Serena Williams and Gayle King: On tennis, love and motherhood
塞琳娜·威廉姆斯和盖尔·金: 关于网球、爱和为人母
With her legendary spirit and unstoppable serve, tennis legend Serena Williams has become one of the world’s most enduring athletic superstars. Full bioGayle King - Journalist
Gayle King is a co-host of "CBS This Morning” and Editor-at-Large of the award-winning O, the Oprah Magazine. Full bio
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bathing suit last week
all I could think of was,
til we sat onstage for TED?"
来了TED之后再发吗?”
supposed to see that picture.
能看到这张照片的。
actually, it was an accident.
just taking some time for myself,
where I've been checking my status
to see how far along I'm going --
我只是自己保存起来。
I have just been saving it,
you press the wrong button and --
你按错一个键,然后——
my phone doesn't ring that much --
我的电话平常不怎么响——
I missed like four calls,
我大概错过了4通电话,
and I was like, oh no.
just five or six more days -- that's OK.
——所以没关系。
Serena, because it only said 20 weeks,
赛琳娜,因为上面只写了20周,
a whole lot of information on it.
what I've been doing all this time.
我都会拍张照片然后保存起来,
I'd just take a picture and save it,
When you heard the news,
当你得知这个消息时,
Were you afraid? Were you worried?
开始的2天前得知的,
the beginning of the Australian Open,
然后我知道了。
two days before, and I knew.
to just focus right there
sometimes in the first 12 weeks or so,
Ms. Williams, you won.
威廉姆斯女士,你还夺冠了。
23个大满贯冠军。
for another handicap, so ... no.
knowing you were pregnant?
你比赛会打得有什么不一样吗?
about people when they're pregnant,
and so I haven't.
and they get really stressed out,
like I didn't have time
any extra anything,
it's actually much bigger news.
that's a big story.
确实是个大新闻。
I had to really take anything negative
我不得不把所有的负能量,
that I was feeling at that point
what the next step for me to do was.
You have a lot of love.
people stopped me at the airport.
人们还在机场堵住我。
the pilot, "Guess where I'm going?"
“你们猜我要去哪儿?”
真高兴她怀孕了。”
we're so glad she's pregnant."
these cranky Yankees.
伊利耶·纳斯塔塞,
was telling me about Ilie Nastase,
甚至带有种族歧视的话,
dare I say racial things.
to dignify what he said,
very inappropriate comments,
really supportive of my peers
to hold women up,
they'll want to take pictures with me,
给他们树立一个好榜样。
and a good example for them.
to say about me and my peers,
说了无礼的话,
for us to stand up for each other
really important for me to say,
I'm not going anywhere,
a place for everything.
wasn't the time and the place.
you're not going anywhere,
36岁,刚生完孩子。
Baby's coming, 36.
age is always important,
that you're coming back.
她会离开2年时间吗?”
Two years will she be gone?"
to defy the odds, you know,
I'm not done yet.
我还不想退役。
and that's something that --
he's a little bit older than me
他也比我大一点,
so I'm like, I know I can do that too.
我觉得我也可以做到。
especially recently,
尤其是最近一段时间,
it's something I want to do.
how this is just a new part of my life,
not crying too much.
而不是一直在哭。
letter to your baby yesterday
写了一封非常优美的信,
to the youngest one,
到最年轻的母亲,
I can't wait for you to get here.
我等不及要见到你的降临。
because I think about your life, Serena.
塞琳娜,我在思考你的人生。
in a six-month time:
3次足以改变人生的事情:
your love life? Da da da."
He's a nerdy, kinda geeky guy.
有点宅,像个书呆子,
to you about that, yes.
I said, "I know him!" He's awesome.
我说:“我认识他!他棒极了。
with a nerdy geek,
你会跟一个宅男在一起,
with you, I didn't either,
when others have failed?
this is the one for me?
and my mom says he's very considerate,
而且我妈妈觉得他很体贴,
make a huge difference in life.
让我们的生活变得很不一样。
we have a show every year,
每年都会办一场秀,
I was running around like crazy,
我忙疯了,到处跑,
of this shirt that he had,
做了一个很简单的动作,
that I had the same one,
ought to put a ring on it"?
never felt pressure to get married
I'm the marrying type of person.
anything to interfere with that.
in the middle of my training season,
the Australian Open.
"No, I can't go to Rome." OK.
“不,我不能去罗马”。
on reaching my goals
专注于自己的目标,
one player that I wanted to pass.
that winning is addictive to you.
is superaddictive.
想再赢一次的想法,
I was only 17 years old,
of your first championship.
in the world like that.
is a wonderful experience.
like I loved that feeling,
the feeling of losing. I feel like --
say you're a very bad loser.
都说你是个输不起的人。
no champion likes to lose.
或者冠军会喜欢输。
you are very, very, very bad at it.
你会非常,非常,非常的输不起。
so you know, that's all I can say.
我只能这么说。
between you and Venus,
你和维纳斯之间的关系,
and has followed the story
都竭尽全力做到100分,
in whatever you do,
当你和她对阵的时候,
when you're playing her,
because you want to do something for her
because you want to crush her.
playing her or easier?
是更难还是更容易了?
is like playing myself,
就像在和我自己打球,
从小就一起练习。
we grew up practicing together.
that has been difficult,
像我一样发球。
the ball before I hit it,
她就知道我会往哪儿打,
when I go out there,
and I have to say to myself,
but today I have to be better.
但我今天要做得更好。
if it's my sister or it's my friend,
是我姐姐还是我的朋友,
and I have to be better
我必须做到更好,
than anyone else at this moment
do you fall back for Venus?
为了维纳斯退缩过?
it was always Venus and Serena.
维纳斯和塞琳娜差不多。
has surpassed older sister.
is always going to be Venus and Serena.
维纳斯和塞琳娜永远是一体的。
she's my best friend,
or else I would have shared them,
in a stroller on a tennis court,
money on the ice cream truck and stuff,
冰激凌和其他零食上,
and give it to me at school
and she would go without,
she actually is
respect for each other
to realize you can be successful
相信自己会成功,
a wonderful relationship.
我们又是最好的朋友了。
we are best friends again.
a day later for me,
这肯定是很久以后的事,
where you hit the ball
你击球的时候想,
when you did the blah blah blah"?
的时候做的什么什么事?”
those moments,
anything bad to me,
I'm the younger sister.
anything bad to you? Really?
I can think of some stuff I've done bad.
我可没少欺负过她们。
to forget them.
I know is very pure. I know that.
非常的纯粹,我知道。
GK:我知道。
to be superclose,
and we were always so close.
我们一直都很亲近。
the two of you don't get together
你们两个人会不会,
to go out there and -- there's nothing?
在澳网比赛开始前,
Before the Australian Open,
的时候拿出了相机。
my camera while she was changing.
这事儿很不对,
which is totally inappropriate,
And I was just laughing at her.
但我一直在笑她。
that we have, and like I said,
definitely mortal enemies,
and moments before, we're just --
我们就恢复了老样子,
because at the end of the day,
I've been playing forever,
I'll be playing in 50 years, say?
There's never been anybody like you.
从来没有人和你一样。
never been anybody
gender and race the way you have,
and the scrutiny that you have.
did you say, "I want to be like that"?
你想过“我要变成这样”吗?
are looking at you
“我想像他一样”的人?
to be like that" for you?
我很高兴你提起了这个。
and I'm glad you brought that up.
我一直都想做最好的,
I always wanted to be the best,
你得向最好的人学习。
you've got to emulate the best.
就参加巡回赛,
when I was really young,
I would see Monica Seles,
我见到莫妮卡·塞莱斯,
to a lot of the other players,
the technique that he did,
that to be the best,
that are the best,
that's not at the top level.
nobody works as hard as you.
GK:我是这么听说的。
GK: That's what I heard.
很适合做运动员。”
she's talented, she's athletic."
我和同龄人比很矮小。
I was really small for my age.
why I fight so hard and I work so hard
really, really, really small.
for whatever reason.
我小时候就是小个子。
麦片都让维纳斯吃掉了。
people talk about is your body.
另一件事就是你的身体。
and women to their knees.
it's masculine, it's glorious,
肌肉发达,美妙绝伦,
when you were growing up?
comfortable with your body?
when you're a teenage female
当你是个小女孩的时候,
comfortable in my body.
帮助我达到了我的目标,
reach goals that I wanted to reach,
am I happy with my body,
and other young girls
what I've experienced
too much, too little --
losing has brought me here today.
是失败让我今天站在这里。
is because of my losses,
完全是因为我经历的失败,
for me to lose again
or if something happens --
或者其他什么事情发生了,
in business or in school --
在事业上或者学业上——
live in the present,
mistakes in the future.
一直在努力做到的事情。
that I always try to live by.
is it a destination wedding
还是你准备在佛罗里达结婚?
or are you going to do it in Florida?
We don't want to do too big,
我们不想弄得太盛大。
必须邀请那个人。
say no to this person, this person.
and we're just thinking --
但愿你今天能感受到。
Hopefully you can see that today.
for Serena Williams is what?
的下一篇章是什么呢?
and kind of come back and play tennis
of one or the other.
we are cheering you on!
我们都会为你欢呼!
GK: You're welcome.
GK:不客气。
SW:非常感谢。
SW: Thank you so much.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Serena Williams - AthleteWith her legendary spirit and unstoppable serve, tennis legend Serena Williams has become one of the world’s most enduring athletic superstars.
Why you should listen
Serena Williams sits at the top of the tennis world; she's won 23 career Grand Slams, which is the most Grand Slam singles titles in history, with her most recent win at the 2017 Australian Open. In some analysts' eyes, she's quite simply the greatest athlete of all time.
But Williams has extended her influence far beyond the tennis court. Through her activism, high-profile endorsements, TV and film appearances and writing (including a guide to life written with her sister, Venus), Williams inspires millions of fans worldwide.
Serena Williams | Speaker | TED.com
Gayle King - Journalist
Gayle King is a co-host of "CBS This Morning” and Editor-at-Large of the award-winning O, the Oprah Magazine.
Why you should listen
An award-winning journalist who has worked across television, radio and print, Gayle King is a co-host of CBS This Morning and Editor-at-Large of O, the Oprah Magazine.
King previously hosted The Gayle King Show, a live, weekday television interview program on OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network. The program, which featured a discussion of a broad variety of topics that include politics, cultural developments, was also broadcast on XM Satellite Radio, where it premiered in 2006.
Before moving into print and radio, King worked for 18 years (1982–2000) as a television news anchor for CBS affiliate WFSB-TV in Hartford, Conn., during which period, she also hosted her own syndicated daytime program. Prior to joining WFSB, King worked at several other television stations, including WDAF-TV in Kansas City, Mo. (1978-1981), WJZ-TV in Baltimore, Md. (1976), and WTOP-TV in Washington, D.C. (1975).
King has received numerous awards for her extensive work as a journalist. In addition to three Emmys, she was honored in 2008 with the American Women in Radio & Television Gracie Award for Outstanding Radio Talk Show and in 2010 with both the Individual Achievement Award for Host-Entertainment/Information and the New York Women in Communications' Matrix Award.
Gayle King | Speaker | TED.com