[外電] My Amazing Journey -- Steve Nash

[kerrys (台北不是我的家)]

    原文出處：
              http://www.nba.com/preview2007/journey_nash.html

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Getting to the NBA is not easy. Of the millions of kids playing basketball
around the world today, only a very small percentage will make it to the
Association. Along the way, there will be highs and lows, ups and downs.
    進入NBA不是件容易的事。在全世界有數百萬個孩子熱愛籃球的今天，只有極少部分的
菁英能夠打進這個籃球的最高殿堂。在這條路上，肯定會有高潮低潮以及高低起伏。

As they prepare for the 2007-08 season, 30 current players reflect back on
their journey to the NBA and some of the things they went through to fulfill
their dream of playing basketball for a living.
    在他們為'07-'08年球季預作準備的此時，30位現任球員回顧他們邁進NBA的艱辛歷程
以及一些他們為了能讓以打球維生的美夢成真所做的一些努力。

What was the biggest obstacle you overcame to reach the NBA?
    問：什麼是你在打進NBA過程中所克服的最大阻礙？

Steve Nash: I am not really sure what my biggest obstacle was. I guess just the
numbers. You have to separate yourself from thousands and thousands of people
throughout the world playing basketball. I guess I did it by working harder
than other people and believing in myself.
    答：我並不是真的很確定什麼是我最大的阻礙。我猜是喜好籃球的人真的很多吧。你
必須讓自己從世上成千上萬個打籃球的人中脫穎而出。我想我是靠著比其他人更努力，以
及相信自己才能有這樣的成就。

Finish this sentence: "Growing up, the basketball court was my..."
    問：請你完成這個句子..."從小到大，籃球場是我的...。"

SN: It was my outlet, to challenge myself and to be creative.
    答：那是我的發洩途徑，在籃球場上我可以挑戰自己以及變得更有創意。

To what lengths would you go for a chance to play basketball, even if it were
to just to shoot around?
    問：如果有機會去打籃球，就算只是去投投球，你願意付出到怎樣的程度？

SN: I don't know what kind of lengths, but I definitely would find a way to
shoot everyday. No matter what I would find a way. I don't know to what lengths
I would go to.
    答：我不知道我願意付出到怎樣的程度，但很肯定我會找到一個每天都能去投投球的
辦法。不管怎樣我會找出辦法的。我也不知道我願意做到怎樣的程度。

Who was your basketball hero and why?
    問：誰是你的籃球偶像？原因為何？

SN: My heroes were Isiah Thomas, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson. I think they
were just so competitive and creative. Especially Isiah, he was somebody that
wasn't very tall. He had played the game mostly on the floor and it made me
feel that I could find a way to do the same.
    答：我的偶像是笑笑湯還有雙MJ。我認為他們都有相當強的競爭心而且也很有創意。
特別是笑笑湯，他不高。他比賽大部分的時間動作都貼近於地面，那讓我覺得或許我也可
以發展出和他類似的球風和技巧。

What is your favorite childhood basketball memory?
    問：童年時期最令你難忘的籃球回憶是？

SN: All my favorite memories as a kid playing basketball were just playing with
my friends, playing one-on-one, two-on-two, three-on-three with my school
friends that were on my team. They were my best friends. We played everyday.
Those are my favorite memories.
    答：我童年時期關於打籃球最難忘的回憶就是和我的朋友們打球，和我學校球隊的朋
友打一對一、二對二和三對三的比賽。他們是我最好的朋友。我們每天都一起打球。那就
是我最難忘的回憶。

Best piece of basketball advice you received was...
    問：關於籃球，你獲得覺得最受用的建議是...

SN: One very valuable piece of advice an ex National Team player in Canada, who
was a last cut on a couple NBA teams, told me when I was going into 12th grade
that I should decide and make it a goal that I want to play in the NBA. Decide
that day and it make it a goal that I am going to play in the NBA. I think me
deciding instead of just going to college and seeing if I could make it,
deciding that day that I was going to college and then making the NBA, I think
it helped manifest those thoughts.
    答：一個在好幾支NBA球隊待過，但都是待在板凳末端的前加拿大國家隊球員在我升高
三的那一年跟我說，我應該決定並把想打進NBA視為一個目標，這是我覺得非常可貴的一個
建議。那一天我決定並把想打進NBA當成一個目標。我認為與其到大學去試試看我是不是能
打進NBA，倒不如下定決心，上大學後要繼續挺進NBA，我認為那幫助我釐清了幾個想法。

What advice would you give to someone who aspires to play in the NBA?
    問：你會給想進NBA打球的人什麼樣的建議呢？

SN: I think you have to work extremely hard. You have to be creative and you
have to make it fun. You have to be creative enough to expand your game. But
you also have to be creative enough to find new ways to inspire yourself and
make it enjoyable so you do want to get out there everyday and work hard and
find a way to do more and more and more. And continue to push the envelope with
how hard you work and how you can separate yourself from all the other players.
    答：我想你必須相當努力。你必須有創意而且讓它變得有趣。你必須有足夠的創意才
能拓展你的球技。但你也必須有足夠的創意找出一些新方法來激勵自己並讓它變成是令人
愉快的，這樣你才會想要每天都出去認真練習，利用更多更多更多的時間進行特訓。並且
持續不斷挑戰自己的極限，尋求突破，這樣才能使自己從所有其他一樣熱愛籃球的球員中
脫穎而出。

How old were you when you received your first basketball and what did it feel
like to have your very own?
    問：你第一次拿到屬於自己的籃球是幾歲的事？擁有屬於自己的籃球感覺如何？

SN: I started playing basketball when I was 12 or 13. So I must have been 13
when I got my first ball. It felt good. It felt like a new friend.
    答：我在12還13歲時開始打籃球。所以在我得到自己的第一顆球時肯定已經13歲了。
感覺很棒，就像有了一個新朋友。

When did you realize you had serious game?
    問：你什麼時候意識到你要認真面對球賽？

SN: I was pretty good right away because when you are 12 or 13 it is more about
what other sports you've played. If you are good at other sports you can
translate it easily to any sport at that age. I realized when I was about 13 or
14 that I had a chance to be a really good player.
    答：我馬上就進入狀況了，因為在你12或13歲時，決定性的因素通常在於你玩過其他
什麼運動。如果你在其他運動表現很好，在那個年紀你很簡單就能夠轉換跑道。而我在13
或14歲時就意識到我有機會可以成為一個出色的球員。

Did it ever strike you in the middle of a game in front of a packed house, "Man
, I can't believe I'm here... "
    問：你曾經在一個人山人海的球館裡面打球，在比賽中腦海突然出現一個念頭，"老兄
，這是真的嗎？我真的在這裡打球？"

SN: Not so much now in the games, but every once in a while, more and more
rarely, but every once in while, I will realize how far I have come and that
will be enough to shake my head at what is my reality now-a-days, as opposed to
dreaming of this reality as a kid and it seeming so far away.
    答：現在比較少了，偶而還是會，次數已經越來越少，但偶而還是會這樣，我會意識
到自己已經是識途老馬了，那就足以讓我搖搖頭，認清所在的當下，而不再像孩子一樣懷
疑自己還在作夢，所以這樣的情況越來越少了。

How proud is your family that you made it to the NBA?
    問：你的家人對於你打進NBA感到多光榮？

SN: I think they are really proud. I think they realize how hard I worked. They
saw me going out there and shooting all hours of the days and night, shooting
in the rain, dribbling in the garage. They realize how much time I put into it.
I think that they are proud not so much that I made it but more because they
know it took a lot of hard work.
    答：我認為他們相當以我為榮。我認為他們了解我有多努力。他們看到我在籃球場上
日以繼夜地練習投籃，在雨中投籃，在車庫裡運球。他們了解我付出的時間有多少。我認
為他們以我為榮，大部分並不只是因為我成功了，而是因為我是歷經千辛萬苦才能有這麼
一番成就。

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推 chouyuu:推  可是Nash最喜歡的不是足球嗎？
推 thegod13:我最喜歡的是籃球  可是踢系足阿:)
推 mouse10389::D
推 datasi:推
推 onday:推  可是我很討厭笑笑湯
推 datasi:先撇開笑笑湯的行為 說實在的他是個很強的控衛
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※ 編輯: kerrys          來自: 210.241.111.125      (10/16 16:55)
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