Overcoming obstacles - Steven Claunch

Translator: Mehmet Sıddık Dilek Reviewer: ronya bewran

As you can see,

Wek hûn dibînin,

I was born without fingers on my right hand.

ji zikmakî destê min ê rastê bê tilî ye.

And also my right leg was several inches shorter

Û lingê min ê rastê, ji yê çepê

than my left one.

kurttir e.

They broke the bones in the leg,

Hestûyên lingê min şikandin,

then they screwed metal spikes into the bone.

bizmar çikandin hestuyên min.

It has not only spikes,

Ne tenê bizmar,

but wires that go all the way through the leg

ji bo xwe bigire têl jî kirin

to stabilize it.

lingên min.

I have to walk on it.

Ez bi vî awayî dimeşim.

I have to stretch it out

Ji bo linge min ji hêz nekeve

so that my muscles don't just get all atrophied.

dive her tim bişixûlin.

People always ask me, "Does it hurt?"

Pirs dikin, " Diêşe?"

Yes, it does,

Erê, diêşe,

but I focus on what I can do,

lê ez tiştên ku dikarim difikirim,

not on what I cannot do.

nayên ku nikarim.

I want to talk with you guys

Ez dixwazim ji we re

about overcoming obstacles.

serkeftina li dijî astengan bêjim.

Everybody has obstacles,

hemû kesî Asteng hene,

a disability,

seqetî,

a hurdle.

pirsgirêk.

We face a choice:

Biryara xwe bidin:

Let the obstacle overcome you

An astengên zora we bibin,

or overcome the obstacle.

an hûn ê zora wan bibin.

Maybe some of you have heard of Jim Abbott.

Belkî we Jim Abbott bihîstiye.

He was a Major League baseball player.

Lîstikvanê beyzbolê bû.

He won a gold metal in the Olympics.

wî xelata zêr ya olîmpîyadê stand.

He played for the Yankees, the Angels.

Tîmên wek Yankees, the Angels de lîst.

But he threw a no-hitter,

Pir serkeftî bû.

and he only had one arm.

Bi destekî bû.

When he was a kid,

Wextê zarok bû,

he came home mad one time

rojekê bi hers hatê malê

and told his dad,

got bavê xwe,

"The kids won't let me play baseball

"Ji bo ez bi destekî me,

because I only have one hand."

zarok nahelin ez beyzbol bilîzim."

His dad replied,

Bavê wî jî got,

"No, the kids won't let you play baseball

"Zarok, ji bo tu nizane beyzbolê,

because you stink at baseball.

nahelin tu bileyîzî.

You can't change the fact that you only have one hand,

Tu nikarî destêkî xwe çê bikî,

but you can change the fact that you stink."

lê tu dikarî xwe ji nezanînê xilas bikî."

So, his dad began to practice with him,

Bi bavê xwe re pratîk kir

and he got good.

û pêşket.

He overcame obstacles.

Ew dijî astengan bi ser ket.

Teams would try to exploit his weak side.

Ji bo ku destê wî ye rastê nîne,

hevrikê wî hewl didan

They would try to bunt to the side

that he had a missing arm.

êrîşê mile wî yê rastê bikin.

But they never succeeded

Lê ji bo ku wî xwe amede kiribû

because he practiced and practiced

û peşketî bû

fielding bunts to that side.

hevrikê wî tu car biserneketin.

There's no dishonor in having a disability,

Di seqetiyê de tu rûreşî nîn e.

and I won't let anyone diss my ability,

Nahelim kes henekê xwe bi seqetbûna min bike

but I don't want anyone's pity either.

û dilê xwe bi min bişewitîne.

I will not use the obstacles I face

Ez nahelim bo astengên min,

as an excuse for having a pity party.

kes dilê xwe bi min bişewitîne.

I will practice harder,

Ez dê behtir bixebitim,

play harder,

behtir bileyizim,

and push myself harder

zêdetir peş bikevim,

to keep getting better.

û biserkevim.

Last season I started

Sezona dawiyê di tîma zanîngehe de

on my varsity high school basketball team

min dest bi lîstika basketbolê kir,

as a freshman,

and I won Rookie of the Year.

û min xelata Rookie of the Year stand.

I was one of the top scorers on the team.

Di tîme de lîstikvanê herî serkeftî ez bûm.

One of the things that I find funny

Tişta herî kenê min dianî,

is that people judge me by appearance.

herkesî li gorî dîtina min ez dinirxandim.

They say,

Digotin,

"Oh, look at this one-handed whitey with the limp.

"Li vî yê bi destekî biniherin,

ez vî di tîma xwe de naxwazim"

I don't want him on my team!"

Lê wan nizanîbû

But what they don't know

is that I don't just have a disability,

ne tenê seqetiya min heye.

I have an ability.

Ez pir jêhatî me.

One of my favorite moments from this last season

Sezona çûyî de

tîmeke ku berê me maç nekiribû

was we played a team

rastê me hat.

that we had never played before.

And when the game started,

Berî lîstik dest pê bike,

you could tell that they were dissing my disability.

Henekê xwe bi min dikirin.

I mean, they double-teamed our tallest player.

Ew ji tîmê me direjtir bûn.

Pêşî li dijî min

They just were playing really soft on me,

hêdike leyistin.

and they just,

you could tell they thought,

Wan ji xwe re digot:

"What can this guy with one hand do?"

Ev ê bi destekî ma ye çi bike?''

So, they left me open for a three.

Peşi min vala heliştin.

I made that one.

Min hejmar avêt.

They left me open for another one.

Carek din peşiya min vala hiştin.

I made that one.

Min hejmarek din avêt.

Then, they started to get frustrated,

Lewma pir zora wan çû,

so they actually fouled me.

fol li min kirin.

I made both free throws.

Min du hejmarên din avêtin.

And they called time out.

dûv re navber xwestin.

And as we were in the huddle,

Di navberê de min bihîst,

I could hear the other coach

antrenorê wan bi wan pev çû:

yelling at his players about me.

''Çawa ew ê bi destekî zora we dibe!''

They went from not covering me at all

Piştre ji dêla yekî

to double-teaming me.

du hatin dijî min.

Hemû derbarê serkeftina li dijî astenga ye.

It's all about overcoming obstacles.

It's true, I have a disability,

Rast e, ez seqet im,

but so do you.

lê seqetiyên we jî hene.

Jêhatibûna min jî heye,

I also have an ability,

so do you.

yên we jî.

Everyone has obstacles to overcome.

Astengiyên her kesî hene.

Some are visible like mine.

Hinek wekî ya min xuya ne.

Some are less visible.

Hinek ne xuya ne.

Maybe your obstacle is

Belkî astengiya we,

that you come from a poor neighborhood.

hûn ji taxekê xizan tên.

Maybe people say you'll never amount to anything.

Belkî dibejin ''Tu bi kerî tiştekî naye''.

Prove them wrong.

Wan şaş derxe.

Maybe your obstacle is that you have a learning disability,

Belkî astengiya te hînbûna te ya seqetbûne ye,

and people think that you're dumb.

dibêjin tu nekêr î.

Prove them wrong.

Wan şaş derxe.

Maybe people judge you

Belkî te li gorî rengê cermê te

because of the color of your skin

an rewşa malbata te

or your family background.

biçûk dibînin.

Prove them wrong.

Wan şaş derxe.

I know a lot of people

Gelek kesan dizanim,

who take one look at me and judge me.

Li min dinêrin û biçûk dibînin.

They say,

Dibêjin:

"Oh, that kid can't be any good at basketball.

"Ev zarok nikarê basketbolê bileyize.

One leg, one hand."

Bi destekî û bi lingekî ye.''

If someone things you can't overcome the obstacles,

Dema hinek te li dijî astenga nekêr bibînin,

prove them wrong.

Wan şaş derxe.