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John Wooden: The difference between winning and succeeding
约翰•伍登谈真正的成功
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用一种深刻而简单的方式，约翰•伍登教练重新定义了成功，敦促我们都应该努力追求自身的最佳状态。在这个激励人心的演讲中，他分享了在加州大学洛杉矶分校传授给他的球员的建议，引用诗歌，并回顾了他父亲的人生智慧。
John Wooden - Coach
John Wooden, affectionately known as Coach, led UCLA to record wins that are still unmatched in the world of basketball. Throughout his long life, he shared the values and life lessons he passed to his players, emphasizing success that’s about much more than winning. Full bio
John Wooden, affectionately known as Coach, led UCLA to record wins that are still unmatched in the world of basketball. Throughout his long life, he shared the values and life lessons he passed to his players, emphasizing success that’s about much more than winning. Full bio
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I coined my own definition of success
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我在1934年总结出了我自己对成功的定义，
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in 1934, when I was teaching at a high school in South Bend, Indiana,
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那时候我在印第安纳州的南岸市一所中学当老师。
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being a little bit disappointed, and delusioned perhaps, by
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有一点点失望，也可能是被
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the way parents of the youngsters in my English classes
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我的英语班年青学生的父母们
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expected their youngsters to
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期望他们的子女
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get an A or a B. They thought a C was all right for the neighbors' children,
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获得“优秀”或者“良好”的方式给弄糊涂了。他们觉得“一般”给邻居的小孩还差不多，
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because the neighbors children are all average.
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因为邻居的小孩都是一般般的。
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But they weren't satisfied when their own --
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但是如果是他们自己的小孩只拿到“一般”的成绩，他们就不满意了——
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would make the teacher feel that they had failed, or the youngster had failed.
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这就使得老师感觉自己很失败，或者年青学生失败了。
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And that's not right. The good Lord in his infinite wisdom
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但是这是不对的。有着无穷智慧的可敬的上帝
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didn't create us all equal as far as intelligence is concerned,
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并没有把我们人类在智力上创造成一模一样的，
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any more than we're equal for size, appearance.
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就像身高体重和相貌的不同。
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Not everybody could earn an A or a B, and I didn't like that way of judging it.
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不是每一个人都能够拿“优秀”或者“良好”，而我也不喜欢这种评判方式。
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And I did know how the alumni of various schools
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我确实知道30年代不少学校的校友
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back in the 30s judged coaches and athletic teams.
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怎么评判教练和运动员队伍。
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If you won them all, you were considered to be reasonably successful --
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如果你打赢了所有比赛，你就会被认为是比较成功的。
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not completely. Because I found out --
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但是也不完全是这样。因为我发现——
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we had a number of years at UCLA where we didn't lose a game.
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我们在加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校曾经有几年没有输掉一场比赛。
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But it seemed that we didn't win each individual game by the margin
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但是感觉上我们每场比赛都没有赢，因为赢的比分差距
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that some of our alumni had predicted and
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没有一些校友预估的那么多。
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quite frequently I --
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并且非常多的的时候我——
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(Laughter)
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（大家笑）
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-- quite frequently I really felt that they had backed up their predictions
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——经常我真的觉得他们是
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in a more materialistic manner.
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以一种更功利的方式来做他们的预估的。
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But that was true back in the 30s, so I understood that.
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但是在30年代就是那个样子，所以我理解。
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But I didn't like it. And I didn't agree with it.
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但是我不喜欢，也不赞成。
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And I wanted to come up with something that I hoped could make me a better teacher,
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于是我想总结出能使我成为一个更好的老师的某个东西，
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and give the youngsters under my supervision --
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给我指导下的年青人——
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whether it be in athletics or in the English classroom --
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不管是运动员还是英语班学生——
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something to which to aspire,
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能激励渴望的东西，
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other than just a higher mark
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而不仅仅是教室里一个更高的考分，
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in the classroom, or more points in some athletic contest.
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或者运动比赛中更多的得分。
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I thought about that for quite a spell,
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我思考了这个问题很长时间，
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and I wanted to come up with my own definition. I thought that might help.
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想开创出自己的定义。我觉得那应该有帮助。
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And I knew how Mr. Webster defined it:
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我知道韦伯字典是这样定义的：
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as the accumulation of material possessions
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物质财产的积累，
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or the attainment of a position of power or prestige, or something of that sort --
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权力或者声望地位的获得，诸如此类。
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worthy accomplishments perhaps,
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这些可能是有价值的成就，
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but in my opinion not necessarily indicative of success.
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但是在我看来不一定就意味着成功。
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So I wanted to come up with something of my own.
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所以我想有自己的定义。
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And I recalled -- I was raised on a small farm in Southern Indiana
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回想过去，我是在南印第安纳州的一个小农场长大的。
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and Dad tried to teach me and my brothers
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老爸总是教导我和我兄弟：
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that you should never try to be better than someone else.
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永远不要为超过别人而努力。
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I'm sure at the time he did that, I didn't -- it didn't --
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我能肯定当时他就是这样做的，而我没有——
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well, somewhere, I guess in the hidden recesses of mind,
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但是这种理念有可能储存在我意识中隐藏的深处，
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it popped out years later.
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在很多年之后它又跳了出来。
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Never try to be better than someone else,
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永远不要为超过别人而努力，
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always learn from others. Never cease
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永远从别人那里学习点什么。
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trying to be the best you can be -- that's under your control.
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永远不要停止尽你所能以达到最佳的努力——这是你自己能控制的。
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If you get too engrossed and involved and concerned
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如果你太沉迷于自己无法控制的一些事情之中，
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in regard to the things over which you have no control,
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陷在其中，为之而烦恼，
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it will adversely affect the things over which you have control.
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就会反过来影响那些你自己能控制的东西。
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Then I ran across this simple verse that said,
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后来我看到这么一段简单的话：
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"At God's footstool to confess, a poor soul knelt, and bowed his head.
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“一个可怜的灵魂，跪在台阶上向上帝忏悔，低垂着头，
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'I failed!' He cried.
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“我失败了！”他痛哭着说。
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The Master said, 'Thou didst thy best, that is success.'"
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上帝说：“你尽了全力，这就是成功。”
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From those things, and one other perhaps,
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从那些事情，或许还有另一件事情，
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I coined my own definition of success,
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我形成了我自己对成功的定义。
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which is: peace of mind attained only through
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那就是：平和的心境，
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self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do the best
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这是只有在你知道自己是尽了全力去做到
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of which you're capable.
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自己能力所及的最佳，而能够自我满意才能达到的境界。
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I believe that's true. If you make the effort
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我相信这是真的。如果你尽了全力
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to do the best of which you're capable, to try and improve the situation
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去做能力所及的最佳，努力去改善你所在的
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that exists for you, I think that's success.
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现有处境，我认为就是成功。
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And I don't think others can judge that. I think it's like character and reputation.
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并且我认为别人不能评判。我认为这就像是性格和名誉之间的关系。
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Your reputation is what you are perceived to be;
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你的名誉是你在别人眼中的印象，
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your character is what you really are.
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而你的性格是真正的你。
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And I think that character is much more
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我认为本身的性格
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important than what you are perceived to be.
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比别人的印象要重要得多。
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You'd hope they'd both be good,
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你当然希望这两个都是好的。
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but they won't necessarily be the same.
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但是它们不一定是一样的。
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Well, that was my idea that I was going to try to get across to the youngsters.
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总之，这是我当时尽量传递给年青人的理念。
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I ran across other things. I love to teach,
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我也遇到过其他一些东西。我热爱教育，
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and it was mentioned by the previous speaker
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刚才演讲的那个人提到
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that I enjoy poetry, and I dabble in it a bit, and love it.
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我喜欢诗歌，而其实我有点沉迷于其中，非常喜欢诗歌。
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There are some things that helped me, I think,
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诗歌中有些东西帮助了我，我觉得，
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be better than I would have been. I know I'm not what I ought to be,
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成为一个更好的人。我知道我现在并不是我决心要成为的人，
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not what I should be. But I think I'm better than I would have been
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也不是我应该成为的人。但是我认为如果没有遇到过某些东西，
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if I hadn't run across certain things.
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我就会不如现在的我。
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One was just a little verse that said,
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其中一个只是一小段诗：
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"No written word, no spoken plea
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“没有什么文字，没有什么话语，
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can teach our youth what they should be.
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能够告诉我们的下一代应该成为什么样的人。
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Nor all the books on all the shelves --
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即使是书架上所有的书也不能 ——
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it's what the teachers are themselves."
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唯有老师本人的为人。“
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That made an impression on me
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这句诗在30年代
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in the 1930s.
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给了我深刻的印象。
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And I tried to use that more or less in my teaching,
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我也尽可能地在教学中多多少少地使用它，
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whether it be in sports, or whether it be in the English classroom.
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不管是在体育界还是英语课堂。
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I love poetry and always had an interest in that somehow.
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我热爱诗歌，并且一直有种说不出的兴趣。
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Maybe it's because Dad used to read to us at night.
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也许是因为以前老爸总是在晚上给我们念诗歌的缘故，
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Coal oil lamp -- we didn't have electricity
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在煤油灯下 —— 当时我们的农场家里面
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in our farm home.
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没有电灯。
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And Dad would read poetry to us. So I always liked it.
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老爸就会给我们念诗歌。所以我一起喜欢诗歌。
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And about the same time I ran across this one verse,
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大概差不多的时候
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I ran across another one. Someone asked
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我遇到了另一件事。
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a lady teacher why she taught.
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有人问一位女老师她为什么教书。
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And she -- after some time, she said she wanted to think about that.
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她愣了一下，说她要想一下。
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Then she came up and said,
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过了一会儿她走过来说，
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"They ask me why I teach
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“他们问我为什么教书，
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and I reply, 'Where could I find such splendid company?'
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我的回答是：‘还有什么地方我可以拥有如此辉煌的人生同伴？’
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There sits a statesman, strong, unbiased, wise;
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那里坐着一个政治家，坚强，不偏激，有智慧。
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another Daniel Webster, silver-tongued.
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一个转世的丹尼尔•韦伯斯特（政治家，两次担任美国国务卿），口才极好。
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A doctor sits beside him,
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旁边坐着一个医生，
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whose quick steady hand may mend a bone,
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他敏捷而稳健的手可以修复骨折，
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or stem the life-blood's flow.
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或者引导生命之血的流淌。
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And there a builder. Upward rise the arch of a church he builds,
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那里还有一个建筑工人，在他的手中，一个教学的拱顶徐徐升起，
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wherein that minister may speak the word of God
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在那里牧师演绎着上帝的话语，
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and lead a stumbling soul to touch the Christ.
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引领着跌倒的灵魂去触摸耶稣基督。
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And all about a gathering of teachers,
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这就是一个老师，
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farmers, merchants, laborers:
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农民，商人，劳工的聚会。
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those who work and vote and build and plan and pray into a great tomorrow.
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他们都工作，选举，建造，规划，祈祷着走向更美好的明天。
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And I may say, I may not see the church,
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应该说，我也许不能看到教堂的建成，
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or hear the word or eat the food their hands may grow.
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听到他们讲的话，或者吃到他们栽培的食物。
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But yet again I may. And later I may say,
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但是也许我能。于是后来我可以说，
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I knew him once, and he was weak, or strong,
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我曾经认识他，那时候他或弱小，或强壮，
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or bold or proud or gay.
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或勇敢果断，或骄傲，或是同性恋。
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I knew him once, but then he was a boy.
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我曾经认识他，但是那时候他还只是一个孩子。
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They ask me why I teach and I reply,
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他们问我为什么教书，我的回答是：
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'Where could I find such splendid company?'"
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‘还有什么地方我可以拥有如此辉煌的人生同伴？’”
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And I believe the teaching profession --
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我坚信教师这个职业——
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it's true, you have so many youngsters.
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真的，你拥有如此多的年青人。
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And I've got to think of my youngsters at UCLA --
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讲到这里，我不由自主地想起我在加州大学洛杉矶分校的年青人——
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30-some attorneys, 11 dentists and doctors,
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30来个律师，11个牙医和医生，
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many, many teachers and other professions.
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很多很多的老师和其他职业。
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And that gives you a great deal of pleasure,
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看着他们成长
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to see them go on.
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给你很大很多的喜悦。
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I always tried to make the youngsters feel
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我一直尽量让年青人觉得
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that they're there to get an education, number one.
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他们是来获得教育的，这是第一位的。
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Basketball was second, because it was paying their way,
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篮球是第二位的，毕竟这是经济来源。
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and they do need a little time for social activities,
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他们的确需要一点时间来社交，
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but you let social activities take a little precedence over the other two
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但是如果你让社交活动比另两个还优先哪怕是一点点，
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and you're not going to have any very long.
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你将在不久之后什么都没有。
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So that was the ideas that I tried to get across
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这就是我当时试图传授给
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to the youngsters under my supervision.
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我指导下的年青人的理念。
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I had three rules, pretty much, that I stuck with practically all the time.
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我有三个原则，基本上我一直都遵守着。
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I'd learned these prior to coming to UCLA,
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那是在我来到加州大学洛杉矶分校之前形成的。
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and I decided they were very important.
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我认为它们非常重要。
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One was -- never be late. Never be late.
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第一个是——决不迟到。决不迟到。
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Later on I said certain things --
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后来我又说了一些东西，
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I had -- players, if we're leaving for somewhere, had to be neat and clean.
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如果我们要出发去什么地方，球员们必须整洁干净。
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There was a time when I made them wear jackets and shirts and ties.
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有一段时间我要求他们穿茄克，衬衫并打领带。
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Then I saw our chancellor coming to school
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后来我看到我们的校长
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in denims and turtlenecks, and I thought,
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是穿着牛仔裤和高领羊毛衫来学校的，于是
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not right for me to keep this other.
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我觉得我的要求有些过分了。
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So I let them -- just they had to be neat and clean.
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后来我就随便他们怎么穿了，但是必须整齐干净。
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I had one of my greatest players that you probably heard of,
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我最好的球员之一，你们可能听说过的，
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Bill Walton. He came to catch the bus;
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比尔•沃顿，有一次我们正准备出发去比赛，
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we were leaving for somewhere to play.
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他赶来了，（有些衣冠不整）。
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And he wasn't clean and neat, so I wouldn't let him go.
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因为没有做到整齐干净，我不允许他出发，
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He couldn't get on the bus. He had to go home and get cleaned up
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他不能上车，而必须先回家收拾干净
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to get to the airport.
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然后去赶飞机。
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So I was a stickler for that. I believed in that.
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所以说我严格执行这个原则。我坚信这个原则，
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I believe in time -- very important.
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我信守时间。这非常重要。
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I believe you should be on time. But I felt at practice, for example,
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我坚信你应当守时。不过我发现在实践中，比如
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we start on time, we close on time.
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我们准点开始，准点结束，
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The youngsters didn't have to feel that we were going to keep them over.
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年青人就不会感觉好像我们延长了他们的上课时间。
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When I speak at coaching clinics, I often tell
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当我在教练诊所讲课时，我经常
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young coaches -- and at coaching clinics, more or less,
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跟年青的教练说——在教练诊所，基本上
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they'll be the younger coaches getting in the profession.
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他们是才进入这一行当的年青人。
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Most of them are young, you know, and probably newly married.
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大部分都年青，你们也知道，并且很可能是才结婚不久。
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And I tell them, "Don't run practices late.
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我跟他们说，“不要下班太晚。
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Because you'll go home in a bad mood.
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不然你就会带着不好的情绪回家，
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And that's not good, for a young married man to go home in a bad mood.
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而这是很不好的，一个年青的才结婚的人心情不好地回家。”
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When you get older, it doesn't make any difference." But --
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即使你慢慢变老了，情况也没有什么不同。是吧——
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(Laughter)
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（大家笑）
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So I did believe on time. I believe starting on time,
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所以我的确坚信要准时。我信奉准时开始，
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and I believe closing on time.
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准时结束。
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And another one I had was, not one word of profanity.
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我的第二个原则是：不讲任何粗鄙的脏字。
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One word of profanity, and you are out of here for the day.
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只要讲了一个脏字，你这天就不要再果这里了。
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If I see it in a game, you're going to come out and sit on the bench.
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如果我在比赛中发现讲脏字，你就出场坐冷板凳，不要比赛了。
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And the third one was, never criticize a teammate.
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第三个原则是：永远不批评队友。
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I didn't want that. I used to tell them I was paid to do that.
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我不想看到这种情况。我过去经常告诉他们我拿薪水就是要批评人的，
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That's my job. I'm paid to do it. Pitifully poor, but I am paid to do it.
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那是我的工作。别人付给我钱来批评指导人。可怜，没办法，但是我的工作就是干这个。
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Not like the coaches today, for gracious sakes, no.
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跟现在的教练不一样，感谢上帝。
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It's a little different than it was in my day.
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在我们那个时候情况有点不一样。
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Those were three things that I stuck with pretty closely all the time.
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那就是我一直很认真坚持的三个原则。
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And those actually came from my dad.
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其实这三个原则来源于我父亲。
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That's what he tried to teach me and my brothers at one time.
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他曾经有一次试图教我和我兄弟这些东西。
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I came up with a pyramid eventually,
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我终于想出了一个金字塔模式，
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that I don't have the time to go on that.
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现在没有时间具体讲这个。
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But that helped me, I think, become a better teacher.
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但是这个帮助了我，我认为，成为一个更好的老师。
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It's something like this:
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它有点像这个样子：
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And I had blocks in the pyramid,
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金字塔中有石块，
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and the cornerstones being industriousness and enthusiasm,
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而其中的基石是勤奋，热情，
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working hard and enjoying what you're doing,
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努力，和投入。
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coming up to the apex
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走向最高点，
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according to my definition of success.
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根据我对成功的定义，
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And right at the top -- faith and patience.
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顶点是：信仰和耐心。
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And I say to you, in whatever you're doing,
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我跟你们说，不管你做的是什么，
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you must be patient. You have to have patience to --
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你必须有耐心。你必须有耐心——
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we want things to happen. We talk about our youth being impatient a lot.
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我们希望做成一些事情。我们经常说年青人浮躁，没有耐心。
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And they are. They want to change everything.
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没错，他们想改变所有事情。
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They think all change is progress.
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他们认为只要是改变就是进步。
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And we get a little older -- we sort of let things go.
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我们老了一些之后，某种程度上就顺其自然了。
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And we forget there is no progress without change.
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我们开始忘记没有变化就没有进步。
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So you must have patience.
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所以说你必须有耐心。
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And I believe that we must have faith.
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我坚信我们必须有信仰。
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I believe that we must believe,
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我认为我们必须相信，
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truly believe. Not just give it word service;
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真正的相信。不只是口头上说说，
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believe that things will work out as they should,
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而是坚信只要我们做了我们应当做的，
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providing we do what we should.
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事情就会按它们应该发展的方式展开。
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I think our tendency is to hope that things will turn out the way we want them to
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我觉得我们一般倾向于希望事情会如我们所愿的发展，
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much of the time. But we don't do the things that are necessary
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非常多的时候。但是我们没有去做那些
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to make those things become reality.
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能使这些愿望成为现实的必须的努力。
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I worked on this for some 14 years,
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我探索得出这个金字塔概念用了14年，
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and I think it helped me become a better teacher.
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我认为它帮助了我成为一个更好的老师。
10:15
But it all revolved around that original definition of success.
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但是它是完全围绕着那个原始的成功定义的。
10:19
You know a number of years ago, there was a Major
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你们知道几十年前，有一个名叫乔治•莫赖提的
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League Baseball umpire by the name of George Moriarty.
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美国职业棒球联盟的裁判，
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He spelled Moriarty with only one 'i'.
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他拼写他的姓只说一个“i”（英语里面与“眼睛”发音相同），
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I'd never seen that before, but he did.
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我从没见过这种说法，但是他就是那样。
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Big league baseball players --
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职业棒球联盟的球员
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they're very perceptive about those things,
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都很有洞察力，
10:34
and they noticed he had only one 'i' in his name.
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他们注意到他的名字里面只有一个“i”（眼睛）。
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You'd be surprised how many also told him
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你会很惊讶有多少人在各种不同场合告诉他
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that that was one more than he had in his head
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名字里面的“i”（眼睛）比他脑袋上的还要多一个
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at various times.
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（开玩笑笑他做裁判没有看到一些犯规之类）。
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(Laughter)
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（大家笑）
10:46
But he wrote something that I think he did
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但是他写了一些东西，我认为里面所写的事情和理念
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while I tried to do in this pyramid. He called it "The Road Ahead,
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正是我在金字塔模型中想尽量去做的。他写的东西的名字叫作“未来之路，
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or the Road Behind."
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或者身后之路”。
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"Sometimes I think the Fates must
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“有时候我觉得当我们责怪命运，
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grin as we denounce them and insist
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老是说我们没有赢的
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the only reason we can't win, is the Fates themselves that miss.
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唯一原因，是因为命不好的时候，命运之神一定会诡秘地笑。
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Yet there lives on the ancient claim:
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其实正如一个古老的论断所说：
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we win or lose within ourselves. The shining trophies on our shelves
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我们胜利或者失败都根源于我们自己。架子上光闪闪的奖品
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can never win tomorrow's game.
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不能让我们赢得未来的比赛。
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You and I know deeper down, there's always a chance to win the crown.
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你和我内心深处都懂得，永远都有机会去赢得桂冠。
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But when we fail to give our best,
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但是当我们没有竭尽全力，
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we simply haven't met the test, of giving all
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我们就没有通过这个人生测试，这个测试需要
11:14
and saving none until the game is really won;
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全力付出毫不保留直到真正在比赛中获胜。
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of showing what is meant by grit;
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需要表现什么是坚韧不拔。
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of playing through when others quit;
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需要在别人退出的时候还继续战斗。
11:21
of playing through, not letting up.
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需要战斗下去，决不放弃。
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It's bearing down that wins the cup. Of dreaming there's a goal ahead;
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要赢得奖杯靠的就是全力以赴。需要梦想着前面的目标。
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of hoping when our dreams are dead;
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需要在梦想破灭的时候怀抱希望。
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of praying when our hopes have fled.
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需要在希望消逝的时候虔诚祈祷。
11:29
Yet losing, not afraid to fall,
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尽管面临失败，也不害怕跌倒，
11:32
if bravely we have given all. For who can ask more of a man
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如果我们已经勇敢地全力以赴了。因为谁能
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than giving all within his span.
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向一个已经全力以赴的人要求更多？
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Giving all, it seems to me, is not so far from victory.
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全力以赴，对我来说，离胜利已经不远了。
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And so the fates are seldom wrong, no matter how they twist and wind.
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所以说命运之神很少不公平，不管其中有多少蜿蜒曲折。
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It's you and I who make our fates --
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是你和我在创造你我自己的命运——
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we open up or close the gates on the road ahead or the road behind."
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我们打开或者关闭未来之路或者身后之路。”
11:52
Reminds me of another set of threes that my dad tried to get across to us.
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这也让我想起我父亲试图传达给我们的另外三个原则：
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Don't whine. Don't complain. Don't make excuses.
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不要发牢骚。不要抱怨。不要找借口。
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Just get out there, and whatever you're doing,
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行动起来，不管你是做什么的，
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do it to the best of your ability.
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把它做到你能力所能及的最好。
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And no one can do more than that.
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这就是一个人所能做的。
12:05
I tried to get across, too, that --
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我也尽量传达——
12:08
my opponents don't tell you -- you never heard me mention winning.
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我的对手不会告诉你们——你们从来没有听到我提及胜利这个词。
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Never mention winning. My idea is
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从不说胜利。我的概念是
12:13
that you can lose when you outscore somebody in a game.
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即使你在一场比赛中比分超过别人，你也可能是输家。
12:18
And you can win when you're outscored.
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而你即使比分低些，你也可能是赢家。
12:20
I've felt that way on certain occasions,
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我在很多不同场合
12:22
at various times.
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有这样的感觉。
12:24
And I just wanted them to be able to
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而我只是想他们在每次打完比赛之后
12:27
hold their head up after a game.
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都能够昂首挺胸。
12:29
I used to say that when a game is over,
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我过去常说，一场比赛结束之后，
12:32
and you see somebody that didn't know the outcome,
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如果你们看到一个不知道比分的人，
12:34
I hope they couldn't tell by your actions
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我希望他从你们的表现上判断不出
12:37
whether you outscored an opponent or the opponent outscored you.
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是你们比分高还是对手比分高。
12:43
That's what really matters: if you make effort
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真正重要的是：如果你经常努力
12:45
to do the best you can regularly,
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去尽你所能做到最好，
12:48
the results will be about what they should be.
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结果就会是它们所应当成为的结果。
12:51
Not necessary to what you would want them to be,
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不一定能达到你所希望的状态，
12:53
but they will be about what they should,
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但是会大概是它们应当的状态，
12:55
and only you will know whether you can do that.
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并且只有你知道你是否能做到那样。
12:57
And that's what I wanted from them more than anything else.
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这就是我最希望从他们身上看到的，超过其他任何东西。
13:00
And as time went by, and I learned more about other things,
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随着时间的流逝，我学到了其他一些东西，
13:03
I think it worked a little better,
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我认为上面所说的概念更好地发挥了一些作用，
13:06
as far as the results. But I wanted the score of a game to be
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至少对于比分而言。但是我希望一场比赛的比分
13:09
the byproduct of these other things,
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只是这些东西的附产品，
13:12
and not the end itself.
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而不是结局本身。
13:14
I believe it was --
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我记得
13:18
one great philosopher said -- no, no,
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一个伟大的哲学家说过——哦不是，
13:21
Cervantes. Cervantes said,
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是塞万提斯（作家）。塞万提斯说过：
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"The journey is better than the end."
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“过程比结果更重要。”
13:28
And I like that. I think that is --
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我喜欢这句话。我认为它的意思就是——
13:30
it's getting there. Sometimes when you get there, there's almost a letdown.
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我们正在靠近目标。有些时候当你达到目标的时候，总感觉有点失落。
13:34
But there's getting there that's the fun.
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但是不断靠近目标是有意思的。
13:36
I liked our -- as a basketball coach at UCLA I liked our practices to be the journey,
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我把我们的——作为一个加州大学洛杉矶分校的篮球教练， 我把我们的训练比作是过程，
13:41
and the game would be the end. The end result.
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而比赛是结局，是结果。
13:44
I'd like to go up and sit in the stands and watch the players play,
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我会走上去坐到看台上观看球员比赛，
13:47
and see whether I'd done a decent job
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看看上周我是不是
13:50
during the week.
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干得不错。
13:52
There again, it's getting the players to get that self-satisfaction,
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同样，这还是让球员获得自我满意，
13:55
in knowing that they'd made the effort to do
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因为他们知道自己努力了
13:58
the best of which they are capable.
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去做到能力范围内的最好。
14:04
Sometimes I'm asked who was
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有时候有人问我谁是
14:07
the best player I had, or the best teams.
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我有过的最好的球员，或者最好的团队。
14:09
I can never answer that,
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我从来就不能回答这个问题，
14:12
as far as the individuals are concerned.
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只要是涉及到个人。
14:15
I was asked one time about that,
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有一次有人问我这个问题，
14:18
and they said, "Suppose that you in some way could
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他们说：“假如以某种方式你能够
14:23
make the perfect player. What would you want?"
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制造完美的球员，你会想要什么？”
14:25
And I said, "Well, I'd want one that knew why he was at UCLA:
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我说：“嗯，我想要一个知道他为什么来到加州大学洛杉矶分校的人：
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to get an education, he was a good student,
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来获得教育，他要是一个好的学生，
14:31
really knew why he was there in the first place.
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要真正知道他来的首要目的。
14:33
But I'd want one that could play, too.
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但是我也想要一个能打球的人。
14:35
I'd want one to realize that
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我想要一个认识到
14:38
defense usually wins championships, and would work hard on defense.
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防守通常赢得冠军，并且愿意努力锻炼防守的人。
14:41
But I'd want one that would play offense too.
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但是我也想要一个能打前锋的人。
14:44
I'd want him to be unselfish,
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我想要他不自私，
14:46
and look for the pass first and not shoot all the time.
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先看能不能传球给别人，而不是老是自己投球。
14:49
And I'd want one that could pass and would pass.
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我想要一个能传球也愿意传球的人。
14:52
(Laughter)
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（大家笑）
14:53
I've had some that could and wouldn't,
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我曾经有过一些人能传但是不愿意传，
14:55
and I've had some that would and couldn't.
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也有一些人愿意传但是不会传。
14:57
(Laughter)
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（大家笑）
15:01
I wanted them to be able to shoot from the outside.
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我想要他们能够从外围投球，
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I wanted them to be good inside too.
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也想要他们在里面投球也很厉害。
15:06
(Laughter)
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（大家笑）
15:09
I'd want them to be able to rebound well at both ends, too.
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我还想要他们在场地两头都弹跳得很好。
15:13
And why not just take someone like Keith Wilkes and let it go at that.
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要不就拿基思•威尔克斯来说吧，
15:17
He had the qualifications. Not the only one,
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他有这个资格。不只是他一个，
15:19
but he was one that I used in that
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但是他是我曾经用来
15:22
particular category, because I think he
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作过这方面例子的一个人，因为我觉得他
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made the effort to become the best [unclear].
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付出了努力去成为最棒。
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I mention in my book, "They Call Me Coach."
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我在《他们叫我教练》这本书里面提到
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Two players that gave me great satisfaction;
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曾经给了我最大成就感的两个球员，
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that came as close as I think anyone I ever had to reach their full potential:
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他们在我的所有学生当中是几乎发挥了全部潜力的。
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one was Conrad Burke. And one was Doug McIntosh.
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一个是康拉德•伯克，另一个是道•麦金托什。
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When I saw them as freshmen,
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当他们还是新生的时候，
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on our freshmen team --
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我在新生球队里面看到他们——
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we didn't have -- freshmen couldn't play varsity when I taught.
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当时我们没有——我教的那时候新生不能打校队。
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And I thought, "Oh gracious, if these two players, either one of them" --
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当时我在想：“唉呀天哪，要是这两个球员，不管是两个中的谁”——
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they were different years, but I thought about each one at the time he was there --
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他们处在不同的年级，但是我是根据他们在那里的时候的情况来考虑的——
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"Oh, if he ever makes the varsity,
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“万一他能够进入校队，
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our varsity must be pretty miserable, if he's good enough to make it."
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那我们的校队必然会非常悲惨，如果他能厉害到进入校队的话。”
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And you know one of them
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你们知道其中一个
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was a starting player for a season and a half.
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是一个半赛季的最先上场核心球员。
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The other was -- his next year, he played
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另一个是——他的第二年
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32 minutes in a national championship game,
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就在一个国家冠军赛中打了32分钟（全场48分钟），
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did a tremendous job for us. And the next year, he was a starting player
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给我们打出了极棒的成绩。再下一年他就成为了
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on the national championship team.
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国家冠军赛球队中的最先上场核心球员。
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And here I thought he'd never play a minute, when he was --
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而当时我还以为他一分钟都打不了，当他是——
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so those are the things that give you great joy,
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所以这些就是让你感到极大快乐的事情，
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and great satisfaction to see one.
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看到这个让你非常有成就感。
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Neither one of those youngsters could shoot very well.
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这两个人投球都不太准，
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But they had outstanding shooting percentages,
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但是他们有非常高的投中率，
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because they didn't force it.
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因为他们不强行投球。
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And neither one could jump very well,
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他们两个弹跳也不太行，
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but they got -- kept good position,
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但是他们能保持占在很好的位置，
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and so they did well rebounding. They remembered that
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所以能够蹦跳得很好。他们记得
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every shot that is taken, they assumed would be missed.
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每次投球他们都假设会投不中而弹出来，
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I've had too many that stand around and wait to see if it's missed,
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我看到很多站在他们边上的人等着看是不是会投不中，
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then they go and it's too late.
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然后冲上去但是已经太晚，
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Somebody else is in there ahead of them.
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已经有人抢先一步了。
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And they weren't very quick, but they played good position,
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他们跑得也不是很快，但是他们能占在很好的位置，
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kept in good balance.
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保持很好的平衡。
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And so they played pretty good defense for us.
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所以他们为我们打了极其好的防守。
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So they had qualities that -- they came close to --
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所以他们有那些素质——很接近——
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as close to reaching possibly their full potential
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跟我曾经有过的
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as any players I ever had.
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其他任何球员一样很接近他们的全部潜力所能为。
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So I consider them to be as successful as
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所以我认为他们
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Lewis Alcindor or Bill Walton,
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和贾巴尔或者比尔•沃顿，
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or many of the others that we had, There was some outstanding -- some outstanding players.
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或者我们的很多其他球员一样成功——有一些很杰出——一些很优秀的球员。
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Have I rambled enough?
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我是不是神侃得够多了？
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I was told that when he makes his appearance, I was supposed to shut up.
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在之前别人跟我说如果那个人（指主持）出现了的话，我就应该闭嘴了。
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(Laughter)
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（大家笑）
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(Applause)
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（鼓掌）
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
John Wooden - CoachJohn Wooden, affectionately known as Coach, led UCLA to record wins that are still unmatched in the world of basketball. Throughout his long life, he shared the values and life lessons he passed to his players, emphasizing success that’s about much more than winning.
Why you should listen
Born in 1910, Coach John Wooden was the first person to be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame both as a player and coach, while ESPN ranks him as the greatest coach of all time, across all sports. In his 40 years at UCLA, he mentored legends such as Bill Walton and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. He has created a model, the Pyramid of Success, and authored several books to impart his insight on achievement to others.
Coach wanted his players to be victors in life and not just on the court, so he treated them as an extended family and emphasized that winning was more than scoring. Indeed, most of his inspiring theories were born from conversations with his father, as a boy on their farm in Indiana. One that sums up his ideology quite well is his often-quoted definition of success: "Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best that you are capable of becoming."
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