TED1998
Aimee Mullins: Changing my legs - and my mindset
Ejmi Malins (Aimee Mullins) o trčanju
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U ovom snimku iz 1998. koji se nalazi u TED arhivi, paraolimpijska sprinterka Ejmi Malins govori o svojoj rekorderskoj karijeri u atletici i o neverovatnim protetičkim nogama napravljenim od karbonskih vlakana (u to vreme protoptip) koje su joj pomogle da dođe do cilja.
Aimee Mullins - Athlete and actor
A record-breaker at the Paralympic Games in 1996, Aimee Mullins has built a career as a model, actor and advocate for women, sports and the next generation of prosthetics. Full bio
A record-breaker at the Paralympic Games in 1996, Aimee Mullins has built a career as a model, actor and advocate for women, sports and the next generation of prosthetics. Full bio
Double-click the English transcript below to play the video.
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Sheryl Shade: Hi, Aimee. Aimee Mullins: Hi.
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Šeril Šejd: Ejmi i ja smo mislile - Zdravo Ejmi. Ejmi Malins: Zdravo.
00:19
SS: Aimee and I thought we'd just talk a little bit,
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Ejmi i ja smo mislile da malo porazgovaramo
00:21
and I wanted her to tell all of you what makes her a distinctive athlete.
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i želela sam da vam ona ispriča šta je to čini posebnom sportiskinjom.
00:27
AM: Well, for those of you who have seen the picture in the little bio --
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EM: Pa, za one koji nisu videli sliku u kratkoj biografiji -
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it might have given it away --
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možda su ih razdelili -
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I'm a double amputee, and I was born without fibulas in both legs.
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meni su amputirane obe noge i rođena sam bez cevanice u obe noge.
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I was amputated at age one,
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Amputirali su mi noge kada sam imala godinu dana,
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and I've been running like hell ever since, all over the place.
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i od tada trčim kao luda, svuda.
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SS: Well, why don't you tell them how you got to Georgetown -- why don't we start there?
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ŠŠ: Zašto im ne ispričaš kako si dospela na Džordžtaun?
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Why don't we start there?
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Zašto ne bismo tako počeli?
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AM: I'm a senior in Georgetown in the Foreign Service program.
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EM: Ja sam završna godina na Džordžtaunu na programu za međunarodne odnose.
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I won a full academic scholarship out of high school.
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Dobila sam punu stipendiju u srednjoj školi.
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They pick three students out of the nation every year
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Oni svake godine biraju tri studenta iz cele zemlje
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to get involved in international affairs,
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koji učestvuju u inostranim poslovima,
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and so I won a full ride to Georgetown
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tako da sam dobila vožnju do Džordžtauna
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and I've been there for four years. Love it.
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i tamo sam već četiri godine. Divno je.
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SS: When Aimee got there,
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ŠŠ: Kada je Ejmi stigla tamo,
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she decided that she's, kind of, curious about track and field,
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odlučila je da je, na neki način, radoznala po pitanju staza i terena,
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so she decided to call someone and start asking about it.
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tako da je odlučila da pozove nekoga i raspita se o tome.
01:19
So, why don't you tell that story?
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Pa zašto nam ne ispričaš tu priču?
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AM: Yeah. Well, I guess I've always been involved in sports.
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EM: Da. Pa, pretpostavljam da sam se oduvek bavila sportom.
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I played softball for five years growing up.
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Igrala sam softbol pet godina dok sam bila mala.
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I skied competitively throughout high school,
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Takmičila sam se u skijanju u srednjoj školi
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and I got a little restless in college
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i malo sam postala nestrpljiva na fakultetu
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because I wasn't doing anything for about a year or two sports-wise.
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jer ništa nisam radila po pitanju sporta oko godinu, dve.
01:34
And I'd never competed on a disabled level, you know --
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I nikada se nisam takmičila na paraplegičarskom nivou, znate.
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I'd always competed against other able-bodied athletes.
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Uvek bih se takmičila sa ostalim sportistima koji nemaju problema sa telom.
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That's all I'd ever known.
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Samo tako i umem.
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In fact, I'd never even met another amputee until I was 17.
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Zapravo, do svoje 17. nisam upoznala nikoga kome je neki deo tela amputiran.
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And I heard that they do these track meets with all disabled runners,
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I čula sam da se organizuju atletski skupovi za trkače sa invaliditetom,
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and I figured, "Oh, I don't know about this,
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i pomislila sam, ma ne znam baš,
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but before I judge it, let me go see what it's all about."
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ali pre nego što donesem sud, hajde da vidim o čemu se radi.
01:59
So, I booked myself a flight to Boston in '95, 19 years old
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Tako da sam rezervisala let za Boston '95., imala sam 19 godina
02:04
and definitely the dark horse candidate at this race. I'd never done it before.
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i definitivno bila misteriozni kanditat u trci. Nikada to do tada nisam radila.
02:09
I went out on a gravel track a couple of weeks before this meet
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Izašla sam na šljaku par nedelja pre mitinga,
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to see how far I could run,
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da vidim koliko daleko mogu da trčim,
02:14
and about 50 meters was enough for me, panting and heaving.
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i oko 50 metara je bilo dovoljno za mene, jedva sam disala.
02:18
And I had these legs that were made of
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Imala sam noge koju su bile napravljene od
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a wood and plastic compound, attached with Velcro straps --
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drveta i plastike i pričvrćene čičak trakama -
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big, thick, five-ply wool socks on --
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velike, debele, vunene čarape krupnog boda preko -
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you know, not the most comfortable things, but all I'd ever known.
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znate, nije baš najudobnije, ali to je oduvek za mene bilo tako.
02:31
And I'm up there in Boston against people
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I ja sam u Bostonu i takmičim se sa ljudima
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wearing legs made of all things -- carbon graphite
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noseći noge napravljene od svih vrsta grafita
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and, you know, shock absorbers in them and all sorts of things --
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i onoga što apsorbuje udarac i svakavih drugih stvari,
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and they're all looking at me like,
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i svi gledaju u mene i misle,
02:43
OK, we know who's not going to win this race.
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okej, znamo ko neće pobediti u ovoj trci.
02:47
And, I mean, I went up there expecting --
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Ja sam otišla tamo očekujuči...
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I don't know what I was expecting --
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ne znam šta sam očekivala --
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but, you know, when I saw a man who was missing an entire leg
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ali, znate, kada sam videla čoveka koji nema celu nogu
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go up to the high jump, hop on one leg to the high jump
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kako skače u vis, sa jednom nogom
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and clear it at six feet, two inches ...
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i preskače 183 cantimetra...
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Dan O'Brien jumped 5'11" in '96 in Atlanta,
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Den O'brajan je preskočio 153 centimetra u Atlanti,
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I mean, if it just gives you a comparison of --
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mislim ako poredite...
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these are truly accomplished athletes,
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ovo su zaista ostvareni sportisti
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without qualifying that word "athlete."
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bez ograničavanja definicije reči "sportista".
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And so I decided to give this a shot: heart pounding,
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Ja sam odlučila da ovome dam šansu i dok mi je srce preskakalo,
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I ran my first race and I beat the national record-holder
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istrčala sam svoju prvu trku i oborila sam nacionalni rekord
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by three hundredths of a second,
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za tri stotinke
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and became the new national record-holder on my first try out.
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i postala novi nacionalni rekorder u svom prvom pokušaju.
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And, you know, people said,
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I znate, ljudi su govorili,
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"Aimee, you know, you've got speed -- you've got natural speed --
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"Ejmi, znaš ti si brza -- ti si prirodno brza --
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but you don't have any skill or finesse going down that track.
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ali nemaš nikakvu tehniku niti stil u trčanju.
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You were all over the place.
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Dala si sve od sebe
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We all saw how hard you were working."
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Svi smo videli koliko si naporno radila."
03:40
And so I decided to call the track coach at Georgetown.
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I tako sam odlučila da pozovem trenera sa Džordžtauna.
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And I thank god I didn't know just how huge this man is in the track and field world.
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I hvala bogu da nisam znala koliko je taj čovek uticajan u svetu atletike.
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He's coached five Olympians, and
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On je trenirao pet olimpijaca i
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the man's office is lined from floor to ceiling
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njegova kancelarija je od poda do plafona puna
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with All America certificates
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raznih američkih sertifikata,
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of all these athletes he's coached.
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svih atletičara koje je trenirao,
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He's just a rather intimidating figure.
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jedna osoba vredna strahopoštovanja.
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And I called him up and said, "Listen, I ran one race and I won ..."
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I ja sam ga pozvala i rekla: "Slušajte, ja sam pretrčala jednu trku i pobedila i...
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(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
04:11
"I want to see if I can, you know --
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Ja bih volela da znam da li mogu, znate --
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I need to just see if I can sit in on some of your practices,
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Samo bih želela da znam da li mogu da sedim na nekim vašim treninzima,
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see what drills you do and whatever."
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da vidim kakve treninge radite i štagod."
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That's all I wanted -- just two practices.
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To je sve što sam htela -- samo dva treninga.
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"Can I just sit in and see what you do?"
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"Da li mogu samo da sedim i gledam šta radite?"
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And he said, "Well, we should meet first, before we decide anything."
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A on je rekao: "Trebalo bi prvo da se vidimo, pre nego što bilo šta odlučimo."
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You know, he's thinking, "What am I getting myself into?"
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I on je verovatno razmišljao: "U šta li se ovo upuštam?"
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So, I met the man, walked in his office,
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I upoznala sam čoveka, ušla u njegovu kancelariju,
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and saw these posters and magazine covers of people he has coached.
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i videla postere i naslovne stranice ljudi koje je trenirao.
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And we got to talking,
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I onda smo seli da razgovaramo
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and it turned out to be a great partnership
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i to je bio početak divnog partnerstva
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because he'd never coached a disabled athlete,
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jer on nikada nije trenirao atletičara sa invaliditetom,
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so therefore he had no preconceived notions
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tako da nije imao nikave pretpostavke
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of what I was or wasn't capable of,
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o tome šta ja mogu ili ne mogu,
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and I'd never been coached before.
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i mene nikada niko nije trenirao,
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So this was like, "Here we go -- let's start on this trip."
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tako da je bilo, otprilike -- hajde da probamo.
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So he started giving me four days a week of his lunch break,
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Dao mi je četiri dana nedeljno, deo svoje pauze za ručak,
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his free time, and I would come up to the track and train with him.
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njegovo slobodno vreme, ja bih došla na stazu i trenirala sa njim.
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So that's how I met Frank.
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Tako sam upoznala Frenka.
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That was fall of '95. But then, by the time that winter was rolling around,
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To je bila jesen '95. i kada je došla zima,
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he said, "You know, you're good enough.
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rekao mi je: "Dovoljno si dobra.
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You can run on our women's track team here."
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Možeš da trčiš sa ženskim atletičarskim timom."
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And I said, "No, come on."
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A ja sam rekla: "Ne, ma kakvi."
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And he said, "No, no, really. You can.
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On je rekao: "Ne, ne, zaista. Možeš.
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You can run with our women's track team."
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Možeš da trčiš sa našim ženskim timom."
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In the spring of 1996, with my goal of making the U.S. Paralympic team
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Proleće 1996., sa ciljem da se kvalifikujem za američki Paraolimpijski tim,
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that May coming up full speed, I joined the women's track team.
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taj maj je došao brzo i ja sam se priključila ženskom trkačkom timu.
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And no disabled person had ever done that -- run at a collegiate level.
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I nijedna osoba sa invaliditetom nikada to nije uspela -- da se takmiči na univerzitetskom nivou.
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So I don't know, it started to become an interesting mix.
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Tako da je to počeo da bude interesantan miks.
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SS: Well, on your way to the Olympics,
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ŠŠ: Zašto im ne kažeš - na svom putu do Olimpijade -
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a couple of memorable events happened at Georgetown.
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nekoliko nezaboravnih trenutaka koji su se desili na Džordžtaunu.
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Why don't you just tell them?
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Zašto im to ne kažeš?
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AM: Yes, well, you know, I'd won everything as far as the disabled meets --
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EM: Da, pa ja sam osvojila sve što je moguće što se tiče paraplegičaskih skupova -
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everything I competed in -- and, you know, training in Georgetown
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sve u čemu sam se takmičila -- i treniranje na Džordžtaunu
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and knowing that I was going to have to get used to
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znajući da ću morati da se naviknem da gledam
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seeing the backs of all these women's shirts --
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leđa ostalih atletičarki --
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you know, I'm running against the next Flo-Jo --
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trčim sa budućom Flo Džo --
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and they're all looking at me like,
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i svi me gledaju i misle:
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"Hmm, what's, you know, what's going on here?"
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"Hmm, šta se dešava ovde?"
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And putting on my Georgetown uniform
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I oblačim svoj Džordžtaun dres
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and going out there and knowing that, you know,
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i odlazim tamo znajući da,
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in order to become better -- and I'm already the best in the country --
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da bih napredovala -- a već sam najbolja u zemlji --
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you know, you have to train with people who are inherently better than you.
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moram da treniram sa ljudima koji su po rođenju bolji od mene.
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And I went out there and made it to the Big East,
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I otišla sam tamo i uspela da stignem do Velikog istoka
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which was sort of the championship race at the end of the season.
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koji je predstavljao šampionsku trku na kraju sezone
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It was really, really hot.
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i bilo je mnogo, mnogo vruće.
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And it's the first --
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I to je prva --
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I had just gotten these new sprinting legs that you see in that bio,
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samo što sam dobila nove sprinterske noge koje vidite u ovoj biografiji --
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and I didn't realize at that time that
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i tada nisam znala koliko
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the amount of sweating I would be doing in the sock --
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ću oznojiti čarape,
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it actually acted like a lubricant
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znoj se ponašao kao lubrikant,
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and I'd be, kind of, pistoning in the socket.
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i ja bih se klizala niz protetičku nogu.
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And at about 85 meters of my 100 meters sprint, in all my glory,
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I negde na 85 metara mog sprinta na 100 metara, u svoj svojoj slavi,
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I came out of my leg.
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ja sam ispala iz svoje noge.
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Like, I almost came out of it, in front of, like, 5,000 people.
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Zapravo skoro da sam ispala iz nje, pred oko 5000 ljudi.
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And I, I mean, was just mortified --
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I tako ponižena -- pošto sam
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because I was signed up for the 200, you know, which went off in a half hour.
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bila prijavljena na trku na 200 metara, koja je trebalo da počne za pola sata.
07:10
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
07:12
I went to my coach: "Please, don't make me do this."
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Otišla sam do svog trenera. "Molim vas ne terajte me da ovo radim."
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I can't do this in front of all those people. My legs will come off.
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Ne mogu ovo da radim pred svim ovim ljudima. Noge će mi otpasti.
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And if it came off at 85 there's no way I'm going 200 meters.
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I ako otpadnu na 85 nema teorije da idem na 200 metara.
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And he just sat there like this.
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On je samo tako sedeo.
07:23
My pleas fell on deaf ears, thank god.
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Svoje molbe kao da sam uputila zidu -- hvala bogu --
07:28
Because you know, the man is from Brooklyn;
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jer je on bio --- znate, on je iz Bruklina --
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he's a big man. He says, "Aimee, so what if your leg falls off?
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on je ogroman čovek -- i rekao je: "Ejmi, pa šta i ako ti otpadnu noge?
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You pick it up, you put the damn thing back on,
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Uzmi te noge, vrati ih na mesto,
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and finish the goddamn race!"
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i završi prokletu trku!"
07:41
(Laughter) (Applause)
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(Smeh) (Aplauz)
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And I did. So, he kept me in line.
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I to sam i uradila. On mi nekako nije dozvolio da vrdam.
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He kept me on the right track.
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Vratio me je na stazu.
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SS: So, then Aimee makes it to the 1996 Paralympics,
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ŠŠ: I tako Ejmi dospeva na Paraolimpijadu 1996.,
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and she's all excited. Her family's coming down -- it's a big deal.
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i mnogo je uzbuđena. Njena porodica dolazi da je gleda - to je veliki događaj.
08:03
It's now two years that you've been running?
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Ona sada -- dve godine već trčiš?
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AM: No, a year.
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EM: Ne, godinu dana.
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SS: A year. And why don't you tell them what happened
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ŠŠ: Godinu. I zašto im ne ispričaš šta se desilo
08:09
right before you go run your race?
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pre nego što si počela trku?
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AM: Okay, well, Atlanta.
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EM: Okej, Atlanta.
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The Paralympics, just for a little bit of clarification,
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Paraolimpijada, samo da pojasnim,
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are the Olympics for people with physical disabilities --
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predstavlja Olimijadu za ljude sa fizičkim hendikepom --
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amputees, persons with cerebral palsy, and wheelchair athletes --
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ljude sa amputiranim udovima, sa cerebralnom paralizom i sportiste u kolicima --
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as opposed to the Special Olympics,
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dok u Specijalnoj Olimpijadi
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which deals with people with mental disabilities.
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učestvuju ljudi sa posebnim potrebama.
08:29
So, here we are, a week after the Olympics and down at Atlanta,
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Tako da je sada nedelju dana nakon Olimpijade, dole u Atlanti,
08:36
and I'm just blown away by the fact that
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i ja sam oduševljena sa činjenicom da
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just a year ago, I got out on a gravel track and couldn't run 50 meters.
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pre samo godinu dana na šljaci nisam mogla da istrčim ni 50 metara,
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And so, here I am -- never lost.
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I evo me sada -- nikada nisam izgubila.
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I set new records at the U.S. Nationals -- the Olympic trials -- that May,
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Postavila sam novi rekord na nacionalnom prvenstvu SAD-aa -- probi za Olimpijadu -- tog maja,
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and was sure that I was coming home with the gold.
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i bila sam jednostavno sigurna da se kući vraćam sa zlatom.
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I was also the only, what they call "bilateral BK" -- below the knee.
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Ja sam bila jedina sa amputiranim obema nogama ispod kolena.
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I was the only woman who would be doing the long jump.
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I jedina žena koja će izvoditi skok u dalj.
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I had just done the long jump,
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Samo što sam skočila u dalj,
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and a guy who was missing two legs came up to me and says,
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prišao mi je čovek kome su nedostajale obe noge i rekao:
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"How do you do that? You know, we're supposed to have a planar foot,
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"Kako to radiš? Znaš da bi trebalo da imamo pljosnato stopalo
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so we can't get off on the springboard."
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tako da ne možemo da se odražavamo sa daske."
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I said, "Well, I just did it. No one told me that."
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Ja sam rekla: "Pa ja sam to upravo uradila. Niko mi to nije rekao."
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So, it's funny -- I'm three inches within the world record --
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Tako da je smešno -- ja sam oko 7 centimetara od svetskog rekorda --
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and kept on from that point, you know,
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i nastavila sam od te tačke,
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so I'm signed up in the long jump -- signed up?
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i prijavljena sam za skok u dalj -- prijavila? --
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No, I made it for the long jump and the 100-meter.
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ne, ja sam se kvalifikovala za skok u dalj i za trku na 100 metara.
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And I'm sure of it, you know?
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I sigurna sam u to, znate.
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I made the front page of my hometown paper
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Dospela sam na naslovnu stranu novina u svom rodnom gradu
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that I delivered for six years, you know?
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koje sam 6 godina raznosila.
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It was, like, this is my time for shine.
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Bio je moj red da zablistam.
09:33
And we're at the trainee warm-up track,
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Bili smo na stadionu za zagrevanje -- traci za zagrevanje,
09:36
which is a few blocks away from the Olympic stadium.
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koja je nekoliko blokova udaljena od Olimpijskog stadiona.
09:38
These legs that I was on, which I'll take out right now --
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I te noge na kojima sam ja bila -- koje ću sada da izvadim da vam pokažem -
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I was the first person in the world on these legs.
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ja sam bila prva osoba na svetu sa tim nogama --
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I was the guinea pig., I'm telling you,
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bila sam zamorče i izgledala sam kao
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this was, like -- talk about a tourist attraction.
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turistička atrakcija.
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Everyone was taking pictures -- "What is this girl running on?"
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Svi su me slikali: "Na čemu trči ova devojka?"
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And I'm always looking around, like, where is my competition?
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Ja sam se stalno okretala, gde je moja konkurencija?
09:59
It's my first international meet.
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To je bio moj prvi međunarodni miting
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I tried to get it out of anybody I could,
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I pokušala sam da od nekoga saznam,
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you know, "Who am I running against here?"
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sa kime se takmičim?
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"Oh, Aimee, we'll have to get back to you on that one."
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"O, Ejmi, moraćemo to kasnije da ti kažemo."
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I wanted to find out times.
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Htela samda saznam vremena.
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"Don't worry, you're doing great."
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"Ne brini, odlično ti ide."
10:13
This is 20 minutes before my race in the Olympic stadium,
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Sada je 20 minuta pred moju trku na Olimpijskom stadionu
10:16
and they post the heat sheets. And I go over and look.
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i postavili su plahte protiv vrućine. I ja sam otišla da vidim.
10:19
And my fastest time, which was the world record, was 15.77.
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Moje najbrže vreme, koje je bilo svetski rekord, je bilo 15,77.
10:24
Then I'm looking: the next lane, lane two, is 12.8.
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Zatim sam pogledala - sledeća staza, staza dva, je 12,8.
10:28
Lane three is 12.5. Lane four is 12.2. I said, "What's going on?"
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Staza tri je 12,5. Staza četiri je 12,2. Onda sam rekla: "Šta se dešava?"
10:33
And they shove us all into the shuttle bus,
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Uveli su nas u autobus,
10:35
and all the women there are missing a hand.
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i svim ženama tamo je nedostajala šaka.
10:37
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
10:44
So, I'm just, like --
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I ja sam onda...
10:50
they're all looking at me like 'which one of these is not like the other,' you know?
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Svi me gledaju u smislu ko ovde nije kao svi ostali?
10:54
I'm sitting there, like, "Oh, my god. Oh, my god."
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Ja sam samo sedela i pomislila, "O moj bože. O moj bože."
11:00
You know, I'd never lost anything,
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Nikada nisam izgubila,
11:03
like, whether it would be the scholarship or, you know,
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da li je to stipendija ili bilo šta,
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I'd won five golds when I skied. In everything, I came in first.
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osvojila sam pet zlatnih medalja u skijanju. I u svemu sam bila prva.
11:11
And Georgetown -- that was great.
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I Džordžtaun je, znate, super.
11:13
I was losing, but it was the best training because this was Atlanta.
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Gubila sam, ali je to bio najbolji trening jer to je bila Atlanta.
11:19
Here we are, like, crème de la crème,
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I mi smo tu, crème de la crème,
11:22
and there is no doubt about it, that I'm going to lose big.
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i nema sumnje da ću dobro da izgubim.
11:26
And, you know, I'm just thinking,
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I onda sam pomislila,
11:28
"Oh, my god, my whole family got in a van
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"O moj bože, moja čitava porodica je ušla u kombi
11:31
and drove down here from Pennsylvania."
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i dovezla se dovde iz Pensilvanije."
11:34
And, you know, I was the only female U.S. sprinter.
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I ja sam bila jedina američka sprinterka.
11:38
So they call us out and, you know --
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Tako da su nas prozvali,
11:41
"Ladies, you have one minute."
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"Dame, imate jedan minut."
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And I remember putting my blocks in and just feeling horrified
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I dok sam se bandažirala osećala sam se prestrašeno
11:48
because there was just this murmur coming over the crowd,
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jer se čuo taj žagor iz publike,
11:50
like, the ones who are close enough to the starting line to see.
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od onih koji su bili dovoljno blizu startne linije da vide.
11:54
And I'm like, "I know! Look! This isn't right."
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I ja sam pomislila: "Znam! Gledajte! Ovo nije u redu."
12:00
And I'm thinking that's my last card to play here;
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I znala sam da je to moja poslednja karta,
12:03
if I'm not going to beat these girls,
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bar ako neću da pobedim ove devojke
12:05
I'm going to mess their heads a little, you know?
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malo ću da se poigram sa njima.
12:07
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
12:09
I mean, it was definitely the "Rocky IV" sensation of me versus Germany,
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Skroz je izgledalo kao Roki 4 verzija mene protiv Nemačke
12:12
and everyone else -- Estonia and Poland -- was in this heat.
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i svih ostalih - Estonije i Poljske - i oni su u klinču.
12:18
And the gun went off, and all I remember was
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I pištolj je opalio i sećam se kako sam
12:21
finishing last and
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završila poslednja i znate,
12:26
fighting back tears of frustration and incredible -- incredible --
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borila se sa suzama isfrustrirana i neverovatno, neverovatno
12:31
this feeling of just being overwhelmed.
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osećanje da mi je previše.
12:33
And I had to think, "Why did I do this?"
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I morala sam da razmislim zašto sam ovo uradila, znate,
12:36
If I had won everything -- but it was like, what was the point?
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ako sam sve osvojila, u čemu je onda poenta?
12:39
All this training -- I had transformed my life.
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Svo to treniranje, ceo život sam promenila.
12:43
I became a collegiate athlete, you know. I became an Olympic athlete.
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Postala sam atletičarka koledž lige i postala sam Olimijska atletičarka.
12:47
And it made me really think about how
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To me je nateralo da razmislim o tome kako
12:51
the achievement was getting there.
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sam dostigla taj uspeh.
12:53
I mean, the fact that I set my sights, just a year and three months before,
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Činjenica da sam postavila sebi cilj godinu dana i tri meseca pre toga
12:57
on becoming an Olympic athlete and saying,
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da postanem olimpijska atletičarka i da kažem
13:01
"Here's my life going in this direction --
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"Moj život je krenuo u tom pravcu
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and I want to take it here for a while,
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i želim da neko vreme ostane tako
13:05
and just seeing how far I could push it."
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i da vidim koliko ću moći to da guram."
13:07
And the fact that I asked for help -- how many people jumped on board?
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I činjenica da sam tražila pomoć - koliko ljudi je učestvovalo u tome?
13:11
How many people gave of their time and their expertise,
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Koliko ljudi je potrošilo svoje vreme i svoje znanje
13:15
and their patience, to deal with me?
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i strpljenje u radu sa mnom?
13:18
And that was this collective glory --
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I to je bio taj kolektivni uspeh -
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that there was, you know, 50 people behind me
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da je bilo 50 ljudi iza mene
13:24
that had joined in this incredible experience of going to Atlanta.
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koji su se priključili tom neverovatnom iskustvu odlaska u Atlantu.
13:28
So, I apply this sort of philosophy now
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Tako da sada, primenjujem ovu filozofiju
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to everything I do:
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na sve što radim,
13:35
sitting back and realizing the progression,
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sedim mirno i gledam proces,
13:37
how far you've come at this day to this goal, you know.
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u smislu, šta si sve uradila do sada da bi došla do ovog cilja.
13:41
It's important to focus on a goal, I think, but
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Jeste važno da se čovek fokusira na cilj, ali
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also recognize the progression on the way there
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treba videti i sam proces dostizanja,
13:48
and how you've grown as a person.
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koliko si napredovao kao osoba, znate.
13:50
That's the achievement, I think. That's the real achievement.
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To je dostignuće, ja mislim. To je pravo dostignuće.
13:53
SS: Why don't you show them your legs?
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ŠŠ: Zašto im ne pokažeš svoje noge?
13:54
AM: Oh, sure.
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EM: Ah, naravno.
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SS: You know, show us more than one set of legs.
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ŠŠ: Pokaži nam više od jednog para nogu.
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AM: Well, these are my pretty legs.
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EM: Ovo su moje lepe noge.
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(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
14:01
No, these are my cosmetic legs, actually,
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Ne, ovo su zapravo moje ukrasne noge
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and they're absolutely beautiful.
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i mnogo su lepe.
14:13
You've got to come up and see them.
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Morate doći gore da ih vidite.
14:14
There are hair follicles on them, and I can paint my toenails.
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Imaju folikule za dlake i mogu da lakiram nokte.
14:19
And, seriously, like, I can wear heels.
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I ozbiljno, mogu da nosim štikle.
14:22
Like, you guys don't understand what that's like
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Vi ne razumete kako je
14:24
to be able to just go into a shoe store and buy whatever you want.
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ući u radnju cipela i kupiti šta god poželite.
14:28
SS: You got to pick your height?
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ŠŠ: Možeš da izabereš svoju visinu?
14:29
AM: I got to pick my height, exactly.
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EM: Upravo tako, mogu da izaberem svoju visinu.
14:31
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
14:34
Patrick Ewing, who played for Georgetown in the '80s,
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Patrik Juing, koji je igrao za Džordžtaun osamdesetih,
14:38
comes back every summer.
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dolazi svakog leta.
14:40
And I had incessant fun making fun of him in the training room
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I neprestano sam se zabavljala dok sam ga ismevala u sali za vežbanje
14:44
because he'd come in with foot injuries.
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jer je došao sa povredama stopala.
14:45
I'm like, "Get it off! Don't worry about it, you know.
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Ja sam mu rekla: "Ma skini ih! Nemoj da se brineš.
14:47
You can be eight feet tall. Just take them off."
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Možeš da budeš dva i po metara visok. Samo ih skini."
14:51
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
14:55
He didn't find it as humorous as I did, anyway.
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Njemu nije bilo tako smešno kao meni, u svakom slučaju.
15:00
OK, now, these are my sprinting legs, made of carbon graphite,
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Okej, ovo su moje sprinterske noge, napravljene od karbon grafita,
15:04
like I said, and I've got to make sure I've got the right socket.
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kao što rekoh, moram da vidim da li je to pravi deo.
15:13
No, I've got so many legs in here.
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Ne, imam puno nogu ovde.
15:17
These are -- do you want to hold that actually?
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Ovo su - da li hoćete da mi pridržite ovo?
15:20
That's another leg I have for, like, tennis and softball.
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Ovo je još jedna noga koju imam za tenis i softbol.
15:24
It has a shock absorber in it so it, like, "Shhhh," makes this neat sound
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Ima šok apsorber u sebi i onda pravi "šššš" tihi zvuk
15:28
when you jump around on it. All right.
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kada skačeš sa njom. OK.
15:32
And then this is the silicon sheath I roll over,
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I ovo je silikon koji navučem,
15:35
to keep it on. Which, when I sweat,
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silikonski deo koji navučem preko da se drži i kada se znojim,
15:39
you know, I'm pistoning out of it.
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znate, ja isklizam iz nje,
15:41
SS: Are you a different height?
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ŠŠ: Jesi li drugačije visine?
15:44
AM: In these?
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EM: U ovim?
15:45
SS: In these.
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ŠŠ: U ovim.
15:46
AM: I don't know. I don't think so.
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EM: Ne znam. Mislim da ne. Mislim da ne.
15:49
I may be a little taller. I actually can put both of them on.
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Možda sam malo viša. Mogu da stavim obe.
15:54
SS: She can't really stand on these legs. She has to be moving, so ...
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ŠŠ: Ona stvarno može da stoji na ovim nogama. Mora da se kreće, tako da...
15:59
AM: Yeah, I definitely have to be moving,
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EM: Da, definitivno moram da se krećem
16:02
and balance is a little bit of an art in them.
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i ravnoteža u njima je, na neki način, pomalo umetnost.
16:05
But without having the silicon sock, I'm just going to try slip in it.
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Ali bez silikonskih čarapa, probaću da se uvučem u njih.
16:12
And so, I run on these, and have shocked half the world on these.
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I tako, ja trčim u ovim i šokirala sam pola sveta u njima.
16:19
(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
16:29
These are supposed to simulate the actual form of a sprinter when they run.
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One treba da simuliraju formu sprintera dok trči.
16:36
If you ever watch a sprinter,
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Ako ste ikada posmatrali sprintere,
16:38
the ball of their foot is the only thing that ever hits the track.
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deo ispod prstiju na stopalu je jedino što dodiruje stazu,
16:40
So when I stand in these legs,
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tako da kada ja stojim na ovim nogama,
16:41
my hamstring and my glutes are contracted,
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kontrahuju se zadnja loža i gluteus
16:44
as they would be had I had feet and were standing on the ball of my feet.
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kao što bi inače bilo da stojim na korenu prstiju svojih stopala.
16:48
(Audience: Who made them?)
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(Publika: Ko ih je napravio?)
16:50
AM: It's a company in San Diego called Flex-Foot.
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EM: Kompanija u San Dijegu koja se zove Flex-Foot.
16:53
And I was a guinea pig, as I hope to continue to be
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Ja sam bila zamorče, kao što se nadam da ću nastaviti da budem
16:57
in every new form of prosthetic limbs that come out.
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za svaku novu formu protetičkih nogu koje izmisle.
17:01
But actually these, like I said, are still the actual prototype.
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Ali ove su, kao što rekoh, još uvek prototip.
17:04
I need to get some new ones because the last meet I was at, they were everywhere. You know,
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I moram da nabavim nove jer na zadnjem mitingu na kome sam bila
17:08
it's like a big -- it's come full circle.
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je bio... Odradile su svoj posao.
17:11
Moderator: Aimee and the designer of them will be at TEDMED 2,
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Moderator: Ejmi i dizajner ovih nogu će biti na TEDMED-u 2,
17:13
and we'll talk about the design of them.
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pa ćemo pričati o nihovom dizajnu.
17:15
AM: Yes, we'll do that.
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EM: Da, hoćemo.
17:16
SS: Yes, there you go.
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ŠŠ: Da, izvoli.
17:17
AM: So, these are the sprint legs, and I can put my other...
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EM: Ovo su sprinterske noge i ja mogu da stavim svoje druge...
17:20
SS: Can you tell about who designed your other legs?
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ŠŠ: Je l' možeš da nam kažeš ko je dizajnirao noge?
17:22
AM: Yes. These I got in a place called Bournemouth, England,
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EM: Da. Ove sam nabavila u Bornamautu u Engleskoj,
17:25
about two hours south of London,
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oko dva sata južno od Londona,
17:27
and I'm the only person in the United States with these,
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ja sam jedina osoba iz SAD-a sa ovakvim,
17:31
which is a crime because they are so beautiful.
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što je šteta jer su prelepe.
17:34
And I don't even mean, like, because of the toes and everything.
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I ne samo zbog prstiju i svega.
17:37
For me, while I'm such a serious athlete on the track,
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Za mene, zato što sam tako ozbiljna sportiskinja na stazi,
17:41
I want to be feminine off the track, and I think it's so important
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želim da budem ženstvena van staze i mislim da je veoma važno
17:46
not to be limited in any capacity,
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ne biti ograničen ni sa jednog aspekta,
17:48
whether it's, you know, your mobility or even fashion.
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bilo da je to pokretljivost ili čak moda.
17:53
I mean, I love the fact that I can go in anywhere
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Ja sam srećna zbog činjenice da mogu da idem svuda
17:55
and pick out what I want -- the shoes I want, the skirts I want --
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i da mogu da biram šta želim i cipele koje želim i suknje
17:59
and I'm hoping to try to bring these over here
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i nadam se da ću moći da donesem ove noge ovde
18:04
and make them accessible to a lot of people.
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i da ih učinim dostupnim mnogim ljudima.
18:07
They're also silicon.
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One su takođe silikonske.
18:10
This is a really basic, basic prosthetic limb under here.
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Ovo je u stvari osnovni, osnovni prostetički ud ispod.
18:14
It's like a Barbie foot under this.
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To je kao Barbikino stopalo ispod ovoga.
18:17
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
18:18
It is. It's just stuck in this position,
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Jeste. Jednostavno je zaglavljeno u ovom položaju,
18:20
so I have to wear a two-inch heel.
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tako da moram da nosim štikle od 5 centimetara.
18:22
And, I mean, it's really -- let me take this off so you can see it.
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I - dozvolite da skinem ovo da možete da vidite.
18:27
I don't know how good you can see it, but, like, it really is.
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Ne znam koliko dobro možete da vidite, ali zaista jeste.
18:30
There're veins on the feet, and then my heel is pink,
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Imaju vene po stopalima i moja peta je roze
18:34
and my Achilles' tendon -- that moves a little bit.
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i moja Ahilova tetiva - koja se malo pokreće.
18:37
And it's really an amazing store. I got them a year and two weeks ago.
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One su stvarno neverovatne. Uzela sam ih pre godinu i dve nedelje.
18:42
And this is just a silicon piece of skin.
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I ovo je samo silikonsko parče kože.
18:46
I mean, what happened was, two years ago
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Desilo, pre dve godine, da je
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this man in Belgium was saying, "God,
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jedan čovek u Belgiji je govorio, "Bože,
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if I can go to Madame Tussauds' wax museum
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kad mogu da odem u muzej voštanih figura Madam Tiso
18:52
and see Jerry Hall replicated down to the color of her eyes,
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i da vidim kopiju Džeri Hol tako vernu sve do boje njenih očiju,
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looking so real as if she breathed,
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tako stvarnu kao da diše,
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why can't they build a limb for someone
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zašto ne bi mogli da naprave ud za nekoga
19:01
that looks like a leg, or an arm, or a hand?"
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koji izgleda kao noga ili ruka ili šaka?"
19:05
I mean, they make ears for burn victims.
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Oni prave uši za žrtve požara.
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They do amazing stuff with silicon.
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Rade neverovatne stvari sa silikonom.
19:09
SS: Two weeks ago, Aimee was up for the Arthur Ashe award at the ESPYs.
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ŠŠ: Pre dve nedelje, Ejmi je bila izabrana za Artur Aševu nagradu na ESPY.
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And she came into town and she rushed around
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Došla je u grad i jurila okolo
19:16
and she said, "I have to buy some new shoes!"
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i rekla je: "Moram da kupim nove cipele!"
19:18
We're an hour before the ESPYs,
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Bilo je sat vremena pre dodele,
19:20
and she thought she'd gotten a two-inch heel
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i ona je mislila da je uzela štiklu od 5 centimetara
19:22
but she'd actually bought a three-inch heel.
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ali je zapravo kupila štiklu od 7 i po centimetara.
19:24
AM: And this poses a problem for me,
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EM: A to predstavlja problem za mene
19:26
because it means I'm walking like that all night long.
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jer to znači da moram da hodam ovako čitavu noć.
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SS: For 45 minutes. Luckily, the hotel was terrific.
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ŠŠ: Za 45 minuta. Srećom hotel je bio fantastičan.
19:33
They got someone to come in and saw off the shoes.
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Oni su našli nekoga da istesteriše cipele.
19:36
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
19:38
AM: I said to the receptionist -- I mean, I am just harried, and Sheryl's at my side --
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EM: I ja rekoh recepcionarki, sva uznemirena i Šeril je bila pored mene.
19:42
I said, "Look, do you have anybody here who could help me?
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Rekla sam: "Slušajte, da li imate nekoga ko može da mi pomogne
19:45
Because I have this problem ... "
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jer imam jedan problem?"
19:47
You know, at first they were just going to write me off, like,
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Isprva su hteli da me otpišu, u smislu
19:49
"If you don't like your shoes, sorry. It's too late."
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"Slušaj, ako ti se ne sviđaju tvoje cipele, žao nam je. Prekasno je."
19:51
"No, no, no, no. I've got these special feet
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"Ne, ne, ne, ne. Ja imam specijalna stopala, okej,
19:54
that need a two-inch heel. I have a three-inch heel.
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kojima su potrebne štikle od 5 centimetara. Ja imam štikle od 7,5 centimetara.
19:57
I need a little bit off."
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Malo treba da se skrate."
19:59
They didn't even want to go there.
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Okej. Znate, nisu želeli da zalaze u to.
20:01
They didn't even want to touch that one. They just did it.
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Nisu hteli uopšte da dotiču tu temu. Jednostavno su ih skratili.
20:04
No, these legs are great.
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Ne, ove noge su super.
20:07
I'm actually going back in a couple of weeks
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Ja ću da se vratim za nekoliko nedelja
20:11
to get some improvements.
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da nabavim neka poboljšanja.
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I want to get legs like these made for flat feet
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Želim da nabavim ovakve noge sa ravnim stopalima
20:16
so I can wear sneakers, because I can't with these ones.
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tako da mogu da nosim patike jer sa ovima ne mogu.
20:19
So... Moderator: That's it.
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Tako da... Moderator: To je to.
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SS: That's Aimee Mullins.
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ŠŠ: To je Ejmi Malins.
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(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Aimee Mullins - Athlete and actorA record-breaker at the Paralympic Games in 1996, Aimee Mullins has built a career as a model, actor and advocate for women, sports and the next generation of prosthetics.
Why you should listen
Aimee Mullins was born without fibular bones, and had both of her legs amputated below the knee when she was an infant. She learned to walk on prosthetics, then to run -- competing at the national and international level as a champion sprinter, and setting world records at the 1996 Paralympics in Atlanta. At Georgetown, where she double-majored in history and diplomacy, she became the first double amputee to compete in NCAA Division 1 track and field.
After school, Mullins did some modeling -- including a legendary runway show for Alexander McQueen -- and then turned to acting, appearing as the Leopard Queen in Matthew Barney's Cremaster Cycle. In 2008 she was the official Ambassador for the Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival.
She's a passionate advocate for a new kind of thinking about prosthetics, and recently mentioned to an interviewer that she's been looking closely at MIT's in-development powered robotic ankle, "which I fully plan on having."
Aimee Mullins | Speaker | TED.com