TEDWomen 2013
Diana Nyad: Never, ever give up
Diana Nyad: Nikoli, nikoli se ne vdaj
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V popolnoma črni noči, ko so jo pikale meduze, ko se je dušila s slano vodo, si pela, halucinirala ... je Diana Nyad plavala naprej. In tako je atletinja končno dosegla svoj življenjski cilj: ekstremno, 160 kilometrov dolgo plavanje od Kube do Floride - pri starosti 64 let. Poslušajte njeno zgodbo.
Diana Nyad - Journalist, swimmer
A record-setting long-distance swimmer, Diana Nyad writes and thinks deeply about motivation. Full bio
A record-setting long-distance swimmer, Diana Nyad writes and thinks deeply about motivation. Full bio
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00:16
It's the fifth time I stand on this shore,
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Petič stojim na tej obali,
00:21
the Cuban shore,
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na obali Kube,
00:23
looking out at that distant horizon,
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gledam oddaljeno obzorje
00:28
believing, again,
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in verjamem, spet,
00:31
that I'm going to make it
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da mi bo uspelo
00:33
all the way across that vast,
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čez vso to široko,
00:36
dangerous wilderness of an ocean.
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nevarno divjino oceana.
00:39
Not only have I tried four times,
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Ne samo, da sem štirikrat poskusila,
00:41
but the greatest swimmers in the world
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ampak najboljši plavalci na svetu
00:42
have been trying since 1950,
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poskušajo že od leta 1950,
00:45
and it's still never been done.
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pa še zmeraj ni bilo storjeno.
00:49
The team is proud of our four attempts.
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Ekipa je ponosna na naše štiri poskuse.
00:53
It's an expedition of some 30 people.
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To je ekspedicija okrog 30 ljudi.
00:55
Bonnie is my best friend and head handler,
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Bonnie je moja
najboljša prijateljica in vodja,
najboljša prijateljica in vodja,
01:00
who somehow summons will,
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ki nekako prikliče voljo,
01:02
that last drop of will within me, when I think it's gone,
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zadnje kaplje volje v meni,
ko mislim, da je več ni,
ko mislim, da je več ni,
01:06
after many, many hours and days out there.
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po mnogih, mnogih urah in dneh tam zunaj.
01:10
The shark experts are the best in the world --
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Strokovnjaki za morske pse
so najboljši na svetu -
so najboljši na svetu -
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large predators below.
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veliki plenilci tam spodaj.
01:16
The box jellyfish, the deadliest venom
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Morska osa, ki ima
najbolj smrtonosen strup
najbolj smrtonosen strup
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in all of the ocean, is in these waters,
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v vsem oceanu, je v teh vodah
01:22
and I have come close to dying from them
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in zaradi njih sem skoraj umrla
01:25
on a previous attempt.
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pri prejšnjem poskusu.
01:27
The conditions themselves,
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Pogoji sami,
01:30
besides the sheer distance of over 100 miles
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poleg razdalje več kot 160 km
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in the open ocean --
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na odprtem morju--
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the currents and whirling eddies
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tokovi in vrtinci,
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and the Gulf Stream itself, the most unpredictable
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in Zalivski tok, najbolj nepredvidljiv
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of all of the planet Earth.
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na vsem planetu.
01:45
And by the way, it's amusing to me that
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Mimogrede, zabava me, da
01:49
journalists and people before these attempts
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me novinarji in ljudje pred temi poskusi
01:52
often ask me,
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pogosto vprašajo,
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"Well, are you going to go with any boats
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"Boš šla s kakšnim čolnom
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or any people or anything?"
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ali ljudmi ali kako?"
01:59
And I'm thinking, what are they imagining?
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Mislim si, kaj pa si predstavljajo?
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That I'll just sort of do some celestial navigation,
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Da se bom orientirala po zvezdah
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and carry a bowie knife in my mouth,
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in med zobmi imela nož,
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and I'll hunt fish and skin them alive and eat them,
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lovila ribe in jih žive odrla in jedla
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and maybe drag a desalinization plant
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in mogoče še vlekla
napravo za razsoljevanje
napravo za razsoljevanje
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behind me for fresh water.
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za sabo za svežo vodo.
02:17
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
02:22
Yes, I have a team. (Laughter)
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Ja, ekipo imam. (Smeh)
02:25
And the team is expert, and the team is courageous,
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Ekipa je strokovna, ekipa je pogumna
02:30
and brimming with innovation
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in kar kipi od inovacij
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and scientific discovery,
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in znanstvenih odkritij,
02:34
as is true with any major expedition on the planet.
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kot je pri vsaki veliki odpravi na svetu.
02:39
And we've been on a journey.
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Na potovanju smo.
02:42
And the debate has raged, hasn't it,
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Debata je,
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since the Greeks,
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že od Grkov dalje,
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of isn't it what it's all about?
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mar ni to smisel vsega?
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Isn't life about the journey,
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Ni smisel življenja v potovanju,
02:51
not really the destination?
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ne pa v destinaciji?
02:54
And here we've been on this journey,
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Smo na tem potovanju
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and the truth is, it's been thrilling.
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in po pravici povedano
je bilo razburljivo.
je bilo razburljivo.
02:58
We haven't reached that other shore,
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Nismo dosegli druge obale,
02:59
and still our sense of pride and commitment,
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a še vedno je tu naš ponos in predanost,
03:03
unwavering commitment.
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neomajna predanost.
03:05
When I turned 60, the dream was still alive
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Ko sem dopolnila 60 let,
so bile sanje še žive,
so bile sanje še žive,
03:10
from having tried this in my 20s,
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od poskušanja v svojih dvajsetih,
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and dreamed it and imagined it.
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od sanj in načrtov.
03:15
The most famous body of water
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Najbolj znano vodno telo
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on the Earth today, I imagine, Cuba to Florida.
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na svetu danes, si mislim,
od Kube to Floride.
od Kube to Floride.
03:22
And it was deep. It was deep in my soul.
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Globoko je bilo. Globoko v moji duši.
03:26
And when I turned 60,
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Ko sem dopolnila 60 let,
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it wasn't so much about the athletic accomplishment,
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ni šlo toliko za atletski dosežek,
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it wasn't the ego of "I want to be the first."
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ni bil to ego "Hočem biti prva".
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That's always there and it's undeniable.
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Vedno je tu in ne morem ga zanikati.
03:37
But it was deeper. It was, how much life is there left?
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A bilo je globlje.
Bilo je, koliko življenja je še ostalo?
Bilo je, koliko življenja je še ostalo?
03:41
Let's face it, we're all on a one-way street, aren't we,
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Sprijaznimo se, vsi smo
na enosmerni cesti, kajne,
na enosmerni cesti, kajne,
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and what are we going to do?
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in kaj bomo storili?
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What are we going to do as we go forward
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Kaj bomo storili, ko gremo naprej,
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to have no regrets looking back?
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da bomo pri pogledu nazaj brez obžalovanj?
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And all this past year in training,
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In vsa pretekla leta treninga,
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I had that Teddy Roosevelt quote
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sem imela citat Teddyja Roosevelta
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to paraphrase it, floating around in my brain,
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za parafrazo, vrtel se mi je po možganih
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and it says, "You go ahead,
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in pravi: "Naprej greš,
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you go ahead and sit back in your comfortable chair
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naprej greš in sediš
v svojem udobnem stolu
v svojem udobnem stolu
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and you be the critic, you be the observer,
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in bodi kritik, bodi opazovalec,
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while the brave one gets in the ring and engages
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medtem ko gre tisti pogumni
v ring in se vplete
v ring in se vplete
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and gets bloody and gets dirty and fails
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in krvavi in se umaže in mu spodleti
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over and over and over again,
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spet in spet in spet,
04:17
but yet isn't afraid and isn't timid
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a vseeno ga ni strah in ni plašen
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and lives life in a bold way."
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in živi življenje na drzen način."
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And so of course I want to make it across.
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Seveda sem si želela priti čez.
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It is the goal, and I should be so shallow to say
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To je cilj in lahko sem
tako plehka, da rečem,
tako plehka, da rečem,
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that this year, the destination was even sweeter
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da je bila letos destinacija še slajša
04:32
than the journey.
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od potovanja.
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(Laughter) (Applause)
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(Smeh) (Aplavz)
04:39
But the journey itself was worthwhile taking.
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A vredno je bilo iti na to potovanje.
04:42
And at this point, by this summer,
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Na tej točki, to poletje,
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everybody -- scientists, sports scientists,
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vsi - znanstveniki, znanstveniki športa,
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endurance experts, neurologists,
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strokovnjaki za vztrajnost, nevrologi,
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my own team, Bonnie --
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moja ekipa, Bonnie -
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said it's impossible.
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so rekli, da je nemogoče.
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It just simply can't be done, and Bonnie said to me,
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Enostavno je nemogoče
in Bonnie mi je rekla:
in Bonnie mi je rekla:
05:01
"But if you're going to take the journey,
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"Ampak če boš šla na to potovanje,
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I'm going to see you through to the end of it,
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te bom pospremila do konca,
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so I'll be there."
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tam bom."
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And now we're there.
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In zdaj smo tam.
05:12
And as we're looking out, kind of a surreal moment
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Ko gledamo ven,
nekakšen surrealen trenutek,
nekakšen surrealen trenutek,
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before the first stroke,
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pred prvim zamahom,
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standing on the rocks at Marina Hemingway,
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stojim na skalah Marine Hemingway,
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the Cuban flag is flying above,
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nad nami plapola zastava Kube,
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all my team's out in their boats,
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vsa moja ekipa v svojih čolnih,
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hands up in the air, "We're here, we're here for you,"
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z rokami v zraku:
"Tu smo zate, tu smo zate,"
"Tu smo zate, tu smo zate,"
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Bonnie and I look at each other, and we say,
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Bonnie in jaz se spogledava in rečeva,
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this year, the mantra is --
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letošnja mantra je -
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and I've been using it in training --
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in uporabljali smo jo pri treningu -
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find a way.
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najdi pot.
05:39
You have a dream
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Imaš sanje
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and you have obstacles in front of you, as we all do.
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in imaš ovire pred seboj, tako kot vsi.
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None of us ever get through this life
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Nihče od nas ne gre skozi življenje
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without heartache,
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brez srčnih bolečin,
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without turmoil,
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brez nemira,
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and if you believe and you have faith
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in če verjameš in imaš vero
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and you can get knocked down
and get back up again
and get back up again
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in če padeš in se spet pobereš
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and you believe in perseverance
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in verjameš, da je vztrajnost
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as a great human quality,
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krasna človeška lastnost,
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you find your way, and
Bonnie grabbed my shoulders,
Bonnie grabbed my shoulders,
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najdeš pot in Bonnie
me je zagrabila za ramena
me je zagrabila za ramena
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and she said, "Let's find our way to Florida."
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in rekla: "Najdiva pot na Florido."
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And we started, and for the next 53 hours,
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Začeli smo in naslednjih 53 ur
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it was an intense, unforgettable life experience.
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je predstavljalo intenzivno,
nepozabno življenjsko izkušnjo.
nepozabno življenjsko izkušnjo.
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The highs were high, the awe,
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Bili smo vzhičeni,
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I'm not a religious person, but I'll tell you,
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nisem verna, a povem vam,
06:25
to be in the azure blue of the Gulf Stream
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biti v azurni modrini Zalivskega toka,
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as if, as you're breathing,
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ko dihaš,
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you're looking down miles and miles and miles,
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gledaš dol kilometre
in kilometre in kilometre
in kilometre in kilometre
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to feel the majesty of this blue planet we live on,
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in čutiš mogočnost tega modrega planeta,
na katerem živimo,
na katerem živimo,
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it's awe-inspiring.
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navdušuje te.
06:44
I have a playlist of about 85 songs,
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Imam seznam približno 85 pesmi
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and especially in the middle of the night,
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in še posebej sredi noči
06:48
and that night, because we use no lights --
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in ponoči, ker ne uporabljamo luči -
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lights attract jellyfish, lights attract sharks,
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svetloba privlači meduze,
morske pse,
morske pse,
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lights attract baitfish that attract sharks,
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privlači ribe,
ki privlačijo morske pse,
ki privlačijo morske pse,
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so we go in the pitch black of the night.
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in tako gremo v popolnoma črni noči.
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You've never seen black this black.
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Nikoli še niste videli črne,
ki bi bila tako črna.
ki bi bila tako črna.
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You can't see the front of your hand,
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Ne vidiš sprednjega dela roke
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and the people on the boat,
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in ljudje v čolnu,
07:05
Bonnie and my team on the boat,
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Bonnie in moja ekipa v čolnu,
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they just hear the slapping of the arms,
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samo zamahe rok slišijo
07:09
and they know where I am,
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in vedo, kje sem,
07:10
because there's no visual at all.
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ker se nič ne vidi.
07:12
And I'm out there kind of tripping out
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In jaz sem tam, uživam v
07:14
on my little playlist.
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svojem malem seznamu pesmi.
07:16
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
07:19
I've got a tight rubber cap,
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Imam tesno gumijasto kapo,
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so I don't hear a thing.
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zato nič ne slišim.
07:22
I've got goggles and I'm turning
my head 50 times a minute,
my head 50 times a minute,
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Imam očala in obračam glavo
50-krat na minuto
50-krat na minuto
07:25
and I'm singing,
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in pojem,
07:27
♪ Imagine there's no heaven ♪
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♪ Imagine there's no heaven ♪
07:31
♪ doo doo doo doo doo ♪
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♪ doo doo doo doo doo ♪
07:33
♪ It's easy if you try ♪
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♪ It's easy if you try ♪
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♪ doo doo doo doo doo ♪
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♪ doo doo doo doo doo ♪
07:37
And I can sing that song a thousand times in a row.
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In to pesem lahko zapojem
tisočkrat zapovrstjo.
tisočkrat zapovrstjo.
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(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
07:42
Now there's a talent unto itself.
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No, to je talent že sam po sebi.
07:44
(Laughter) (Applause)
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(Smeh) (Aplavz)
07:49
And each time I get done with
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In vsakič, ko končam z
07:51
♪ Ooh, you may say I'm a dreamer
but I'm not the only one ♪
but I'm not the only one ♪
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♪ Ooh, you may say I'm a dreamer
but I'm not the only one ♪
but I'm not the only one ♪
07:58
222.
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222.
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♪ Imagine there's no heaven ♪
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♪ Imagine there's no heaven ♪
08:05
And when I get through the end of a thousand
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In ko pridem do konca tisoče
08:08
of John Lennon's "Imagine,"
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John Lennonove "Imagine",
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I have swum nine hours and 45 minutes,
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sem plavala devet ur in 45 minut,
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exactly.
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točno.
08:16
And then there are the crises. Of course there are.
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In tu so tudi krize. Seveda so.
08:20
And the vomiting starts,
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Začne se bruhanje,
08:22
the seawater, you're not well,
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morska voda, slabo ti je,
08:24
you're wearing a jellyfish mask
for the ultimate protection.
for the ultimate protection.
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nosiš masko proti meduzam
za največjo zaščito.
za največjo zaščito.
08:27
It's difficult to swim in.
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Težko se plava v njej.
08:29
It's causing abrasions on the inside of the mouth,
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Povzroča odrgnine znotraj ust,
08:31
but the tentacles can't get you.
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a lovke ne morejo do tebe.
08:34
And the hypothermia sets in.
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Pojavi se podhladitev.
08:37
The water's 85 degrees, and yet you're losing weight
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Voda ima 29°C in vseeno izgubljaš težo
08:40
and using calories, and as you come over
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in porabljaš kalorije in ko prideš
08:43
toward the side of the boat, not allowed to touch it,
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proti strani čolna,
ne smeš se ga dotakniti,
ne smeš se ga dotakniti,
08:45
not allowed to get out,
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ne smeš ven,
08:46
but Bonnie and her team hand me nutrition
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a Bonnie in njena ekipa mi podata hrano
08:48
and asks me what I'm doing, am I all right,
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in me vprašata, kaj delam, kako sem,
08:52
I am seeing the Taj Mahal over here.
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jaz pa vidim Tadž Mahal tam.
08:57
I'm in a very different state,
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Sem v zelo drugačnem stanju
09:02
and I'm thinking, wow, I never thought
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in si mislim, vau, nisem si mislila,
09:06
I'd be running into the Taj Mahal out here.
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da bom tu naletela na Tadž Mahal.
09:09
It's gorgeous.
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Prekrasen je.
09:11
I mean, how long did it take them to build that?
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Mislim, kako dolgo so ga gradili?
09:13
It's just -- So, uh, wooo. (Laughter)
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Res je--tako da, uuuu. (Smeh)
09:22
And then we kind of have a cardinal rule
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Nekako imamo glavno pravilo,
09:24
that I'm never told, really, how far it is,
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da mi nikdar ne povedo, kako daleč je še,
09:26
because we don't know how far it is.
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ker ne vemo, kako daleč je še.
09:27
What's going to happen to you
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Kaj se ti bo zgodilo
09:29
between this point and that point?
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med to točko in drugo točko.
09:30
What's going to happen to the weather
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Kaj bo z vremenom
09:32
and the currents and, God forbid, you're stung
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in tokovi, in, bog ne daj, da te piči,
09:35
when you don't think you could
be stung in all this armor,
be stung in all this armor,
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ko misliš, da te v tem oklepu
nič ne more pičiti,
nič ne more pičiti,
09:38
and Bonnie made a decision
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in Bonnie se je odločila
09:41
coming into that third morning
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na prehodu v tretje jutro,
09:44
that I was suffering
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da trpim
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and I was hanging on by a thread
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in da visim na nitki
09:50
and she said, "Come here,"
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in mi je rekla, "Pridi sem,"
09:51
and I came close to the boat, and she said,
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prišla sem bližje, rekla je,
09:52
"Look, look out there,"
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"Poglej, poglej tja,"
09:54
and I saw light, because the
day's easier than the night,
day's easier than the night,
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Videla sem svetlobo,
ker je dan lažji od noči,
ker je dan lažji od noči,
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and I thought we were coming into day,
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in mislila sem, da gremo v dan,
09:59
and I saw a stream of white light
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in sem videla tok bele svetlobe
10:02
along the horizon,
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ob obzorju,
10:03
and I said, "It's going to be morning soon."
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in rekla: "Kmalu bo jutro."
10:05
And she said, "No, those are the lights of Key West."
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In rekla je: "Ne, to so luči Key Westa."
10:11
It was 15 more hours,
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Še 15 ur,
10:13
which for most swimmers would be a long time.
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kar bi bilo za večino plavalcev
dolgo časa.
dolgo časa.
10:15
(Laughter) (Applause)
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(Smeh) (Aplavz)
10:22
You have no idea how many
15-hour training swims I had done.
15-hour training swims I had done.
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Pojma nimate,
koliko 15-urnih treningov je za mano.
koliko 15-urnih treningov je za mano.
10:26
So here we go, and I somehow, without a decision,
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Tako sem, nekako, brez odločitve,
10:30
went into no counting of strokes
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nehala šteti zamahe
10:32
and no singing and no quoting Stephen Hawking
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in nisem pela
ali citirala Stephena Hawkinga
ali citirala Stephena Hawkinga
10:36
and the parameters of the universe,
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in parametrov vesolja,
10:39
I just went into thinking about this dream,
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samo zatopila sem se
v premišljevanje o teh sanjah
v premišljevanje o teh sanjah
10:41
and why, and how.
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in zakaj in kako.
10:44
And as I said, when I turned 60,
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Kot sem rekla, ko sem jih dopolnila 60,
10:48
it wasn't about that concrete "Can you do it?"
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ni šlo več za konkretno "Zmoreš?"
10:52
That's the everyday machinations.
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To so vsakdanji mehanizmi.
10:55
That's the discipline, and it's the preparation,
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To je disciplina in to so priprave
10:57
and there's a pride in that.
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in v tem je ponos.
10:59
But I decided to think, as I went along, about,
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A odločila sem se, da bom mislila,
11:04
the phrase usually is reaching for the stars,
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izraz je ponavadi segati po zvezdah,
11:08
and in my case, it's reaching for the horizon.
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v mojem primeru pa segam po obzorju.
11:11
And when you reach for the horizon,
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In ko dosežeš obzorje,
11:13
as I've proven, you may not get there,
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kot sem dokazala, morda ne prideš do tja,
11:16
but what a tremendous build of character and spirit
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a kakšno neverjetno
utrjevanje karakterja in duha
utrjevanje karakterja in duha
11:22
that you lay down.
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se zgodi.
11:24
What a foundation you lay down in reaching
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Kakšno osnovo zgradiš v seganju
11:26
for those horizons.
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za temi obzorji.
11:29
And now the shore is coming,
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Sedaj prihaja obala
11:32
and there's just a little part of me that's sad.
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in majhen del mene je žalosten.
11:35
The epic journey is going to be over.
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Epskega potovanja bo konec.
11:37
So many people come up to me now and say,
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Toliko ljudi zdaj pride do mene in reče:
11:39
"What's next? We love that!
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"Kaj pa bo naslednje?
Super se nam je zdelo!
Super se nam je zdelo!
11:44
That little tracker that was on the computer?
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Tisti sledilnik na računalniku?
11:46
When are you going to do the next one?
We just can't wait to follow the next one."
We just can't wait to follow the next one."
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Kam greš naslednjič? Komaj čakamo,
da sledimo naslednji stvari."
da sledimo naslednji stvari."
11:49
Well, they were just there for 53 hours,
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No, oni so bili tam 53 ur,
11:52
and I was there for years.
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jaz pa leta.
11:55
And so there won't be another
epic journey in the ocean.
epic journey in the ocean.
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Tako da ne bo še enega
epskega potovanja po oceanu.
epskega potovanja po oceanu.
11:58
But the point is, and the point was
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Ampak smisel je in smisel je bil,
12:02
that every day of our lives is epic,
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da je vsak naš dan epski,
12:07
and I'll tell you, when I walked up onto that beach,
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in povem vam, ko sem stopila na to obalo,
12:09
staggered up onto that beach,
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se opotekla na to obalo,
12:11
and I had so many times
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in sem tolikokrat
12:14
in a very puffed up ego way,
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z napihnjenim egom
12:18
rehearsed what I would say on the beach.
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vadila, kaj bom povedala na obali.
12:22
When Bonnie thought that
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Ko je Bonnie mislila, da
12:24
the back of my throat was swelling up,
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mi zateka grlo,
12:26
and she brought the medical team over to our boat
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in je k našemu čolnu
pripeljala zdravstveno ekipo,
pripeljala zdravstveno ekipo,
12:28
to say that she's really beginning
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da jim je povedala,
12:31
to have trouble breathing.
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da s težavo diham.
12:32
Another 12, 24 hours in the saltwater,
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Še 12, 24 ur v slani vodi,
12:35
the whole thing -- and I just thought
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vsa ta stvar - in pomislila sem
12:37
in my hallucinatory moment, that
I heard the word tracheotomy.
I heard the word tracheotomy.
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v trenutku halucinacije,
da sem slišala besedo traheotomija.
da sem slišala besedo traheotomija.
12:42
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
12:43
And Bonnie said to the doctor,
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Bonnie je rekla zdravniku:
12:45
"I'm not worried about her not breathing.
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"Ne skrbi me za njeno dihanje.
12:47
If she can't talk when she gets to the shore,
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Če ne bo mogla govoriti,
ko pride na obalo,
ko pride na obalo,
12:49
she's gonna be pissed off."
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bo pobesnela."
12:51
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
12:57
But the truth is, all those orations
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A v resnici, vsi tisti govori
12:59
that I had practiced just to get myself through
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ki sem jih vadila, samo da sem prišla čez
13:02
some training swims as motivation,
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nekaj treningov za motivacijo,
13:04
it wasn't like that.
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ni bilo tako.
13:06
It was a very real moment,
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Bil je zelo resničen trenutek,
13:08
with that crowd, with my team.
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s to množico, z mojo ekipo.
13:11
We did it. I didn't do it. We did it.
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Uspelo nam je. Ne meni. Nam je uspelo.
13:13
And we'll never forget it. It'll always be part of us.
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Tega ne bomo nikoli pozabili.
Vedno bo del nas.
Vedno bo del nas.
13:17
And the three things that I did sort of blurt out
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Tri stvari, ki sem jih nekako bleknila,
13:19
when we got there, was first, "Never, ever give up."
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ko sem prišla tja, so bile, prvič:
"Nikoli, nikoli se ne vdajte."
"Nikoli, nikoli se ne vdajte."
13:24
I live it. What's the phrase
from today from Socrates?
from today from Socrates?
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To živim. Kakšna je
današnja Sokratova fraza?
današnja Sokratova fraza?
13:29
To be is to do.
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Biti pomeni delati.
13:31
So I don't stand up and say, don't ever give up.
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Zato ne vstanem in rečem,
nikoli se ne vdaj.
nikoli se ne vdaj.
13:34
I didn't give up, and there
was action behind these words.
was action behind these words.
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Tam se nisem vdala,
za temi besedami so bila dejanja.
za temi besedami so bila dejanja.
13:38
The second is, "You can chase your dreams
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Drugič: "Sanje lahko lovite
13:41
at any age; you're never too old."
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kadarkoli;
nikoli niste prestari."
nikoli niste prestari."
13:43
Sixty-four, that no one at any age, any gender,
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Pri 64, česar ni nihče
katerekoli starosti, spola,
katerekoli starosti, spola,
13:47
could ever do, has done it,
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zmogel, sem to storila,
13:48
and there's no doubt in my mind
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in ni dvoma,
13:50
that I am at the prime of my life today.
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da sem danes na vrhuncu življenja.
13:53
(Applause)
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(Aplavz)
13:56
Yeah.
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Ja.
14:02
Thank you.
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Hvala.
14:03
And the third thing I said on that beach was,
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In tretja stvar,
ki sem jo rekla na plaži:
ki sem jo rekla na plaži:
14:06
"It looks like the most solitary endeavor in the world,
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"Izgleda kot
najbolj samoten trud na svetu
najbolj samoten trud na svetu
14:08
and in many ways, of course, it is,
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in na mnoge načine seveda je
14:10
and in other ways, and the most important ways,
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in na druge, najbolj pomembne načine,
14:14
it's a team, and if you think I'm a badass,
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je to ekipa,
in če mislite, da sem jaz huda,
in če mislite, da sem jaz huda,
14:17
you want to meet Bonnie."
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boste hoteli spoznati Bonnie.
14:18
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
14:20
Bonnie, where are you?
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Bonnie, kje si?
14:22
Where are you?
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Kje si?
14:25
There's Bonnie Stoll. (Applause)
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To je Bonnie Stoll. (Aplavz)
14:28
My buddy.
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Moja kolegica.
14:33
The Henry David Thoreau quote goes,
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Kot pravi citat Henry David Thoreauja,
14:35
when you achieve your dreams, it's
not so much what you get
not so much what you get
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ko dosežeš svoje sanje,
ne gre toliko za to, kaj dobiš,
ne gre toliko za to, kaj dobiš,
14:38
as who you have become in achieving them.
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kot za to, kdo s tem postaneš.
14:41
And yeah, I stand before you now.
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In ja, sedaj stojim pred vami.
14:43
In the three months since that swim ended,
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V treh mesecih po koncu plavanja
14:45
I've sat down with Oprah
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sem sedela z Oprah
14:47
and I've been in President Obama's Oval Office.
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in bila v Ovalni pisarni
predsednika Obame.
predsednika Obame.
14:51
I've been invited to speak in front of
esteemed groups such as yourselves.
esteemed groups such as yourselves.
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Povabili so me, da govorim
pred skupinami ljudi, kot ste vi.
pred skupinami ljudi, kot ste vi.
14:54
I've signed a wonderful major book contract.
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Podpisala sem pogodbo za knjigo.
14:57
All of that's great, and I don't denigrate it.
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Vse to je super, tega ne podcenjujem.
15:00
I'm proud of it all, but the truth is,
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Ponosna sem na vse to, ampak resnica je,
15:01
I'm walking around tall because I am that bold,
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naokrog hodim z dvignjeno glavo,
ker sem tista drzna
ker sem tista drzna
15:04
fearless person, and I will be, every day,
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neustrašna oseba in to bom, vsak dan,
15:09
until it's time for these days to be done.
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dokler ne napoči konec teh dni.
15:13
Thank you very much and enjoy the conference.
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Najlepša hvala in uživajte v konferenci.
15:15
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. (Applause)
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Hvala. Hvala. Hvala. (Aplavz)
15:20
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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Hvala. Hvala. Hvala. Hvala.
15:23
Thank you.
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Hvala.
15:26
Find a way! (Applause)
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Najdite pot! (Aplavz)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Diana Nyad - Journalist, swimmerA record-setting long-distance swimmer, Diana Nyad writes and thinks deeply about motivation.
Why you should listen
For ten years (1969-1979), Diana Nyad was known as the greatest long-distance swimmer in the world. In 1979, she stroked the then-longest swim in history, making the 102.5-mile journey from the island of Bimini (Bahamas) to Florida. She also broke numerous world records, including what had been a 50-year mark for circling Manhattan Island, setting the new time of 7 hrs 57 min. She is a member of the National Women’s Hall of Fame and the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
At age 60, having not swum a stroke in decades, she began planning for her white whale of distance swims: the 110-mile ocean crossing between Cuba and Florida. She'd tried it once, in her 20s, and severe jellyfish attacks had defeated her then. But now, with a strong team and a new commitment to her vision, she stepped back into the salt. She spoke about this second attempt at TEDMED 2011. And at TEDWomen 2013, in December, she talks about how it feels to have finally done it.
Nyad appears as part of a weekly five-minute radio piece on sports for KCRW called "The Score" (heard during KCRW's broadcast of NPR's All Things Considered), as well as for the Marketplace radio program.
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