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.

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TEDWomen 2013

Diana Nyad: Never, ever give up

Dajana Najad (Diana Nyad): Nikad ne odustajte

Filmed: 2013-12-05

Readability: 3.4

5,707,101 views

U mrkloj noći, ožarena meduzom, grcajući u slanoj vodi, pevajući za sebe i halucinirajući... Dajana Najad je nastavljala da pliva. I tako je konačno ostvarila svoj životni, sportski cilj: ekstremno plivanje od 160km, od Kube do Floride - u 64. godini. Čujte njenu priču.

Diana Nyad - 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 fifthпети time I standстој on this shoreobale,

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Peti put je kako stojim na ovoj obali,

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the CubanKubanski shoreobale,

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kubanskoj obali,

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looking out at that distantдалеко horizonХоризонт,

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gledajući u taj udaljeni horizont,

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believingверујући, again,

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verujući, opet,

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that I'm going to make it

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da ću uspeti

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all the way acrossпреко that vastогромно,

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skroz preko te ogromne,

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dangerousопасно wildernessдивљина of an oceanокеан.

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opasne divljine od okeana.

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Not only have I triedПокушали fourчетири timesпута,

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Ne samo da sam ja probala četiri puta,

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but the greatestнајвећи swimmersplivači in the worldсвет

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nego su najbolji plivači sveta

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have been tryingпокушавајући sinceОд 1950,

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pokušavali od 1950,

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and it's still never been doneГотово.

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i još uvek niko nije uspeo.

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The teamтим is proudпоносан of our fourчетири attemptsпокушаји.

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Moj tim je ponosan na naša 4 pokušaja.

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It's an expeditionекспедиција of some 30 people.

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To je grupa od oko 30 ljudi.

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BonnieBonnie is my bestнајбоље friendпријатељ and headглава handlerrukovalac,

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Boni je moja najbolja prijateljica
i glavni rukovodilac

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who somehowнекако summonssudski poziv will,

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koja nekako priziva volju,

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that last dropкап of will withinу склопу me, when I think it's goneотишла,

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tu poslednju kap volje iz mene,
baš kad pomislim da je nestala,

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after manyмноги, manyмноги hoursсати and daysдана out there.

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posle mnogo, mnogo sati
i dana tamo na moru.

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The sharkmorski pas expertsстручњаци are the bestнајбоље in the worldсвет --

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Stručnjaci za ajkule
su najbolji na svetu -

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largeвелики predatorsпредатори belowдоле.

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velike grabljivice iz dubine.

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The boxбок jellyfishMeduza, the deadliestnajsmrtonosniji venomotrov

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Kockasta meduza
sa najsmrtonosnijim otrovom

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in all of the oceanокеан, is in these watersводе,

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u celom okeanu, je u ovim vodama,

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and I have come closeБлизу to dyingумирање from them

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a ja sam zamalo umrla od njega

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on a previousПретходна attemptпокушај.

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u prethodnom pokušaju.

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The conditionsуслови themselvesсами,

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Uslovi, sami po sebi,

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besidesОсим тога the sheerчисто distanceрастојање of over 100 milesмиља

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pored same daljine od preko 160 km

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in the openотворен oceanокеан --

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otvorenog okeana -

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the currentsструје and whirlingkoje se vrte eddiesvirovima

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morskih struja i vrtloga

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and the GulfZaliv StreamPotok itselfсам, the mostнајвише unpredictableнепредвидив

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i same golfske struje,

najprevrtljivije na planeti Zemlji.

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of all of the planetПланета EarthZemlja.

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01:45

And by the way, it's amusingzabavno to me that

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I uzgred, zabavno je čuti

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journalistsновинари and people before these attemptsпокушаји

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novinare i ljude pre tih pokušaja

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oftenчесто askпитати me,

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kako pitaju:

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"Well, are you going to go with any boatsчамци

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"Pa, da li ideš u pratnji nekih čamaca

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or any people or anything?"

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ili ljudi ili ičega?"

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And I'm thinkingразмишљање, what are they imaginingumislio?

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A ja mislim:
"Šta to oni zamišljaju?"

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That I'll just sortврста of do some celestialNebeska navigationza navigaciju,

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Da ću da se upravljam
prema zvezdama,

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and carryносити a bowieBowie knifeнож in my mouthуста,

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i da nosim bouvi nož u ustima,

da ću loviti ribu,
derati je i živu jesti usput,

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and I'll huntлов fishриба and skinкожа them aliveжив and eatјести them,

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and maybe dragпревуците a desalinizationdesalinizacije plantбиљка

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i vući postrojenje za desalinizaciju

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behindиза me for freshсвеже waterвода.

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iza sebe za svežu vodu.

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(LaughterSmeh)

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(Smeh)

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Yes, I have a teamтим. (LaughterSmeh)

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Da, imam tim. (Smeh)

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And the teamтим is expertстручњак, and the teamтим is courageoushrabar,

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I tim je ekspertski, i tim je hrabar

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and brimmingpunim with innovationиновације

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i prepun inovacija

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and scientificнаучно discoveryоткриће,

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i naučnih otkrića,

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as is trueистина with any majorглавни expeditionекспедиција on the planetПланета.

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kao i svaka velika ekspedicija na planeti.

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And we'veми смо been on a journeyпутовање.

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I da, bili smo na putešestviju.

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And the debateдебате has ragedbesnela, hasn'tније it,

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I da, rasprava se vodi, zar ne,

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sinceОд the GreeksGrci,

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još od starih Grka,

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of isn't it what it's all about?

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o čemu se tu stvarno radi?

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Isn't life about the journeyпутовање,

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Nije li svrha života u putovanju,

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not really the destinationдестинацију?

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a ne u destinaciji?

I mi smo bili na ovom putovanju,

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And here we'veми смо been on this journeyпутовање,

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and the truthистина is, it's been thrillinguzbudljivo.

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i iskreno, bilo je uzbuđujuće.

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We haven'tније reachedдостигао that other shoreobale,

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Nismo dostigli tu drugu obalu,

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and still our senseсмисао of prideponos and commitmentприврженост,

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pa ipak, osećaj ponosa i posvećenosti

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unwaveringnepokolebljiva commitmentприврженост.

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nepokolebljive posvećenosti.

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When I turnedокренуо се 60, the dreamсан was still aliveжив

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Kada sam napunila 60, san je još bio živ

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from havingимати triedПокушали this in my 20s,

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od mog pokušaja u 20-im

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and dreamedсањала it and imaginedзамишљен it.

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i sanjanja i zamišljanja.

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The mostнајвише famousпознат bodyтело of waterвода

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Najslavniji komad vode

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on the EarthZemlja todayданас, I imagineзамислити, CubaKuba to FloridaNa Floridi.

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na Zemlji danas, od Kube do Floride

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And it was deepдубоко. It was deepдубоко in my soulдушу.

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Bio je duboko, duboko u mojoj duši.

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And when I turnedокренуо се 60,

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Kada sam napunila 60,

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it wasn'tније so much about the athleticsportski tip accomplishmentдостигнуће,

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nije mi bilo bitno atletsko postignuće,

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it wasn'tније the egoего of "I want to be the first."

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nije bio ego-trip
"Ja želim da budem prva."

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That's always there and it's undeniablenepobitna.

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To je, neosporno, uvek bilo prisutno.

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But it was deeperдубље. It was, how much life is there left?

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Bilo je nešto dublje:
"Koliko života mi je ostalo?"

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Let's faceлице it, we're all on a one-wayu jednom pravcu streetулица, aren'tнису we,

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Budimo iskreni, svi smo mi
u jednosmernoj ulici, zar ne?

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and what are we going to do?

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I šta nam je činiti?

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What are we going to do as we go forwardнапред

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Šta nam je činiti dok idemo napred

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to have no regretskajanja looking back?

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da ne bismo sa žaljenjem
gledali za sobom?

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And all this pastпрошлост yearгодине in trainingобука,

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Tokom svih godina treniranja,

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I had that TeddyTedi RooseveltRoosevelt quoteкуоте

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Imala sam citat Tedija Ruzvelta

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to paraphraseparafrazirati it, floatingплутајући around in my brainмозак,

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parafraziran, muvao mi se u glavi,

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and it saysкаже, "You go aheadнапред,

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i koji kaže:

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you go aheadнапред and sitседите back in your comfortableудобан chairстолица

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"Idi, idi i zavali se u svoju fotelju

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and you be the critickritičar, you be the observerпосматрач,

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i budi kritičar, budi posmatrač,

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while the braveхрабри one getsдобива in the ringпрстен and engagesangažuje

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dok hrabri ulaze u ring i u sukob

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and getsдобива bloodyкрваво and getsдобива dirtyпрљаво and failsне успева

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i okrvavljeni i prljavi padaju

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over and over and over again,

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iznova i iznova i iznova,

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but yetјош увек isn't afraidуплашен and isn't timidstidljiv

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ali nisu sramežljivi i nisu uplašeni,

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and livesживи life in a boldодважан way."

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već žive život hrabro."

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And so of courseкурс I want to make it acrossпреко.

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I tako, naravno, ja želim preko.

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It is the goalЦиљ, and I should be so shallowплитко to say

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To je cilj, i biću toliko plitka da kažem

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that this yearгодине, the destinationдестинацију was even sweeterслатко

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da ove godine, cilj je čak slađi

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than the journeyпутовање.

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nego putovanje.

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(LaughterSmeh) (ApplauseAplauz)

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(Smeh)
(Aplauz)

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But the journeyпутовање itselfсам was worthwhileвредно takingузимајући.

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Ali i put sam po sebi
je vredan preduzimanja.

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And at this pointтачка, by this summerлето,

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Do ovog trena, do ovog leta,

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everybodyсвима -- scientistsнаучници, sportsспорт scientistsнаучници,

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svi - naučnici, sportski naučnici,

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enduranceizdržljivosti expertsстручњаци, neurologistsneurologa,

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eksperti u izdržljivosti, neurolozi,

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my ownвластити teamтим, BonnieBonnie --

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moj tim, Boni -

svi su rekli da je nemoguće.

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said it's impossibleнемогуће.

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It just simplyједноставно can't be doneГотово, and BonnieBonnie said to me,

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Neizvodljivo je, a Boni mi reče:

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"But if you're going to take the journeyпутовање,

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"Ako ćeš ipak da kreneš na taj put,

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I'm going to see you throughкроз to the endкрај of it,

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biću s tobom od početka do kraja,

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so I'll be there."

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svaki korak."

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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, kindкинд of a surrealсурреал momentтренутак

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Pomalo je nadrealan trenutak

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before the first strokeудар,

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pre prvog zamaha,

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standingстојећи on the rockskamenje at MarinaMarina HemingwayHemingway,

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stojim na stenju Hemingvej marine

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the CubanKubanski flagzastava is flyingлети aboveгоре,

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kubanska zastava se vijori iznad nas,

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all my team'stim je out in theirњихова boatsчамци,

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ceo moj tim je u svojim čamcima,

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handsруке up in the airваздух, "We're here, we're here for you,"

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Sa rukama u vazduhu,
"Ovde smo, ovde smo za tebe",

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BonnieBonnie and I look at eachсваки other, and we say,

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Boni i ja se pogledamo
i kažemo jedna drugoj,

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this yearгодине, the mantraмантра is --

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ove godine, mantra je -

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and I've been usingКористећи it in trainingобука --

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a stalno sam je koristila na treningu -

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find a way.

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nađi način.

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You have a dreamсан

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Imaš san

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and you have obstaclesпрепреке in frontфронт of you, as we all do.

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i imaš prepreke pred sobom, kao i svi.

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NoneNiko nije of us ever get throughкроз this life

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Niko od nas ne prođe kroz život

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withoutбез heartachebol u srcu,

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bez tuge,

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withoutбез turmoilнемир,

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bez nemira,

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and if you believe and you have faithвера

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i ako veruješ, ako imaš vere

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and you can get knockedударила down
and get back up again

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i ako možeš da se podigneš
kad budeš nokautiran

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and you believe in perseveranceистрајност

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i ako veruješ u istrajnost

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as a great humanљудско qualityквалитета,

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kao veliki ljudski kvalitet,

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you find your way, and
BonnieBonnie grabbedзграбио my shouldersрамена,

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naći ćeš svoj način,
Boni me je zgrabila za ramena,

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and she said, "Let's find our way to FloridaNa Floridi."

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i rekla: "Hajde da nađemo
naš put do Floride."

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And we startedпочела, and for the nextследећи 53 hoursсати,

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I pošli smo; sledeća 53 sata,

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it was an intenseинтензивно, unforgettablenezaboravno life experienceискуство.

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su bila napeto
i nezaboravno životno iskustvo.

06:21

The highsusponi were highвисоко, the awestrahopoštovanjem,

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Usponi su bili visoki, strahopoštovanje,

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I'm not a religiousрелигиозно personособа, but I'll tell you,

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nisam religiozna, ali da vam kažem,

06:25

to be in the azureAzure blueПлави of the GulfZaliv StreamPotok

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biti u plavetnilu golfske struje

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as if, as you're breathingдисање,

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kao da, dok dišeš,

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you're looking down milesмиља and milesмиља and milesмиља,

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gledaš dole kilometrima i kilometrima,

kad osetiš veličanstvenost ove planete

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to feel the majestyVeličanstvo of this blueПлави planetПланета we liveживи on,

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na kojoj živimo,

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it's awe-inspiringkoji vam oduzima dah.

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izaziva strahopoštovanje.

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I have a playlistspisak numera of about 85 songsпесме,

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Imam plejlistu od 85 pesama,

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and especiallyпосебно in the middleсредина of the night,

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i posebno usred noći,

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and that night, because we use no lightsсветла --

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i te noći, pošto nije bilo svetla -

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lightsсветла attractпривући jellyfishMeduza, lightsсветла attractпривући sharksMorski psi,

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svetla privlače meduze, ajkule,

06:53

lightsсветла attractпривући baitfishbaitfish that attractпривући sharksMorski psi,

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privlače ribe koje privlače ajkule,

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so we go in the pitchпитцх blackцрн of the night.

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i zato mi idemo po mrklom mraku.

06:58

You've never seenвиђено blackцрн this blackцрн.

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Nikada niste videli ovako crn mrak.

07:02

You can't see the frontфронт of your handруку,

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Ne vidiš svoju ruku ispred sebe,

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and the people on the boatброд,

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ni ljude na brodu,

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BonnieBonnie and my teamтим on the boatброд,

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Boni i moj tim na brodu,

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they just hearчујеш the slappingšamaranje of the armsруке,

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samo čuju bućkanje mojih ruku,

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and they know where I am,

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i tako znaju gde sam,

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because there's no visualвизуелно at all.

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jer nikakav vizuelni kontakt ne postoji.

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And I'm out there kindкинд of trippingspoticanje out

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I tako ja bućkam po vodi tripujući

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on my little playlistspisak numera.

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uz moju malu plejlistu.

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(LaughterSmeh)

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(Smeh)

07:19

I've got a tightчврсто rubberгума capкапа,

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Imam tesnu gumenu kapu na glavi,

07:21

so I don't hearчујеш a thing.

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tako da ništa ne čujem.

07:22

I've got gogglesdvogled and I'm turningокретање
my headглава 50 timesпута a minuteминута,

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Imam zaštitne naočare
i vrtim glavom 50 puta u minuti,

07:25

and I'm singingпевање,

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i pevušim.

07:27

♪ ImagineZamislite there's no heavenрај ♪

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♪ Zamisli da nema raja ♪

07:31

♪ dooDOO dooDOO dooDOO dooDOO dooDOO ♪

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lala lala la

07:33

♪ It's easyлако if you try ♪

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♪ Lako je, ako pokušaš ♪

07:36

♪ dooDOO dooDOO dooDOO dooDOO dooDOO ♪

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lala lala la.

07:37

And I can singпевати that songпесма a thousandхиљада timesпута in a rowред.

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Mogu da otpevam tu pesmu
hiljadu puta uzastopce.

07:39

(LaughterSmeh)

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(Smeh)

07:42

Now there's a talentталенат untoто itselfсам.

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Samo po sebi to je talenat.

07:44

(LaughterSmeh) (ApplauseAplauz)

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(Smeh)
(Aplauz)

07:49

And eachсваки time I get doneГотово with

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I svaki put kad završim sa

07:51

♪ OohOoh, you mayможе say I'm a dreamersanjar
but I'm not the only one ♪

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♪ Možeš reći da sam sanjar,
ali nisam jedini ♪

dvesta dvadeset dva.

07:58

222.

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♪ ImagineZamislite there's no heavenрај ♪

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♪ Zamisli da nema raja ♪

08:05

And when I get throughкроз the endкрај of a thousandхиљада

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I kad završim sa hiljadu

08:08

of JohnJohn Lennon'sLenonov "ImagineZamislite,"

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Lenonovih "Imagine"-a,

08:09

I have swumdoplivao nineдевет hoursсати and 45 minutesминута,

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plivala sam devet sati i 45 minuta,

u sekund.

08:12

exactlyбаш тако.

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08:16

And then there are the criseskriza. Of courseкурс there are.

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A tu su i krize.
Naravno da su tu.

08:20

And the vomitingpovraćanje startsпочиње,

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I povraćanje počne,

08:22

the seawaterморску воду, you're not well,

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morska voda, nisi dobro,

08:24

you're wearingноси a jellyfishMeduza maskмаска
for the ultimateкрајњи protectionзаштита.

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nosiš masku protiv meduza,
kao ultimativnu zaštitu.

08:27

It's difficultтешко to swimпливај in.

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Teško je plivati u njoj.

08:29

It's causingизазивајући abrasionsogrebotine on the insideу of the mouthуста,

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Ona izaziva ogrebotine
u unutrašnjosti tvojih usta,

08:31

but the tentaclespipci can't get you.

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ali bar ti pipci ništa ne mogu.

08:34

And the hypothermiahipotermija setsсетови in.

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I hipotermija počinje.

08:37

The water'sвода 85 degreesстепени, and yetјош увек you're losingгубе weightтежина

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Voda je 29°C, a ipak gubiš težinu

08:40

and usingКористећи calorieskalorija, and as you come over

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i trošiš kalorije, i kako dođeš

08:43

towardпрема the sideстрана of the boatброд, not allowedдозвољен to touchдодирни it,

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blizu broda koji inače ne smeš da dotakneš

08:45

not allowedдозвољен to get out,

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ni da izađeš iz vode,

08:46

but BonnieBonnie and her teamтим handруку me nutritionисхрана

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ali Boni i njen tim mi dodaju prehranu

08:48

and asksпита me what I'm doing, am I all right,

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i pitaju me kako sam; dobro sam,

08:52

I am seeingвиди the TajTaj MahalMahala over here.

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samo sam se zagledala
u Tadž Mahal tu pored.

08:57

I'm in a very differentразличит stateдржава,

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Ja sam u vrlo čudnom stanju,

i razmišljam kako nikad nisam očekivala

09:02

and I'm thinkingразмишљање, wowвов, I never thought

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09:06

I'd be runningтрчање into the TajTaj MahalMahala out here.

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da ću naleteti na Tadž Mahal ovde.

09:09

It's gorgeousдиван.

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Predivan je.

09:11

I mean, how long did it take them to buildизградити that?

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Koliko li im je trebalo da ga naprave?

09:13

It's just -- So, uh, wooowooo. (LaughterSmeh)

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Tako je... uaau!
(Smeh)

09:22

And then we kindкинд of have a cardinalKardinal ruleправило

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Imali smo neko osnovno pravilo

da mi nikad ne kažu
koliko smo u stvari odmakli

09:24

that I'm never told, really, how farдалеко it is,

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09:26

because we don't know how farдалеко it is.

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zato što ne znamo koliko još ima.

09:27

What's going to happenдесити се to you

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Šta će mi se desiti
između ove i one etape?

09:29

betweenизмеђу this pointтачка and that pointтачка?

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09:30

What's going to happenдесити се to the weatherвреме

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Kakvo će biti vreme i morske struje

09:32

and the currentsструје and, God forbidзабранити, you're stungUbola

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i šta će biti ako me
nedajbože opeče meduza

09:35

when you don't think you could
be stungUbola in all this armorоклоп,

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dok mislim da mi ništa ne može
u ovom oklopu,

09:38

and BonnieBonnie madeмаде a decisionодлука

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Boni je odlučila

09:41

comingдолазе into that thirdтрећи morningјутро

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na početku tog trećeg jutra

09:44

that I was sufferingпатња

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da sam se napatila

09:46

and I was hangingвешање on by a threadнит

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i da sam na izmaku i rekla je:

09:50

and she said, "Come here,"

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"Dođi ovamo,"

09:51

and I cameДошао closeБлизу to the boatброд, and she said,

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prišla sam brodu, a ona je rekla:

09:52

"Look, look out there,"

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"Pogledaj tamo,"

09:54

and I saw lightсветло, because the
day'sдан easierлакше than the night,

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videla sam svetlo,
jer je dan lakši od noći

09:57

and I thought we were comingдолазе into day,

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i pomislila da sviće,

09:59

and I saw a streamстреам of whiteбео lightсветло

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videla sam zrak belog svetla

10:02

alongзаједно the horizonХоризонт,

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preko horizonta,

10:03

and I said, "It's going to be morningјутро soonускоро."

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i rekla sam: "Uskoro će jutro."

10:05

And she said, "No, those are the lightsсветла of KeyKljuč WestZapad."

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A ona je rekla:
"Ne, to su svetla Ki Vesta."

10:11

It was 15 more hoursсати,

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Trebalo je još 15 časova,

10:13

whichкоја for mostнајвише swimmersplivači would be a long time.

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što je za većinu plivača mnogo vremena.

10:15

(LaughterSmeh) (ApplauseAplauz)

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(Smeh)
(Aplauz)

10:22

You have no ideaидеја how manyмноги
15-hour-Да trainingобука swimspliva I had doneГотово.

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Nemate pojma koliko puta
sam provela po 15 sati u vodi na treningu.

10:26

So here we go, and I somehowнекако, withoutбез a decisionодлука,

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I tako, eto nas, nekako nesvesno

10:30

wentотишао into no countingбројање of strokesПраве технич Праве техничве

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sam prestala da brojim zamahe

10:32

and no singingпевање and no quotingцитирање StephenStiven HawkingLov sa sokolom

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prestala da pevam,
i citiram Stivena Hokinga

10:36

and the parametersпараметри of the universeуниверзум,

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i parametre univerzuma,

10:39

I just wentотишао into thinkingразмишљање about this dreamсан,

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samo sam mislila o svom snu,

10:41

and why, and how.

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i zašto... i kako.

10:44

And as I said, when I turnedокренуо се 60,

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I kako sam rekla,
kad sam napunila 60,

10:48

it wasn'tније about that concreteбетон "Can you do it?"

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nije bilo pitanje: "Mogu li ja to?"

10:52

That's the everydayсваки дан machinationsspletke.

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To sebe svakodnevno pitamo.

10:55

That's the disciplineдисциплина, and it's the preparationприпрему,

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To je disciplina, i priprema,

10:57

and there's a prideponos in that.

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i postoji ponos u tome.

10:59

But I decidedодлучио to think, as I wentотишао alongзаједно, about,

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Odlučila sam da razmišljam,
kako sam išla,

11:04

the phraseфраза usuallyобично is reachingпостизање for the starsЗвездице,

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a fraza je obično
"posegni za zvezdama",

11:08

and in my caseслучај, it's reachingпостизање for the horizonХоризонт.

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ili u mom slučaju
"posegni za horizontom".

11:11

And when you reachдостигнути for the horizonХоризонт,

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A kada posegneš za horizontom,

11:13

as I've provenдоказан, you mayможе not get there,

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kako sam dokazala, možda nećeš stići,

11:16

but what a tremendousстрашно buildизградити of characterкарактер and spiritдух

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ali postižeš ogromno

izgrađivanje karaktera i duha.

11:22

that you layЛези down.

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11:24

What a foundationтемељ you layЛези down in reachingпостизање

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Kakve jake temelje polažeš

11:26

for those horizonshorizonte.

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kad posegneš za horizontom.

11:29

And now the shoreobale is comingдолазе,

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I sada se obala približava,

11:32

and there's just a little partдео of me that's sadтужно.

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a mali deo mene je tužan.

11:35

The epicepska journeyпутовање is going to be over.

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Ovo epsko putovanje će da se završi.

11:37

So manyмноги people come up to me now and say,

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Mnogi ljudi nam priđu i kažu:

11:39

"What's nextследећи? We love that!

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"Ovo smo obožavali! Šta je sledeće?"

11:44

That little trackertragač that was on the computerрачунар?

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Onaj mali trejser na kompjuteru?

11:46

When are you going to do the nextследећи one?
We just can't wait to followпратити the nextследећи one."

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Kada ćeš na sledeći poduhvat?
Jedva čekamo da pratimo sledeći!

11:49

Well, they were just there for 53 hoursсати,

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Pa, oni su bili tamo samo 53 sata,

11:52

and I was there for yearsгодине.

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ja sam tamo bila godinama.

11:55

And so there won'tнеће be anotherдруги
epicepska journeyпутовање in the oceanокеан.

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I tako, neće biti još jednog
epskog putovanja po okeanu.

11:58

But the pointтачка is, and the pointтачка was

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Ali poenta je, i uvek je bila,

12:02

that everyсваки day of our livesживи is epicepska,

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da je svaki dan našeg života epski,

12:07

and I'll tell you, when I walkedходао up ontoна that beachплажа,

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i kažem vam, kad sam izašla na plažu

12:09

staggeredзамахнут up ontoна that beachплажа,

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isteturala se,

12:11

and I had so manyмноги timesпута

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a toliko sam puta

12:14

in a very puffednaduvava up egoего way,

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sa napumpanim egom uvežbavala

12:18

rehearsedisprobani what I would say on the beachплажа.

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šta ću reći na toj plaži.

12:22

When BonnieBonnie thought that

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Kad je Boni pomislila

12:24

the back of my throatгрло was swellingotok up,

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da mi je grlo nateklo,

12:26

and she broughtдоведен the medicalмедицински teamтим over to our boatброд

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dovela je medicinski tim na naš brod

12:28

to say that she's really beginningпочетак

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da im kaže

da imam problema sa disanjem.

12:31

to have troubleневоље breathingдисање.

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12:32

AnotherDrugi 12, 24 hoursсати in the saltwaterslana voda,

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Još pola dana-dan u slanoj vodi

12:35

the wholeцела thing -- and I just thought

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i učinilo mi se da

12:37

in my hallucinatoryhalucinacije momentтренутак, that
I heardслушао the wordреч tracheotomytraheotomiju.

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u trenu haluciniranja
čujem reč "traheotomija".

12:42

(LaughterSmeh)

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(Smeh)

12:43

And BonnieBonnie said to the doctorдоктор,

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A Boni reče doktoru:

12:45

"I'm not worriedзабринуто about her not breathingдисање.

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"Ne brinem se za njeno disanje.

12:47

If she can't talk when she getsдобива to the shoreobale,

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Ali ako ne bude mogla da govori kad izađe

12:49

she's gonna be pissedљут off."

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biće nadrndana."

12:51

(LaughterSmeh)

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(Smeh)

12:57

But the truthистина is, all those orationsorations

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Ali istina je, sve te besede

12:59

that I had practicedvezbali just to get myselfЈа сам throughкроз

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koje sam vežbala kao motivaciju

13:02

some trainingобука swimspliva as motivationмотивација,

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da bih izdržala treninge

13:04

it wasn'tније like that.

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nisu mi pomogle.

13:06

It was a very realправи momentтренутак,

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Doživela sam pravi trenutak,

13:08

with that crowdгомила, with my teamтим.

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sa publikom, sa mojim timom.

13:11

We did it. I didn't do it. We did it.

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Uspeli smo. Ne ja, mi smo uspeli.

13:13

And we'llдобро never forgetзаборави it. It'llTo cu always be partдео of us.

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I nikada to nećemo zaboraviti.
Uvek će biti deo nas.

13:17

And the threeтри things that I did sortврста of blurtLupi out

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Tri stvari sam onako izbrbljala
kad smo stigli.

13:19

when we got there, was first, "Never, ever give up."

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Prvo: "Nikad, nikad ne odustaj."

13:24

I liveживи it. What's the phraseфраза
from todayданас from SocratesSokrat?

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Ja to živim. Kako je Sokrat rekao?

13:29

To be is to do.

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Biti znači činiti.

13:31

So I don't standстој up and say, don't ever give up.

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Meni to nije puka fraza, ne odustaj.

13:34

I didn't give up, and there
was actionпоступак behindиза these wordsречи.

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Ja nisam odustala,
iza mojih reči stoje dela.

13:38

The secondдруго is, "You can chaseChase your dreamsснове

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Drugo: "Nikad nisi suviše star

13:41

at any ageстарост; you're never too oldстари."

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da slediš svoje snove."

13:43

Sixty-four64, that no one at any ageстарост, any genderпол,

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Sa 64 godine, uradila sam nešto

13:47

could ever do, has doneГотово it,

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što niko nikad nije uspeo,

13:48

and there's no doubtсумња in my mindум

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i potpuno sam sigurna

13:50

that I am at the primeглавни of my life todayданас.

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da sam danas u zenitu svog života.

13:53

(ApplauseAplauz)

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(Aplauz)

13:56

Yeah.

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Tako je.

14:02

Thank you.

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Hvala.

14:03

And the thirdтрећи thing I said on that beachплажа was,

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I treće što sam rekla na toj plaži je:

14:06

"It looksизглед like the mostнајвише solitaryusamljeni endeavorpoduhvat in the worldсвет,

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"Izgledalo je
kao najsamotniji napor na svetu

14:08

and in manyмноги waysначини, of courseкурс, it is,

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i na mnogo načina, i jeste,

14:10

and in other waysначини, and the mostнајвише importantважно waysначини,

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a s druge, važnije strane

14:14

it's a teamтим, and if you think I'm a badassopako,

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to je timski napor,
i ako mislite da sam ja faca,

14:17

you want to meetсусрет BonnieBonnie."

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trebali bi da upoznate Boni."

14:18

(LaughterSmeh)

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(Smeh)

14:20

BonnieBonnie, where are you?

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Boni, gde si?

14:22

Where are you?

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Gde si?

14:25

There's BonnieBonnie StollStoll. (ApplauseAplauz)

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Ono je Boni Stol.
(Aplauz)

14:28

My buddyдругар.

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Moj drugar.

14:33

The HenryHenri DavidDavid ThoreauThoreau quoteкуоте goesиде,

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Da citiram Henrija Dejvida Toroa,

14:35

when you achieveпостићи your dreamsснове, it's
not so much what you get

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"Kada postigneš svoje snove,
nije bitno šta dobiješ time,

14:38

as who you have becomeпостати in achievingostvarivanje them.

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koliko šta postaneš tokom procesa."

14:41

And yeah, I standстој before you now.

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I tako, stojim tu pred vama,

14:43

In the threeтри monthsмесеци sinceОд that swimпливај endedзавршио,

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tri meseca posle plivanja,

14:45

I've satсат down with OprahOprah

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bila sam kod Opre,

14:47

and I've been in PresidentPredsednik Obama'sObamin OvalOvalni OfficeOffice.

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bila sam u Obaminoj Ovalnoj sobi.

14:51

I've been invitedпозвани to speakговорити in frontфронт of
esteemedcenjeni groupsгрупе suchтаква as yourselvesсами.

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All of that's great, and I don't denigrateponižava it.

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I'm proudпоносан of it all, but the truthистина is,

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dok ne dođe vreme
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15:13

Thank you very much and enjoyуживати the conferenceконференција.

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Mnogo vam hvala i uživajte u konferenciji.

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Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. (ApplauseAplauz)

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Hvala vam. Hvala.
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Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

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15:23

Thank you.

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Find a way! (ApplauseAplauz)

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Pronađite način!
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Translated by Đorđe Sevkić
Reviewed by Ivana Korom

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

THE ORIGINAL VIDEO ON TED.COM

Dajana Najad (Diana Nyad): Nikad ne odustajte | TED Talk | TED.com