Matthew Williams: Special Olympics let me be myself -- a champion
Met Vilijams (Matthew Williams): Specijalna Olimpijada dozvolila mi je da budem šampion
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in three different sports
level in basketball
na međunarodnom nivou,
for basketball and speed skating,
košarku i brzo klizanje,
u svom sportu.
is through Special Olympics.
u Specijalnoj Olimpijadi.
all people like me as champions.
kao šampione.
were shunned and hidden away.
bili su skrivani i terani.
since Special Olympics began in 1968,
Specijalna Olimpijada se mnogo promenila,
and they think it doesn't matter.
i misle da to nije važno.
it hurts me and my friends.
koliko to pogađa mene i moje prijatelje.
I'm here because I'm a charity case.
zato što sam socijalni slučaj.
a big problem with the way
veliki problem u načinu
with intellectual disabilities,
sa intelektualnim smetnjama,
happened this year?
održale Svetske igre?
with intellectual disabilities
sa intelektualnim smetnjama
u Los Anđelesu.
watching opening ceremonies,
na ceremoniji otvaranja,
on TSN and ESPN.
when you see someone like me?
kao što sam ja?
the self-identity of athletes
lični identitet sportista
with intellectual disabilities.
sa intelektualnim smetnjama.
from the Paralympics and Olympics.
od Paraolimpijade i Olimpijade.
year round sports programs
visoko kvalitetne sportske programe,
with intellectual disabilities.
sa intelektualnim smetnjama.
and an intellectual disability.
i intelektualnom smetnjom.
until I was 12 years old.
igrao sam hokej do svoje 12. godine.
with everyone else,
with intellectual disabilities
sa intelektualnim smetnjama
participate in sports,
da učestvuju u sportovima,
dr Frank Hejden,
of regular exercise
with intellectual disabilities.
sa intelektualnim smetnjama.
of opportunity to participate
levels to suffer.
that people with intellectual disabilities
da osobe sa intelektualnim smetnjama
and Eunice Kennedy Shriver,
i Junis Kenedi Šrajver,
have proved them right
su dokazali da su bili u pravu,
u Specijalnu Olimpijadu
everyone was very encouraging,
svi su me ohrabrivali,
ono što jesam
and speed skater
at provincial, national games,
nacionalnim takmičenjima,
to the World Summer Games in LA,
na Svetske letnje igre u Los Anđeles,
Canadian basketball team
košarkaškog tima
million athletes around the globe,
sportista iz celog sveta,
Specijalne Olimpijade,
critical health needs.
i važnim zdravstenim potrebama.
nego muškarci bez smetnji,
about nutrition and health.
o ishrani i zdravlju.
free health screening
i besplatne zdravstvene preglede
communicating with their doctor
u komunikaciji sa svojim lekarom
played the Nigerian basketball team.
igrali smo protiv nigerijskih košarkaša.
the World Games Healthy Athlete screening,
Pregled zdravih sportista svetskih igara,
for the first time.
happy and confident,
vocally communicate with them.
da komunicira glasovno.
the sounds of the basketball,
košarkaške lopte,
than just the athlete in their sport.
mnogo više od sportiste u njegovom sportu.
their lives off the field.
with an intellectual disability,
sa intelektualnim smetnjama,
with intellectual disabilities
sa intelektualnim smetnjama
less accepting and positive.
with intellectual disabilities
sa intelektualnim smetnjama
term or an insult.
ili uvredu.
nine million times last year,
više od 9 miliona puta,
fellow athletes around the planet.
sportista širom sveta.
John Franklin Stephens wrote
Džon Franklin Stivens, napisao
jednom politčkom stručnjaku
kao uvredu:
na Specijalnoj Olimpijadi.
with your heart unchanged."
nepromenjenog srca."
na Svetskim letnjim igrama 2015,
of powerlifting competition.
takmičenja u dizanju tegova.
when my teammate Jackie Barrett,
kada je moj drug iz tima, Džeki Baret,
for Special Olympics.
za Specijalnu Olimpijadu.
among all powerlifters in Newfoundland --
dizačima tegova na Njufaundlendu,
all powerlifters.
his record-breaking lifts
njegovo rekordno dizanje
individuals with intellectual disabilities
da osobe sa intelektualnim smetnjama
the famous LA Memorial Coliseum
čuveni Memorijalni koloseum u LA-ju,
ceremonies of World Games
Svetskih igara
and achievements in my sport,
as a personal trainer.
because of Special Olympics,
svet je drugačije mesto,
with an intellectual disability,
sa intelektualnom smetnjom,
njihovu sposobnost.
the r-word near you,
upotrebi reč na slovo "r",
how much it hurts.
involved with Special Olympics.
da se uključite u Specijalnu Olimpijadu.
with one final thought.
to change the world."
four and a half million athletes
da budemo sigurni,
i da budemo šampioni.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Matthew Williams - Special Olympics International Sargent Shriver Global MessengerMatthew Williams believes that sport has the power to change lives.
Why you should listen
Prior to finding Special Olympics, Matthew Williams struggled to fit in and keep up with his peers. When he joined Special Olympics in eighth grade, it had a profound impact on his life, helping him make friends, providing him with self-confidence and giving him an opportunity to participate in sports. Williams has achieved a great deal in his decade with Special Olympics. He competed in the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games in basketball, where the first-ever Canadian basketball team to participate in a World Games finished fourth. He has also participated in track and field, swimming, floor hockey and curling.
Williams is a Special Olympics International Sargent Shriver Global Messenger and a member of the Special Olympics International Board of Directors, where he shares athlete perspectives with leaders of this global movement. His goal is to spread the message and vision of Special Olympics far and wide.
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