Overcoming obstacles - Steven Claunch

翻译人员: Gena Volz 校对人员: Max Ma

As you can see,

大家可以看到，

I was born without fingers on my right hand.

我出生时右手没有手指。

And also my right leg was several inches shorter

而且右腿比左腿

than my left one.

短几英寸。

They broke the bones in the leg,

医生把我右腿的骨头打断，

then they screwed metal spikes into the bone.

然后钉上金属钉。

It has not only spikes,

我的腿骨上不仅有钉子，

but wires that go all the way through the leg

还有金属丝穿过

to stabilize it.

以固定骨头。

I have to walk on it.

而且我还要走动，

I have to stretch it out

拉伸，

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

这样肌肉才不会萎缩。

People always ask me, "Does it hurt?"

人们总是问我：“痛不痛？”

Yes, it does,

当然很痛。

but I focus on what I can do,

但是我在意的是我所能为，

not on what I cannot do.

而不是我所不能为。

I want to talk with you guys

我想跟大家谈谈的

about overcoming obstacles.

就是克服障碍。

Everybody has obstacles,

每个人都会遇到障碍，

a disability,

像残疾、

a hurdle.

困难。

We face a choice:

我们往往面对着一个选择：

Let the obstacle overcome you

要么让困难打败你，

or overcome the obstacle.

要么你克服困难。

Maybe some of you have heard of Jim Abbott.

也许在座的各位听说过吉姆•亚伯特。

He was a Major League baseball player.

他曾是美国职棒大联盟投手。

He won a gold metal in the Olympics.

获得过奥利匹克金牌。

He played for the Yankees, the Angels.

效力过洋基队、天使队。

But he threw a no-hitter,

曾投出过无安打比赛，

and he only had one arm.

但他却只有一只手。（右手残疾）

When he was a kid,

在他小时候，

he came home mad one time

有一次非常气愤地回到家，

and told his dad,

告诉他爸爸：

"The kids won't let me play baseball

“其他小朋友不让我玩棒球，

because I only have one hand."

嫌我只有一只手。”

His dad replied,

他爸爸回答到：

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

“不是这样的，他们不让你玩，

because you stink at baseball.

是因为你打的太臭了。

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

你没办法改变仅有一只手的事实，

but you can change the fact that you stink."

但是你可以改变球打得太糟的情况。”

So, his dad began to practice with him,

因此，他的父亲就开始和他一起练习，

and he got good.

他打得越来越棒。

He overcame obstacles.

吉姆克服了障碍。

Teams would try to exploit his weak side.

其他球队会试图利用他的弱点。

They would try to bunt to the side

把球击到他的右边，

that he had a missing arm.

也就是没手的一边。

But they never succeeded

但是他们从没成功过。

because he practiced and practiced

因为吉姆不停的

fielding bunts to that side.

针对自己的弱点练习。

There's no dishonor in having a disability,

身患残疾并不羞耻，

and I won't let anyone diss my ability,

我也不会让他人贬低我的能力，

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

但我也不需要他人的怜悯。

I will not use the obstacles I face

我不会利用自己的困难

as an excuse for having a pity party.

作为博取他人同情的借口。

I will practice harder,

我会更努力的练习，

play harder,

更努力的打球，

and push myself harder

更努力的推动自己

to keep getting better.

更上一层楼。

Last season I started

上个赛季的时候，

on my varsity high school basketball team

我开始在校篮球队打球。

as a freshman,

作为一个新人，

and I won Rookie of the Year.

我拿到了年度新人奖。

I was one of the top scorers on the team.

我也是队里得分最多的球员之一。

One of the things that I find funny

我发现一件很搞笑的事情，

is that people judge me by appearance.

就是人们总是以貌取人。

They say,

他们会说：

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

“哎呀，瞧这个缺只手的，白皮肤的瘸子，

I don't want him on my team!"

我才不要他进我们队！”

But what they don't know

is that I don't just have a disability,

但是他们不知道的是

我虽然残疾，

I have an ability.

但是我有实力。

One of my favorite moments from this last season

上赛季我有几段最享受的时刻，

was we played a team

其中之一就是我们跟一个队比赛，

that we had never played before.

两队之前没有对抗过。

And when the game started,

比赛开始的时候，

you could tell that they were dissing my disability.

大家可以看出来他们完全藐视我。

I mean, they double-teamed our tallest player.

他们包夹防守我队最高的一个球员，

They just were playing really soft on me,

而对我却非常“温柔”，

and they just,

可以感觉到

you could tell they thought,

他们在想：

"What can this guy with one hand do?"

“这个只有一只手的家伙能干什么？”

So, they left me open for a three.

所以，我在投三分球的时候，他们根本不来防守。

I made that one.

但是我投进了。

They left me open for another one.

我又投了一个，还是无人防守，

I made that one.

我又进了。

Then, they started to get frustrated,

然后他们开始紧张了，

so they actually fouled me.

于是对我犯规。

I made both free throws.

罚球时，我两罚两中。

And they called time out.

他们就叫了暂停。

And as we were in the huddle,

在我队集合的时候，

I could hear the other coach

我可以听到对方球队的教练

yelling at his players about me.

冲着队员大喊对我防守不力。

They went from not covering me at all

之后他们对我－－ 从最开始的完全不设防

to double-teaming me.

－－变为严防死守。

It's all about overcoming obstacles.

我所说的就是要克服障碍。

It's true, I have a disability,

我确实是身体残疾，

but so do you.

但大家也一样面对各种困难。

I also have an ability,

我有实力，

so do you.

大家也各具才华。

Everyone has obstacles to overcome.

每个人都有障碍要克服。

Some are visible like mine.

有些障碍是见得到的，就像我的残疾。

Some are less visible.

有些则没那么显而易见。

Maybe your obstacle is

也许你

that you come from a poor neighborhood.

出身贫寒。

Maybe people say you'll never amount to anything.

也许人们断定你无所作为。

Prove them wrong.

你要证明他们大错特错。

Maybe your obstacle is that you have a learning disability,

也许你有学习障碍，

and people think that you're dumb.

人们认为你很愚钝。

Prove them wrong.

你要证明他们大错特错。

Maybe people judge you

也许人们

because of the color of your skin

以肤色或者

or your family background.

家庭背景来评判你。

Prove them wrong.

你要证明他们大错特错。

I know a lot of people

我认识很多人，

who take one look at me and judge me.

他们往往以貌取人。

They say,

他们会说：

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

“喔，那个孩子不可能打好篮球。

One leg, one hand."

他就一条腿，一只手。 ”

If someone things you can't overcome the obstacles,

如果他们认为你不能逾越困难，

prove them wrong.

你要证明他们大错特错。