異類:不一樣的成功啟示錄 第9期:培育未來之星

The air was filled with cigar smoke

空氣中混雜著各種氣味：

and the smell champagne and sweat-soaked hockey gear.

雪茄的煙味、香檳的酒味以及曲棍球鞋的汗味。

On the wall was a hand painted banner:

其中一面墻上掛著手工書寫的橫幅：

"Embrace the Struggle!"

“勇于拚搏”。

In the center of the room,

巨人隊(duì)的主教練唐海耶斯站在房子中央，

the Giant' coach, Don Hay, stood misty-eyed.

眼睛里閃爍著勝利的喜悅。

"I'm just so proud of these guys," he said.

“我為這些小伙子自豪，”他說，

"Just look around the locker room.

“只要在更衣室看看，

There isn't one guy who didn't buy in wholeheartedly."

你就會(huì)知道沒有誰不是全身心地投入比賽。”

Canadian hockey is a meritocracy.

加拿大的曲棍球匯聚了世界上最優(yōu)秀的運(yùn)動(dòng)員。

Thousands of Canadian boys begin to play this sport at their "novice" level, before they are even in kindergarten.

在加拿太，很多剛剛進(jìn)入幼兒園的小孩，便已經(jīng)處于曲棍球“入門級(jí)”的水準(zhǔn)。

From that point on, there are leagues for every age class,

此后，不同年齡階段，有不同級(jí)別的賽事。

at each of those levels, the players are sifted and sorted and evaluated,

每個(gè)級(jí)別的比賽都會(huì)對(duì)運(yùn)動(dòng)員進(jìn)行詳細(xì)的審査評(píng)估，

with the most talented separated out and groomed for the next level.

青少年聯(lián)賽又分成了四個(gè)級(jí)別。

By the time players reach their midteens,

超過15歲的運(yùn)動(dòng)員可以參加青少年聯(lián)賽，

the very best of the best have been channeled into an elite league known as Major Junior A,

青少年A級(jí)聯(lián)賽比B級(jí)聯(lián)賽高一級(jí)，

which is the top of pyramid.

而甲A聯(lián)賽是這個(gè)金字塔式聯(lián)賽的最高一層。

And if your Major Junior A team plays for the Memorial Cup,

如果你能在甲A聯(lián)賽中沖擊紀(jì)念杯賽，

that means you are the very top of the very top of the pyramid.

那意味著你站在了最高一層的制高點(diǎn)。

This is the way most sports pick their future stars.

這是很多體育運(yùn)動(dòng)培育未來之星的重要方式。

It's the way soccer is organized in Europe and South America,

歐洲和南美培養(yǎng)足球運(yùn)動(dòng)員

and the way Olympic athletes are chosen.

以及奧運(yùn)會(huì)挑選運(yùn)動(dòng)員都是這種模式。

For that matter, it's not all that different from the way the world of classical music picks its future virtuoso,

事實(shí)上，傳統(tǒng)音樂體制音樂人才的選拔，

and the world of ballet picks its future ballerinas,

世界芭蕾人才的挑選，

and the way that our elite educational system picks its future scientists and intellectuals.

培養(yǎng)科學(xué)家和知識(shí)群體的教育體制，他們的人才培育方法也如出一轍

You can't buy your way into Major Junior A hockey.

你自己也許無法“買通”通往曲棍球甲A聯(lián)賽的道路。

It doesn't matter who your father or mother is, or who your grandfather was, or what business your family is in.

但你的父母能做到，你的祖父能做到，或者你的家族能做到。

Nor it is matter if you live in the most remote corner of the most northerly province in Canada.

即使你生活在加拿大最北邊省份最偏遠(yuǎn)的一個(gè)角落，都有可能“買通” 這條道路。

If you have ability,

假如你具備曲棍球運(yùn)動(dòng)的潛質(zhì)，

the vast network of hockey scouts and talent spotters will find you.

散布各地的曲棍球球探就肯定能發(fā)現(xiàn)你，

And if you are willing to work to develop that ability,

假如你有志于投身這項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)，

the system will reward you.

這種聯(lián)賽模式也一定會(huì)回報(bào)你。

Success in hockey is based on individual merit,

球員的成功取決于其個(gè)人的價(jià)值，

and both of those words are important.

對(duì)球員的相關(guān)評(píng)價(jià)自然就相當(dāng)重要，

Players are judged on their own performance,

但對(duì)球員的評(píng)價(jià)最終還是取決于他的成績(jī)和能力。

not anyone else's,

而不是他人的成績(jī)。

and on the basis of ability,

或者是能力問題，

not some other arbitrary fact.

和其他無關(guān)的依據(jù)。

Or are they?

事實(shí)果真如此嗎?