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Diana Nyad - Journalist, swimmer
A record-setting long-distance swimmer, Diana Nyad writes and thinks deeply about motivation.

Why you should listen

For ten years (1969-1979), Diana Nyad was known as the greatest long-distance swimmer in the world. In 1979, she stroked the then-longest swim in history, making the 102.5-mile journey from the island of Bimini (Bahamas) to Florida. She also broke numerous world records, including what had been a 50-year mark for circling Manhattan Island, setting the new time of 7 hrs 57 min. She is a member of the National Women’s Hall of Fame and the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

At age 60, having not swum a stroke in decades, she began planning for her white whale of distance swims: the 110-mile ocean crossing between Cuba and Florida. She'd tried it once, in her 20s, and severe jellyfish attacks had defeated her then. But now, with a strong team and a new commitment to her vision, she stepped back into the salt. She spoke about this second attempt at TEDMED 2011. And at TEDWomen 2013, in December, she talks about how it feels to have finally done it.

Nyad appears as part of a weekly five-minute radio piece on sports for KCRW called "The Score" (heard during KCRW's broadcast of NPR's All Things Considered), as well as for the Marketplace radio program.

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TEDWomen 2013

Diana Nyad: Never, ever give up

Diana Nyad: Nikad, nikada ne odustajte

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U mrklom mraku, ujela ju je meduza, gušila se u slanoj vodi, pjevajući sama sebi, halucinirajući... Diana Nyad je nastavila plivati. I tako je napokon postigla životni cilj kao sportista: ekstremno plivanje dugo 100 milja od Kube do Floride -- sa 64 godine. Poslušajte njenu priču
- Journalist, swimmer
A record-setting long-distance swimmer, Diana Nyad writes and thinks deeply about motivation. Full bio

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It's the fifthpeti time I standštand on this shoreobala,
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Peti puta stojim na toj obali,
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the CubanKubanski shoreobala,
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Na obali Kube,
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looking out at that distantdaleko horizonhorizon,
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Gledajući udaljeni horizont,
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believingverujući, again,
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ponovno vjerujući,
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that I'm going to make it
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da ću uspjeti,
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all the way acrosspreko that vastogromno,
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proći kroz ogromnu,
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dangerousopasno wildernessdivljina of an oceanokean.
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i opasnu divljinu okeana.
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Not only have I triedpokušao fourčetiri timesputa,
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Ne samo da sam pokušala cetiri puta,
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but the greatestnajveći swimmersplivači in the worldsvet
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nego su i najveći plivači svijeta
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have been tryingpokušavajući sinceod tada 1950,
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pokušavali još od 1950. godine,
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and it's still never been donezavršeno.
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i još niko nije uspio.
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The teamtim is proudponosan of our fourčetiri attemptspokušaji.
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Moj tim je ponosan na moje pokušaje.
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It's an expeditionekspedicija of some 30 people.
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To je ekspedicija od nekih tridesetak ljudi.
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BonnieBonnie is my bestnajbolje friendprijatelju and headglava handlerrukovatelj,
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Boni je moja najbolja prijateljica i glavni rukovodilac,
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who somehownekako summonspoziv will,
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koji probudi volju,
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that last droppad of will withinunutar me, when I think it's gonenestao,
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onu zadnju kapljicu volje iz mene, kad i ja pomisim da
je nemam više,
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after manymnogi, manymnogi hourssati and daysdana out there.
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nakon mnogo, mnogo sati, tamo na pučini.
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The sharkMorski pas expertsstručnjaci are the bestnajbolje in the worldsvet --
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Stručnjaci za ajkule su najbolji na svijetu jer--
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largeveliko predatorspredatori belowdole.
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veliki su grabljivci dole ispod mene.
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The boxbox jellyfishMeduza, the deadliestNajsmrtonosnije venomotrov
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Meduze sa najjačim otrovom
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in all of the oceanokean, is in these watersvode,
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u cijelom okeanu, su upravo u ovim vodama,
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and I have come closezatvori to dyingumiranje from them
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i zamalo su me ubile,
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on a previousranije attemptpokušaj.
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tokom prethodnog pokušaja.
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The conditionsuslovi themselvessami,
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Sami uslovi,
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besidespored toga the sheerčisto distancerazdaljina of over 100 milesmilja
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pored udaljenosti od preko 160 kilometara
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in the openotvoren oceanokean --
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na otvorenom okeanu --
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the currentsstruje and whirlingvrtloženje eddiesvrtloga
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vodene struje,
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and the GulfZaljev StreamTok itselfsam, the mostnajviše unpredictablenepredvidiv
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i sama golfska struja, nepredvidiva više od svih struja
01:41
of all of the planetplaneta EarthZemlja.
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na cijeloj planeti.
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And by the way, it's amusingzabavna to me that
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Ono što je smiješno je da me
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journalistsnovinari and people before these attemptspokušaji
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novinari i ljudi stoje iza ovih pokušaja,
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oftenčesto askpitajte me,
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često pitaju,
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"Well, are you going to go with any boatsčamci
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"Hoćeš li ići sa brodovima,
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or any people or anything?"
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i ljudima ili nečim?"
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And I'm thinkingrazmišljanje, what are they imaginingzamišljajući?
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Mislim se u sebi, o čemu oni razmišljaju?
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That I'll just sortsortiraj of do some celestialNebeski navigationNavigacija,
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Misle li oni da ću zvijezde koristiti za navigaciju,
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and carrynositi a bowieBowie knifenož in my mouthusta,
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i ići sa nožem u ustima,
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and I'll huntlov fishriba and skinkožu them aliveživ and eatjesti them,
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loviti ribe i žive ih oderati i jesti,
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and maybe dragpovući a desalinizationdesalinizacija plantbiljka
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i možda povući za sobom fabriku za desalinizaciju vode
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behindiza me for freshsveže watervoda.
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koja će mi proizvoditi pitku vodu.
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(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
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Yes, I have a teamtim. (LaughterSmijeh)
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Da, imam tim ljudi. (Smijeh)
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And the teamtim is expertstručnjak, and the teamtim is courageoushrabri,
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To je tim eksperata, i to je tim hrabrih ljudi,
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and brimmingprepun with innovationinovacija
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taj tim je prepun inovacija
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and scientificnaučno discoveryotkriće,
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i naučnih otkrića,
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as is trueistinito with any majormajor expeditionekspedicija on the planetplaneta.
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kao što je to slučaj sa svakom većom ekspedicijom na Zemlji.
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And we'vemi smo been on a journeyputovanje.
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Bili smo na putovanju.
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And the debatedebata has ragedBjesnio, hasn'tnije it,
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Debata je bijesnila, zar ne,
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sinceod tada the GreeksGrci,
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još od Grka,
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of isn't it what it's all about?
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debata o tome zar nije to najvažnije? Putovanje.
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Isn't life about the journeyputovanje,
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Zar nije životna priča, priča o putovanju,
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not really the destinationodredište?
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a ne o odredištu?
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And here we'vemi smo been on this journeyputovanje,
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Bili smo na ovom putovanju,
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and the truthistina is, it's been thrillinguzbudljiv.
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i ako ćete iskreno, bilo je uzbudljivo.
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We haven'tnije reacheddostigao that other shoreobala,
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Nismo došli do druge obale,
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and still our sensesmisao of prideponos and commitmentposvećenost,
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ali smo još uvijek osjećali ponos i posvećenost,
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unwaveringnepokolebljiva commitmentposvećenost.
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nepokolebljivu posvećenost.
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When I turnedokrenuo se 60, the dreamsan was still aliveživ
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Kada sam navršila 60 godina, san je još uvijek bio živ
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from havingimati triedpokušao this in my 20s,
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još od pokušaja kada sam imala 20 godina,
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and dreamedsanjala it and imaginedzamišljen it.
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sam sanjala i zamišljala to.
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The mostnajviše famouspoznat bodytelo of watervoda
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Zamišljala sam da preplivam
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on the EarthZemlja todaydanas, I imaginezamislite, CubaKuba to FloridaFlorida.
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od Kube do Floride.
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And it was deepduboko. It was deepduboko in my souldušu.
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Bilo je to duboko, duboko u mojoj duši.
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And when I turnedokrenuo se 60,
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Kada sam navršila 60 godina,
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it wasn'tnije so much about the athleticatletski accomplishmentdostignuća,
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više to nije bilo za mene puko atletsko dostignuće,
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it wasn'tnije the egoego of "I want to be the first."
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nije bio ni ego koji kaže: "želim biti prva koja će to uraditi."
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That's always there and it's undeniablenepobitna.
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Ego je uvijek tu i to je nepobitno.
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But it was deeperdublje. It was, how much life is there left?
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Ali ovo je bilo dublje. Bilo je o tome koliko još života ima?
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Let's facelice it, we're all on a one-wayjednosmjerna streetulica, aren'tnisu we,
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Kada razmislimo, svi mi idemo jednosmjernom životnom ulicom,
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and what are we going to do?
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pitanje je šta ćemo uraditi?
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What are we going to do as we go forwardnapred
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Šta ćemo uraditi dok idemo naprijed,
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to have no regretsžali zbog looking back?
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da kasnije ne bi žalili?
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And all this pastprošlost yeargodina in trainingobuka,
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Svu prethodna godinu treninga,
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I had that TeddyTeddy RooseveltRoosevelt quotequote
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na umu sam imala citat od Teodora Ruzvleta
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to paraphraseparafraza it, floatingplutajući around in my brainmozak,
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da parafraziram,
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and it sayskaže, "You go aheadnapred,
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kaže, "Budi,
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you go aheadnapred and sitsedite back in your comfortableudobno chairstolica
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slobodno budi u svojoj udobnoj fotelji,
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and you be the critickritičar, you be the observerposmatrač,
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i budi kritičar, budi posmatrač,
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while the bravehrabar one getsdobiva in the ringprsten and engagesangažira
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dok hrabri ulazi u ring i bori se
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and getsdobiva bloodykrvavo and getsdobiva dirtyprljavi and failsne uspeva
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krvari, prlja se i pada, ne uspijeva mu,
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over and over and over again,
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i tako iznova i iznova,
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but yetjoš uvek isn't afraiduplašen and isn't timidplašljiva
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ali ipak ga nije strah, nije bojažljiv,
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and livesživi life in a boldbold way."
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živi život hrabro."
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And so of coursekurs I want to make it acrosspreko.
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I tako naravno želim da pređem sa jedne obale na drugu.
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It is the goalcilj, and I should be so shallowplitko to say
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To je bio cilj, i bila bi plitke pameti kad bi rekla
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that this yeargodina, the destinationodredište was even sweeterslatko
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da je ove godine odredište slađe
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than the journeyputovanje.
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od putovanja.
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(LaughterSmijeh) (ApplausePljesak)
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(Smijeh) (Aplauz)
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But the journeyputovanje itselfsam was worthwhilevredno takinguzimajući.
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Ali samo putovanje je vrijedilo.
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And at this pointtačka, by this summerleto,
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Do ove tačke, ovog ljeta,
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everybodysvi -- scientistsnaučnici, sportssport scientistsnaučnici,
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svi -- naučnici, sportski naučnici,
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enduranceizdržljivost expertsstručnjaci, neurologistsneurolozi,
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stručnjaci za izdržljivost, neurolozi,
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my ownvlastiti teamtim, BonnieBonnie --
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moj tim, Boni--
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said it's impossiblenemoguće.
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rekli su da je nemoguće.
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It just simplyjednostavno can't be donezavršeno, and BonnieBonnie said to me,
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Jednostavno je nemoguće, i Boni mi je rekla,
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"But if you're going to take the journeyputovanje,
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"Ali ako ćeš ipak ići na taj podvig,
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I'm going to see you throughkroz to the endkraj of it,
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idem i ja sa tobom do kraja,
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so I'll be there."
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računaj na mene."
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And now we're there.
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I sada smo tu.
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And as we're looking out, kindkind of a surrealsurreal momentmomenat
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Dok gledamo, nekako nadrealan momenat
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before the first strokemoždani udar,
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prije prvog zamaha,
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standingstojeći on the rocksstijene at MarinaMarina HemingwayHemingway,
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dok stojimo na kamenju u mjestu - Marina Hemingway,
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the CubanKubanski flagzastava is flyingleti abovegore,
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kubanska zastava se vihori iznad nas,
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all my team'stim je out in theirnjihova boatsčamci,
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cijeli moj tim je već u brodovima,
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handsruke up in the airzrak, "We're here, we're here for you,"
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sa rukama u zraku govore mi, "Tu smo, tu smo za tebe"
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BonnieBonnie and I look at eachsvaki other, and we say,
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Boni i ja smo se pogledale i rekle smo,
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this yeargodina, the mantramantra is --
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ove godine, slogan je--
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and I've been usingkoristeći it in trainingobuka --
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i to sam koristila na treningu--
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find a way.
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NAĐI NAČIN.
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You have a dreamsan
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Imaš san
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and you have obstaclesprepreke in frontfront of you, as we all do.
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i imaš prepreke na putu, kao i svi mi.
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NoneNijedna of us ever get throughkroz this life
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Niko nije prošao kroz život
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withoutbez heartacheTuga,
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bez teškoće i boli,
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withoutbez turmoilpreviranja,
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bez nemira,
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and if you believe and you have faithvjera
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i ako vjeruješ
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and you can get knockedpokucao down
and get back up again
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i možeš pasti
i opet ustati
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and you believe in perseveranceistrajnost
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i vjeruješ u istrajnost
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as a great humančovjek qualitykvaliteta,
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kao veliki ljudski kvalitet,
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you find your way, and
BonnieBonnie grabbedzgrabio se my shouldersramena,
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naći ćeš svoj put, i Boni me zgrabi za ramena,
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and she said, "Let's find our way to FloridaFlorida."
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i reče mi, "Nađimo put do Floride."
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And we startedzapočet, and for the nextsledeći 53 hourssati,
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Krenusmo, i naredna 53 sata,su bila žestoko, nezaboravno životno iskustvo.
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it was an intenseintenzivno, unforgettablenezaboravan life experienceiskustvo.
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su bila žestoko, nezaboravno životno iskustvo.
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The highsvisina were highvisoka, the awestrahopoštovanje,
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Strahopoštovanje.
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I'm not a religiousreligiozno personosoba, but I'll tell you,
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Nisam religiozna osoba, ali da vam kažem,
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to be in the azureazurno blueplavo of the GulfZaljev StreamTok
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biti u golfskoj struju azurno plave boje
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as if, as you're breathingdisanje,
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kao da, dok dišete,
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you're looking down milesmilja and milesmilja and milesmilja,
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gledate dole gdje su kilometri, kilometri i kilometri
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to feel the majestyVeličanstvo of this blueplavo planetplaneta we liveuživo on,
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osjećate veličanstvenost ove velike plave planete na kojoj živimo,
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it's awe-inspiringizaziva strahopoštovanje.
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to uliva strahopoštovanje.
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I have a playlistpopis za reproduciranje of about 85 songspjesme,
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Imam listu od oko 85 pjesama,
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and especiallyposebno in the middlesrednji of the night,
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i posebno usred noći,
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and that night, because we use no lightssvjetla --
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a te noći, jer ne koristimo svjetiljke--
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lightssvjetla attractprivući jellyfishMeduza, lightssvjetla attractprivući sharksMorski psi,
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svjetlost privlači meduze, svjetlost privlači ajkule,
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lightssvjetla attractprivući baitfishribica that attractprivući sharksMorski psi,
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svjetlost privlači grabljivce,
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so we go in the pitchpitch blackcrno of the night.
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i tako idemo kroz mrkli mrak.
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You've never seenviđeni blackcrno this blackcrno.
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Nikada niste vidjeli nešto tako crno.
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You can't see the frontfront of your handruka,
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Ne vidite svoju ruku,
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and the people on the boatbrod,
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niti ljude na brodu
07:05
BonnieBonnie and my teamtim on the boatbrod,
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Boni i moj tim na brodu,
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they just hearčuti the slappingšamaranje of the armsruke,
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čuju samo udarce ruku o vodu,
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and they know where I am,
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i tako znaju gdje sam,
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because there's no visualvizuelni at all.
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jer se apsolutno ništa ne vidi.
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And I'm out there kindkind of trippingTripu out
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A ja sam tamo lagano cupkam
07:14
on my little playlistpopis za reproduciranje.
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uz svoju listu pjesama.
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(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
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I've got a tightčvrsta rubberguma capkapa,
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Na glavi mi je tijesna gumena kapa,
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so I don't hearčuti a thing.
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tako da ništa ne čujem.
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I've got goggleszaštitne naočale and I'm turningokretanje
my headglava 50 timesputa a minuteminut,
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Imam naočale i okrećem glavu
50 puta u minuti,
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and I'm singingpjevati,
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i pjevam:
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ImagineZamislite there's no heavenraj
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Imagine there's no heaven
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doodoo doodoo doodoo doodoo doodoo
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doo doo doo doo doo
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♪ It's easylako if you try ♪
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It's easy if you try
07:36
doodoo doodoo doodoo doodoo doodoo
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doo doo doo doo doo
07:37
And I can singpevati that songpjesma a thousandhiljadu timesputa in a rowred.
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Tu pjesmu mogu pjevati hiljadu puta zaredom.
07:39
(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
07:42
Now there's a talenttalent untodo itselfsam.
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Samo to je talenat za sebe.
07:44
(LaughterSmijeh) (ApplausePljesak)
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(Smijeh) (Aplauz)
07:49
And eachsvaki time I get donezavršeno with
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I svaki puta kada otpjevam
07:51
OohUuu, you maymože say I'm a dreamersanjar
but I'm not the only one ♪
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but I'm not the only one
07:58
222.
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222.
08:01
ImagineZamislite there's no heavenraj
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Imagine there's no heaven
08:05
And when I get throughkroz the endkraj of a thousandhiljadu
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I kada sam došla do kraja hiljadite pjesme od
08:08
of JohnJohn Lennon'sLennon je "ImagineZamislite,"
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Džon Lenona - "Imagine,"
08:09
I have swumkupali ninedevet hourssati and 45 minutesminuta,
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plivala sam 9 sati i 45 minuta
08:12
exactlyupravo.
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tačno.
08:16
And then there are the criseskriza. Of coursekurs there are.
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A onda tu su krize. Naravno.
08:20
And the vomitingpovraćanje startspočinje,
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Počinje povraćanje,
08:22
the seawatermorsku vodu, you're not well,
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morska voda, ne osjećam se dobro,
08:24
you're wearingnosi a jellyfishMeduza maskmaska
for the ultimatekrajnji protectionzaštita.
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nosim zaštitnu masku u slučaju da
naiđu meduze.
08:27
It's difficultteško to swimplivaj in.
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U tome je teško plivati.
08:29
It's causingizazivajući abrasionsogrebotine on the insideunutra of the mouthusta,
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Uzrokuje ojede unutar usta,
08:31
but the tentaclesticala can't get you.
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ali zato vam pipci ne mogu ništa.
08:34
And the hypothermiaHipotermija setssetovi in.
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Zatim dolazi do hipotermije.
08:37
The water'svode 85 degreesstepeni, and yetjoš uvek you're losinggubljenje weighttežina
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Voda je 30° C, a ipak gubim na težini
08:40
and usingkoristeći calorieskalorija, and as you come over
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trošim kalorije, i kada dođem
08:43
towardka the sidestrana of the boatbrod, not alloweddozvoljeno to touchdodirni it,
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do broda, ne smijem ga dirati,
08:45
not alloweddozvoljeno to get out,
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ne smijem iz vode izaći,
08:46
but BonnieBonnie and her teamtim handruka me nutritionishrana
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nego Boni i tim mi dodaju hranu i vodu
08:48
and askspita me what I'm doing, am I all right,
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i pitaju me kako mi ide jesam li dobro,
08:52
I am seeingvidjeti the TajTadz MahalMahala over here.
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počinje mi se priviđati vidim Tadž Mahal.
08:57
I'm in a very differentdrugačiji statestanje,
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U potpuno sam drugačijem stanju,
09:02
and I'm thinkingrazmišljanje, wowwow, I never thought
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i mislim, wau nikad nisam ni pomislila
09:06
I'd be runningtrčanje into the TajTadz MahalMahala out here.
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da ću naletiti na Tadž Mahal ovdje.
09:09
It's gorgeousprekrasno.
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Prelijep je.
09:11
I mean, how long did it take them to buildizgraditi that?
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Mislim, koliko dugo im je trebalo da ga naprave ovdje?
09:13
It's just -- So, uh, wooowooo. (LaughterSmijeh)
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To je tako-- tako, uh, vuuu. (Smijeh)
09:22
And then we kindkind of have a cardinalKardinal rulepravilo
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I imamo glavno pravilo
09:24
that I'm never told, really, how fardaleko it is,
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da mi se nikada ne govori koliko još ima do obale,
09:26
because we don't know how fardaleko it is.
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jer ne znamo to.
09:27
What's going to happenda se desi to you
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Šta će mi se desiti
09:29
betweenizmeđu this pointtačka and that pointtačka?
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između tog i nekog drugog mjesta.
09:30
What's going to happenda se desi to the weathervrijeme
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Šta će biti sa vremenom
09:32
and the currentsstruje and, God forbidzabraniti, you're stungubola
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sa strujama i ne d'o Bog, da me ujede (meduza)
09:35
when you don't think you could
be stungubola in all this armoroklop,
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kada mislim da me ne može
ujesti u svom ovom oklopu.
09:38
and BonnieBonnie madenapravljen a decisionodluka
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i Boni je donijela odluku
09:41
comingdolaze into that thirdtreće morningjutro
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trećeg jutra
09:44
that I was sufferingpatnja
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dok sam bila u agoniji
09:46
and I was hangingvisi on by a threadnit
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i visila sam o koncu
09:50
and she said, "Come here,"
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i rekla je "Dođi ovamo"
09:51
and I camedošao closezatvori to the boatbrod, and she said,
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kada sam došla blizu broda rekla je:,
09:52
"Look, look out there,"
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"Pogledaj, pogledaj tamo"
09:54
and I saw lightsvetlo, because the
day'sdan easierlakše than the night,
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i vidjela sam svjetlost,
jer danju je lakše nego noću.
09:57
and I thought we were comingdolaze into day,
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i mislila sam da svanjiva,
09:59
and I saw a streampotok of whitebela lightsvetlo
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i vidjela sam liniju jake svjetlosti
10:02
alongzajedno the horizonhorizon,
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na horizontu,
10:03
and I said, "It's going to be morningjutro soonuskoro."
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i rekla sam: "Hoće li brzo svanuti?"
10:05
And she said, "No, those are the lightssvjetla of KeyKljuč WestZapad."
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Boni reče, "Ne, to su svjetla Key West."
(Ki Vest - grad na Floridi)
10:11
It was 15 more hourssati,
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Imali smo još 15 sati plivanja,
10:13
whichšto for mostnajviše swimmersplivači would be a long time.
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što vi za većinu plivača bilo mnogo vremena.
10:15
(LaughterSmijeh) (ApplausePljesak)
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(Smijeh) (Aplauz)
10:22
You have no ideaideja how manymnogi
15-hour-od trainingobuka swimspliva I had donezavršeno.
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Nemate pojma koliko
mnogo petnaestosatnih treninga sam imala.
10:26
So here we go, and I somehownekako, withoutbez a decisionodluka,
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I tako idemo i ja sam nekako nesvjesno
10:30
wentotišao into no countingbrojanje of strokesudarci
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počela da brojim zamahe
10:32
and no singingpjevati and no quotingcitirajući StephenStephen HawkingHawking
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više nisam pjevala niti citirala Stephen Hawking - a.
(Stiven Hovking)
10:36
and the parametersparametri of the universeuniverzum,
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i parametre univerzuma,
10:39
I just wentotišao into thinkingrazmišljanje about this dreamsan,
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samo sam razmišljala o svom snu,
10:41
and why, and how.
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o pitanjima "zašto" i "kako".
10:44
And as I said, when I turnedokrenuo se 60,
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I kako sam rekla, kada sam navršila 60 godina
10:48
it wasn'tnije about that concretebeton "Can you do it?"
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nije bilo pitanje "mogu li ja to?"
10:52
That's the everydaysvaki dan machinationsspletke.
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To je ono što sebi svakodnevno postavljamo.
10:55
That's the disciplinedisciplina, and it's the preparationpriprema,
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To je disciplina i to je priprema,
10:57
and there's a prideponos in that.
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i u tome je ponos.
10:59
But I decidedodlučio to think, as I wentotišao alongzajedno, about,
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Ali sam odlučila da mislim, dok sam išla,
11:04
the phrasefraza usuallyobično is reachingdostižući for the starszvezde,
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o frazi koja kaže "dostizanje zvijezda",
11:08
and in my caseslučaj, it's reachingdostižući for the horizonhorizon.
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a u mom slučaju je bilo dostizanje horizonta.
11:11
And when you reachdostignuti for the horizonhorizon,
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I kada dosegneš horizont,
11:13
as I've provendokazan, you maymože not get there,
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i kako sam ja dokazala, ne mora se cilj ispuniti
11:16
but what a tremendousogroman buildizgraditi of characterkarakter and spiritduh
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ali sa pokušajem je veliko izgrađivanje karaktera i duha
11:22
that you layležati down.
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koje čovjek postiže.
11:24
What a foundationfondacija you layležati down in reachingdostižući
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Kako se jaki temelji potavljaju
11:26
for those horizonshorizonte.
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pri dostizanju horizonta.
11:29
And now the shoreobala is comingdolaze,
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I sada obala se približava,
11:32
and there's just a little partdeo of me that's sadtužan.
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i mali dio mene je tužan.
11:35
The epicep journeyputovanje is going to be over.
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Epsko putovanje će se završiti.
11:37
So manymnogi people come up to me now and say,
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Mnogo ljudi dođe mi i pita:
11:39
"What's nextsledeći? We love that!
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"šta je sljedeće?? Ovo nam se svidjelo!
11:44
That little trackermetak sa svijetlećim tragom that was on the computerkompjuter?
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Program za praćenje na računaru je super?
11:46
When are you going to do the nextsledeći one?
We just can't wait to followpratiti the nextsledeći one."
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Kada ćeš se ponovo otisnuti?
Jedva čekamo sljedeći podvig."
11:49
Well, they were just there for 53 hourssati,
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Oni su tamo bili samo 53 sata,
11:52
and I was there for yearsgodine.
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a za mene su to bile godine.
11:55
And so there won'tneće be anotherdrugi
epicep journeyputovanje in the oceanokean.
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Tako da neće biti više epskih putovanja na okeanu.
11:58
But the pointtačka is, and the pointtačka was
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Poenta je i poenta je bila
12:02
that everysvaki day of our livesživi is epicep,
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da je svaki dan naših života važan, epski
12:07
and I'll tell you, when I walkedhodao up ontona that beachplaža,
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I da vam kažem, kada sam kročila na plažu,
12:09
staggeredzamahnuta up ontona that beachplaža,
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teturala po toj plaži,
12:11
and I had so manymnogi timesputa
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i toliko sam puta
12:14
in a very puffed"savršen" up egoego way,
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sa napumpanim egom,
12:18
rehearsedprobe what I would say on the beachplaža.
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uvježbavala riječi koje ću reći kada budem na toj plaži.
12:22
When BonnieBonnie thought that
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Kada je Boni mislila da
12:24
the back of my throatgrlo was swellingoticanje up,
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mi grlo otiče,
12:26
and she broughtdoveden the medicalmedicinski teamtim over to our boatbrod
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i dovela je medicinski tim do broda
12:28
to say that she's really beginningpočetak
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da im kaže da
12:31
to have troublenevolja breathingdisanje.
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imam problema sa disanjem.
12:32
AnotherJoš jedan 12, 24 hourssati in the saltwaterSlana voda,
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Još 12 ili 24 sata u slanoj vodi,
12:35
the wholecjelina thing -- and I just thought
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sve -- i upravo mi se učinilo
12:37
in my hallucinatoryhalucinacije momentmomenat, that
I heardčuo the wordriječ tracheotomyTraheotomija.
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da je neko rekao traheotomija.
12:42
(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
12:43
And BonnieBonnie said to the doctordoktor,
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I Boni je rekla doktoru,
12:45
"I'm not worriedzabrinuto about her not breathingdisanje.
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"Ne brinem se ja za njeno disanje.
12:47
If she can't talk when she getsdobiva to the shoreobala,
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Ako ona ne bude mogla govoriti kad se nađe na obali,
12:49
she's gonna be pissedpijan off."
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bit će ljuta."
12:51
(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
12:57
But the truthistina is, all those orationsdjela
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Ali istina je da svi ti govori,
12:59
that I had practicedprakticira just to get myselfja throughkroz
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koje sam uvježbavala da prođem kroz sve te
13:02
some trainingobuka swimspliva as motivationmotivacija,
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treninge, kao motivaciju,
13:04
it wasn'tnije like that.
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ali nije bilo tako.
13:06
It was a very realstvarno momentmomenat,
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Bio je to pravi trenutak,
13:08
with that crowdgomilu, with my teamtim.
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sa ljudima, sa mojim timom.
13:11
We did it. I didn't do it. We did it.
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Uspjeli smo. Nisam ja, nego mi.
13:13
And we'llmi ćemo never forgetzaboraviti it. It'llTo ćete always be partdeo of us.
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Nikada to nećemo zaboraviti. Uvijek će to biti dio nas.
13:17
And the threetri things that I did sortsortiraj of blurts ispitivanjem out
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I tri stvari koje sam nekako izbrbljala,
13:19
when we got there, was first, "Never, ever give up."
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kada smo stigli tamo, prva, "Nikada, ikada ne odustajte."
13:24
I liveuživo it. What's the phrasefraza
from todaydanas from SocratesSokrat?
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Ja to živim. Koja je poznata
Skoratova fraza?
13:29
To be is to do.
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Biti znači činiti.
13:31
So I don't standštand up and say, don't ever give up.
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Ja ne ustajem tek tako da kažem: "Ne odustaj."
13:34
I didn't give up, and there
was actionakcija behindiza these wordsriječi.
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Ja nisam odustala, i iza tih riječi
stoje djela.
13:38
The secondsekunda is, "You can chasepotjera your dreamssnove
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Drugo je, "Možete ostvarivati svoje snove
13:41
at any agestarost; you're never too oldstari."
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koliko god godina da imate; nikada niste prestari."
13:43
Sixty-fourŠezdeset i četiri, that no one at any agestarost, any genderpol,
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Šezdesetčetverogodišnjakinja je uspjela uraditi
ono što niko bez obzira na godine i spol,
13:47
could ever do, has donezavršeno it,
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nije uspio postići,
13:48
and there's no doubtsumnja in my mindum
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i nemam ni najmanju sumnju
13:50
that I am at the primeprime of my life todaydanas.
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da sam danas u najboljem periodu svog života.
13:53
(ApplausePljesak)
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(Aplauz)
13:56
Yeah.
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Da.
14:02
Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
14:03
And the thirdtreće thing I said on that beachplaža was,
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I treće što sam rekla na plaži je,
14:06
"It looksizgleda like the mostnajviše solitaryosamljeni endeavornastojati in the worldsvet,
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"djeluje kao najusamljeniji podvig na svojetu,
14:08
and in manymnogi waysnačina, of coursekurs, it is,
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i na mnogo načina on to i jeste,
14:10
and in other waysnačina, and the mostnajviše importantbitan waysnačina,
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ali na druge važnije načine,
14:14
it's a teamtim, and if you think I'm a badassopak igrač,
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tu je tim, i ako mislite da sam ja jaka,
14:17
you want to meetupoznaj BonnieBonnie."
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trebate upoznati Boni."
14:18
(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
14:20
BonnieBonnie, where are you?
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Boni, gdje si?
14:22
Where are you?
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Gdje si?
14:25
There's BonnieBonnie StollStoll. (ApplausePljesak)
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Eno je Boni Stol. (Applause)
14:28
My buddydrugar.
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Moja jaranica.
14:33
The HenryHenry DavidDavid ThoreauThoreau quotequote goeside,
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Citat Henri Dejvid Torea kaže
14:35
when you achievepostići your dreamssnove, it's
not so much what you get
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ono što dobijete kada ostvarite svoj cilj
nije toliko važno koliko ono
14:38
as who you have becomepostati in achievingpostizanje them.
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šta postanete u procesu ostvarivanje tog cilja.
14:41
And yeah, I standštand before you now.
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I da sada stojim pred vama.
14:43
In the threetri monthsmjeseci sinceod tada that swimplivaj endedzavršio,
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U tri mjeseca nakon plivanja,
14:45
I've satsat down with OprahOprah
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sjedila sam i razgovarala sa Oprah
14:47
and I've been in PresidentPredsjednik Obama'sObama je OvalOvalni OfficeUred.
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i bila sam u Ovalnom uredu predsjednika Obame.
14:51
I've been invitedpozvani to speakgovori in frontfront of
esteemedPoštovani groupsgrupe suchtakve as yourselvessebe.
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Pozvana sam da govorim ispred cijenjenih grupa kakvi ste
i vi sami.
14:54
I've signedpotpisan a wonderfuldivno majormajor bookknjiga contractugovor.
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Potpisala sam sjajan ugovor za knjigu
14:57
All of that's great, and I don't denigrateocrniti it.
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Sve je to sjajno, neću ništa da potcjenjujem
15:00
I'm proudponosan of it all, but the truthistina is,
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ponosna sam na to, ali istina je,
15:01
I'm walkinghodanje around tallvisoka because I am that boldbold,
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hodam sada uzdignute glave jer sam toliko hrabra,
15:04
fearlessneustrašivi personosoba, and I will be, everysvaki day,
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neustrašiva osoba, i bit ću, svaki dan,
15:09
untildo it's time for these daysdana to be donezavršeno.
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dok se moji dani ne završe.
15:13
Thank you very much and enjoyuživaj the conferencekonferencija.
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Hvala vam mnogo i uživajte u konferenciji.
15:15
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. (ApplausePljesak)
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Hvala vam. Hvala vam. Hvala vam. (Aplauz)
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Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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Hvala vam. Hvala vam. Hvala vam. Hvala vam.
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Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
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Find a way! (ApplausePljesak)
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Pronađite svoj put i način! (Aplauz)
Translated by Samra Cebiric
Reviewed by Mirza Celikovic

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Diana Nyad - Journalist, swimmer
A record-setting long-distance swimmer, Diana Nyad writes and thinks deeply about motivation.

Why you should listen

For ten years (1969-1979), Diana Nyad was known as the greatest long-distance swimmer in the world. In 1979, she stroked the then-longest swim in history, making the 102.5-mile journey from the island of Bimini (Bahamas) to Florida. She also broke numerous world records, including what had been a 50-year mark for circling Manhattan Island, setting the new time of 7 hrs 57 min. She is a member of the National Women’s Hall of Fame and the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

At age 60, having not swum a stroke in decades, she began planning for her white whale of distance swims: the 110-mile ocean crossing between Cuba and Florida. She'd tried it once, in her 20s, and severe jellyfish attacks had defeated her then. But now, with a strong team and a new commitment to her vision, she stepped back into the salt. She spoke about this second attempt at TEDMED 2011. And at TEDWomen 2013, in December, she talks about how it feels to have finally done it.

Nyad appears as part of a weekly five-minute radio piece on sports for KCRW called "The Score" (heard during KCRW's broadcast of NPR's All Things Considered), as well as for the Marketplace radio program.

More profile about the speaker
Diana Nyad | Speaker | TED.com

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