我體內(nèi)的競爭意識的源泉還遠遠不止這些。我的妹妹,她比我小一歲,從來不喜歡一個人在家。她參加了許多額外的課程,最終和我同一年畢業(yè)。之后我們都去了北卡羅來納大學,她卻比我早一年畢業(yè)。你們問我體內(nèi)的競爭意識,競爭的本能源自何處,這就是答案。它還來自我的姐姐,她今天沒有出席。我的父親,雖然他已經(jīng)不在了,但是他的精神一直陪伴著我。我的競爭意識從我第一天從事體育運動就開始萌發(fā),任何運動,棒球、橄欖球、田徑、籃球,你們所能列舉的運動我都參加過。
When you think about, they started to fire me; you know that fire started from my parents. AsI moved on my career, people add wood to that fire. Coach Smith, what can I say about him?He is a legendary coach. Lerold Smith, now you guys think that's a mistake. Lerold Smith wasthe guy when I got kicks he made in the team. He is here tonight. He is still the same six sevenguy. He is not even bigger. His lev l is probably about the same. But he started the wholeprocess for me, because when he made the team and I didn't, I wanted to prove, not just toLerold Smith, not just to myself, but to the coach who actually picked Lerold over me. I wantto make sure you understood you make a mistake, dude.
他們點燃了我心中的火焰。從我的父母開始,隨著我的職業(yè)生涯的發(fā)展,一些人使這股火焰更加旺盛。比如史密斯教練,我該對他說些什么呢?他是一個有著傳奇色彩的教練。里羅德·史密斯,你們可能都認為我說錯了,因為他就是當年我被踢掉的時候進校隊的人。他今天也在現(xiàn)場,他還是六尺七寸那么高,一點也沒長高,水平也和以前差不多。但就是他點起了我心中的火焰——為什么他可以進校隊而我不能,我要證明——不僅僅是向我自己或者他,我還要向教練證明你做出了一個錯誤的選擇。