mere.
12:20
I've felt that way on certain occasions,
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Jeg har følt det ved nogle lejligheder,
12:22
at various times.
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på forskellige tidspunkter.
12:24
And I just wanted them to be able to
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Og jeg ville bare have at de var i stand til
12:27
hold their head up after a game.
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at holde deres hoved højt efter kampen.
12:29
I used to say that when a game is over,
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Jeg plejede at sige at når kampen var forbi,
12:32
and you see somebody that didn't know the outcome,
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og man ser nogen der ikke kendte resultatet,
12:34
I hope they couldn't tell by your actions
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håber jeg at de ikke kan se på ens handlinger
12:37
whether you outscored an opponent or the opponent outscored you.
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om man scorede mere end modstanderen, eller modstanderen scorede mere end en.
12:43
That's what really matters: if you make effort
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Det er det der virkelig betyder noget: hvis man gør sig umage
12:45
to do the best you can regularly,
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for at gøre det bedste man kan regelmæssigt,
12:48
the results will be about what they should be.
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vil resultaterne handle om det de skal handle om.
12:51
Not necessary to what you would want them to be,
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Ikke nødvendigvis det man gerne vil have de skal være,
12:53
but they will be about what they should,
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men de vil handle om det de skal,
12:55
and only you will know whether you can do that.
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og det ved man kun selv om man kan gøre.
12:57
And that's what I wanted from them more than anything else.
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Og det var det jeg ønskede fra dem, mere end noget andet.
13:00
And as time went by, and I learned more about other things,
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Og som tiden gik, og jeg lærte mere om andre ting,
13:03
I think it worked a little better,
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tror jeg det virkede lidt bedre,
13:06
as far as the results. But I wanted the score of a game to be
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med hensyn til resultaterne. Men jeg ville have at resultatet af kampen var
13:09
the byproduct of these other things,
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biproduktet af disse andre ting,
13:12
and not the end itself.
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og ikke målet.
13:14
I believe it was --
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Jeg mener det var --
13:18
one great philosopher said -- no, no,
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en stor filosof der sagde -- nej, nej,
13:21
Cervantes. Cervantes said,
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Cervantes. Cervantes sagde,
13:23
"The journey is better than the end."
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"Rejsen er bedre end målet."
13:28
And I like that. I think that is --
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Og det kan jeg lide. Jeg mener det er --
13:30
it's getting there. Sometimes when you get there, there's almost a letdown.
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det er at nå dertil. Nogle gange når man ankommer, er det næsten en skuffelse.
13:34
But there's getting there that's the fun.
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Men det er det at nå dertil der er sjovt.
13:36
I liked our -- as a basketball coach at UCLA I liked our practices to be the journey,
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Jeg kunne lide vores -- som en basketball træner ved UCLA ville jeg gerne have at vores træninger var rejsen,
13:41
and the game would be the end. The end result.
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og kampen ville være målet. Slutresultatet.
13:44
I'd like to go up and sit in the stands and watch the players play,
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Jeg kan godt lide at sidde på tribunen og se spillerne spille,
13:47
and see whether I'd done a decent job
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og se om jeg havde gjort et hæderligt stykke arbejde
13:50
during the week.
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i løbet af ugen.
13:52
There again, it's getting the players to get that self-satisfaction,
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Der igen, handler det om at få spillerne til at få den selvtilfredsstillelse,
13:55
in knowing that they'd made the effort to do
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ved at vide at de har gjort en indsats for at gøre
13:58
the best of which they are capable.
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det bedste de er i stand til.
14:04
Sometimes I'm asked who was
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Nogle gange bliver jeg spurgt om hvem der var
14:07
the best player I had, or the best teams.
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den bedste spiller jeg havde, eller de bedste hold.
14:09
I can never answer that,
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Det kan jeg aldrig svare på,
14:12
as far as the individuals are concerned.
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når det kommer til individerne.
14:15
I was asked one time about that,
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Jeg blev en gang bedt om det,
14:18
and they said, "Suppose that you in some way could
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og de sagde, "Hvad nu hvis du på en eller anden måde kunne
14:23
make the perfect player. What would you want?"
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lave den perfekte spiller. Hvad ville du have?"
14:25
And I said, "Well, I'd want one that knew why he was at UCLA:
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Og jeg sagde, "Jamen, jeg ville have en der viste hvorfor han var ved UCLA:
14:28
to get an education, he was a good student,
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for at få en uddannelse, han var en god student,
14:31
really knew why he was there in the first place.
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virkelig vidste hvorfor han var der til at starte med.
14:33
But I'd want one that could play, too.
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Men jeg ville også have en der kunne spille.
14:35
I'd want one to realize that
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Jeg ville have en der var klar over, at
14:38
defense usually wins championships, and would work hard on defense.
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forsvaret som regel vinder mesterskaber, og ville arbejde hårdt på forsvaret.
14:41
But I'd want one that would play offense too.
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Men jeg ville have en der også ville spille i angrebet.
14:44
I'd want him to be unselfish,
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Jeg ville have at han var uselvisk,
14:46
and look for the pass first and not shoot all the time.
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og se efter afleveringen først, og ikke skyde hele tiden.
14:49
And I'd want one that could pass and would pass.
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Og jeg ville have en der kunne aflevere, og ville aflevere.
14:52
(Laughter)
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(Latter)
14:53
I've had some that could and wouldn't,
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Jeg har haft nogle der kunne, men ikke gjorde det,
14:55
and I've had some that would and couldn't.
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og jeg har haft nogle der ville men ikke kunne.
14:57
(Laughter)
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(Latter)
15:01
I wanted them to be able to shoot from the outside.
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Jeg ville have at de var i stand til at skyde udefra.
15:04
I wanted them to be good inside too.
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Jeg ville have at de var gode indvendige også.
15:06
(Laughter)
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(Latter)
15:09
I'd want them to be able to rebound well at both ends, too.
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Jeg ville have at de var i stand til at rebounde i begge ender også.
15:13
And why not just take someone like Keith Wilkes and let it go at that.
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Og hvorfor ikke bare tage en som Keith Wilkes og lade det være det.
15:17
He had the qualifications. Not the only one,
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Han havde kvalifikationerne. Ikke den eneste,
15:19
but he was one that I used in that
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men han var en jeg plejede at se i den
15:22
particular category, because I think he
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bestemte kategori, fordi jeg mener han
15:25
made the effort to become the best [unclear].
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gjorde indsatsen for at blive den bedste [uklart].
15:28
I mention in my book, "They Call Me Coach."
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Jeg nævner i min bog, "They Call Me Coach".
15:31
Two players that gave me great satisfaction;
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To spillere der gav mig stor tilfredsstillelse;
15:33
that came as close as I think anyone I ever had to reach their full potential:
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det kom så tæt på som jeg tror nogen er kommet til at nå deres fulde potentiale:
15:36
one was Conrad Burke. And one was Doug McIntosh.
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en var Conrad Burke. Og en var Doug McIntosh.
15:39
When I saw them as freshmen,
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Da jeg så dem som førsteårselever,
15:41
on our freshmen team --
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på vores førsteårselevhold --
15:43
we didn't have -- freshmen couldn't play varsity when I taught.
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vi havde ikke -- førsteårselever måtte ikke spille på førsteholdet da jeg underviste.
15:46
And I thought, "Oh gracious, if these two players, either one of them" --
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Og jeg tænkte, "Åh gud, hvis disse to spillere, hver af dem" --
15:49
they were different years, but I thought about each one at the time he was there --
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det var forskellige år, men jeg tænkte om hver af dem på det tidspunkt de var der --
15:52
"Oh, if he ever makes the varsity,
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"Oh, hvis han nogensinde kommer på førsteholdet,
15:55
our varsity must be pretty miserable, if he's good enough to make it."
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vores førstehold må være ret dårligt, hvis han er god nok til at komme med på det."
15:58
And you know one of them
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Og I ved en af dem
16:01
was a starting player for a season and a half.
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var en spiller fra startopstillingen gennem halvanden sæson.
16:04
The other was -- his next year, he played
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Den anden var -- hans næste år, spillede han
16:07
32 minutes in a national championship game,
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32 minutter i en national mesterskabs kamp,
16:10
did a tremendous job for us. And the next year, he was a starting player
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gjorde et fremragende stykke arbejde for os. Og året efter, var han i startopstillingen
16:14
on the national championship team.
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på det nationale mesterskabs hold.
16:16
And here I thought he'd never play a minute, when he was --
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Og jeg troede hans aldrig ville spille et minut, da han var --
16:18
so those are the things that give you great joy,
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så det er tingene der giver en stor glæde,
16:22
and great satisfaction to see one.
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og stor tilfredsstillelse at se en.
16:25
Neither one of those youngsters could shoot very well.
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Hverken den ene eller anden af de to unge kunne kaste særlig godt.
16:28
But they had outstanding shooting percentages,
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Men de havde fantastiske skud procenter,
16:30
because they didn't force it.
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fordi de ikke gennemtvang det.
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And neither one could jump very well,
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Og ingen af dem hoppede særlig godt,
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but they got -- kept good position,
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men de fik -- beholdt gode positioner,
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and so they did well rebounding. They remembered that
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så de var gode til rebound. De huskede at
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every shot that is taken, they assumed would be missed.
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hver gang der blev kastet, gik de ud fra det ville ramme ved siden af.
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I've had too many that stand around and wait to see if it's missed,
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Jeg har haft for mange der står og venter på at se om den rammer ved siden af,
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then they go and it's too late.
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så løber de og det er for sent.
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Somebody else is in there ahead of them.
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Nogen andre er foran dem.
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And they weren't very quick, but they played good position,
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Og de var ikke særlig hurtige, men de spillede gode positioner,
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kept in good balance.
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holdte en god balance.
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And so they played pretty good defense for us.
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Så de spillede ret godt forsvar for os.
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So they had qualities that -- they came close to --
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Så de havde kvaliteter der -- de kom tæt på --
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as close to reaching possibly their full potential
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så tæt på muligvis at nå deres fulde potentiale
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as any players I ever had.
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som nogen spillere jeg nogensinde har haft.
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So I consider them to be as successful as
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Så jeg ser dem som lige så succesrige som
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Lewis Alcindor or Bill Walton,
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Lewis Alcindor eller Bill Walton.,
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or many of the others that we had, There was some outstanding -- some outstanding players.
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eller mange af de andre vi havde. Der var nogle fremragende -- nogle fremragende spillere.
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Have I rambled enough?
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Har jeg vrøvlet nok?
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I was told that when he makes his appearance, I was supposed to shut up.
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Jeg fik at vide at når han viser sig, var det meningen jeg skulle tie stille.
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(Laughter)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
John Wooden - CoachJohn Wooden, affectionately known as Coach, led UCLA to record wins that are still unmatched in the world of basketball. Throughout his long life, he shared the values and life lessons he passed to his players, emphasizing success that’s about much more than winning.
Why you should listen
Born in 1910, Coach John Wooden was the first person to be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame both as a player and coach, while ESPN ranks him as the greatest coach of all time, across all sports. In his 40 years at UCLA, he mentored legends such as Bill Walton and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. He has created a model, the Pyramid of Success, and authored several books to impart his insight on achievement to others.
Coach wanted his players to be victors in life and not just on the court, so he treated them as an extended family and emphasized that winning was more than scoring. Indeed, most of his inspiring theories were born from conversations with his father, as a boy on their farm in Indiana. One that sums up his ideology quite well is his often-quoted definition of success: "Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best that you are capable of becoming."
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