[NFL!] Vontae Davis在CNN專訪中對賽中退休作說明

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Vontae Davis: 'I had more of an out-of-body, spiritual moment'
Vontae Davis說他突然有種靈魂出竅的感覺

He was leaving $5 million on the table, and the game wasn't even over yet.
But for cornerback Vontae Davis, none of that mattered. He was done.
他留下五百萬美金沒拿，而且比賽尚未結束。但是對角衛Vontae Davis來說，這些
都不重要了。他受夠了。

Davis, 30, sent shockwaves through the NFL -- and his own locker room -- when
he abruptly ended his career on September 16, retiring at halftime of the
Buffalo Bills' game against the Los Angeles Chargers.
30歲的Davis於9月16日的比爾對電光人比賽中場休息時間突然退休的行為帶給NFL
--以及他球隊的更衣室--極大衝擊。

"Never have seen it ever -- Pop Warner, high school, college, pros -- never
heard of it, never seen it," Bills linebacker Lorenzo Alexander said after
the game. "It's just completely disrespectful to his teammates."
「我從來沒看過這種事發生--無論是Pop Warner，高中，大學，還是職業生涯--從來
沒聽說過，也從來沒看過。」比爾隊線衛Lorenzo Alexander在比賽結束後如此說。
「這對他的隊友們非常不敬。」

In an interview on camera with CNN's Brooke Baldwin, Davis responded to
Alexander's comments.
Davis被CNN主播Brooke Baldwin專訪時做出了對Alexander的發言的回應。

"I come from very humble beginnings," Davis said. "My mother was addicted to
drugs, my father an alcoholic. I grew up in some very traumatic situations. I
witnessed my father being shot multiple times by his brother. And when you
come out of situations like that, you're just not considered a quitter.
「我出身並不算好，」Davis說。「我媽媽用毒，我爸爸嗜酒。
我成長期間碰到不少對我造成創傷的事件。我目睹我爸爸被他兄弟用槍射。你如果是在
這種環境下長大的話，你不會被標註為quitter。」

"I don't think I quit. I think I feel that, as I walk away from a game that
no longer serves me mentally, physically, and emotionally. That's what I
would tell people who say I quit. Most people don't know who I am as a person
or what I've been through to achieve the success I have."
「我不認為我放棄了。當我離開一個無論精神，身體，還是情緒方面上都無法給
我任何需求的比賽的同時，我是如此感受的。我會跟說我放棄的人如此說。絕大部分的人
不知道我是怎樣的人，也不知道我付出了多少才換取到我的成就。」

Davis' older brother, Washington tight end Vernon Davis, took to Instagram a
couple of days later after the news, writing, "It's hard to see him retire,
as I thought he would be in this league longer than me. I feel like I retired
because we're so close and I look at him as he's my son even though he's my
younger brother."
Davis的哥哥華盛頓紅皮的邊鋒Vernon Davis在Vontae退休幾天後於Instagram發
言，寫說「我對於他退休這件事也很難過，因為我原本認為他會在這個聯盟待的
比我久。我甚至認為我已經退休了，因為我們非常親，而且雖然他是我弟弟，我把他當作
我的兒子對待。」

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心得: 此篇文章後面有詳述他是哪一瞬間知道他要退休，也有寫說他之後有邀請一些隊友
去他家對他們做詳細說明。他也說他退休的一個原因是CTE的可能性，也稍稍提到他退休後
的打算（依自身經歷寫一本童書，跟老婆開始一個家庭[=娃娃!]）。

本人對他在比賽中場休息時退休當然是有點困惑（現住Rochester，一堆比爾隊球迷），
但是對於一個運動員來說，你如果無法全力付出，你當然就不應該在場上，所以對於此
部分我是認同Davis退休的決定（而不是下半場半吊子的打之後再退休）。

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※ 編輯: Penwhale (98.10.61.158), 09/28/2018 10:22:16
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※ 編輯: Penwhale (98.10.61.158), 09/30/2018 11:41:24