偶像勵(lì)志英語演講 71:不說絕不(5)
到這里絕對還沒有結(jié)束，我的競爭意識與我一同進(jìn)入了職業(yè)籃壇。我成為自己引以為豪的公牛隊(duì)的一員。那時(shí)球隊(duì)老板還不是杰瑞·勞恩斯多夫，而是另一群管理層。拉夫在選秀時(shí)選了我，凱文·拉齊是我的第一任教練。凱文在訓(xùn)練時(shí)把我放在先發(fā)球員里，他為了讓訓(xùn)練更有競爭性，訓(xùn)練賽輸?shù)舻囊魂?duì)要跑圈。剛開始我們這隊(duì)領(lǐng)先，但是半場的時(shí)候，凱文把我換到了落后的那一隊(duì)。我把這個(gè)當(dāng)做激勵(lì)我的動力，我知道這是為了歷練我，而往往10次里面有9次這一隊(duì)會反敗為勝，無論他怎么做都一樣。所以我很感謝凱文給我這樣的機(jī)會。他讓我的求勝欲望更加強(qiáng)烈。
Jerry Reinsdorf, I mean what else can I say. The next year when I came back I broke my foot; Iwas out of 65 games. And when I came back I want to play. The doctor came with his oldtheory that you can play only seven minutes a game, but I am practicing two hours a day. I amsaying, well, I don't agree with that math. And back then, whoever has the worst record getsthe most balls in Ping-Pang balls, you know you can decide what pick you can have, but I didn'tcare aobut that. I just wanted to win. I wanna make to playoffs. I wanna keep the energy goingin Chicago. So I had to go into his office and sat down with him and say "Jerry, I feel like Ishould play more than 14 minutes and practice more than two hours." He said "We have toprotect the long-term investment we've invested on you." I said "I really think I should be ableto play." He said "Let me ask you this, if you had a headache." At that time, there was tenpercent chance that I can reinjure my ankle or my foot. He said "if you had a headache and yougot ten tablets, and one of them is coated with poison, would you take it?" I looked at himand said "How bad is that headache. How bad is that headache." Jerry looked at me and said"You are OK, I guess you had a good answer, you can go back to play. You let me allow you togo back and play."
杰瑞·瑞斯卓福——我能說他什么好呢?第二年我打了七場就傷了腳，錯(cuò)過了65場比賽?？祻?fù)之后我很想打球，但隊(duì)醫(yī)堅(jiān)持他的老一套，頭頭是道地說我每場只能打七分鐘，而我每天都會訓(xùn)練兩小時(shí)——我可不管這些算術(shù)上的問題。當(dāng)時(shí)的選秀規(guī)則是戰(zhàn)績最爛的球隊(duì)得到最好的選秀權(quán)，我說：你們想破罐子破摔弄個(gè)好簽，這我不管，我只是想比賽和贏球，想進(jìn)入季后賽，使公牛隊(duì)保持那股干勁，所以我去了他的辦公室，對他說：“杰瑞，我可以每天訓(xùn)練兩小時(shí)，每場打14分鐘。”他說：“我們對你是長期投資，在你身上我們傾注了很多心血。”我說：“我真的想?yún)⒓颖荣悺?rdquo;他說：“我跟你講，假設(shè)你頭疼，”那時(shí)，有10%的可能性我會再次傷到腳踝或腳。他說：“假如你頭疼，有10個(gè)藥片，其中有一個(gè)是有毒的，你還會吃藥嗎?”我看看他，回答說“那得看頭疼有多嚴(yán)重。”杰瑞說：“我想你已經(jīng)給出了明確的答案，好吧，你說服了我，你可以去參加比賽了。”
