Overcoming obstacles - Steven Claunch

譯者: Isabel Lin 審譯者: Dong Mao

As you can see,

如你所見

I was born without fingers on my right hand.

我生來就沒有右手手指

And also my right leg was several inches shorter

還有 我的右腿也比我的左腿

than my left one.

短了幾英寸

They broke the bones in the leg,

他們將腿骨切斷

then they screwed metal spikes into the bone.

然後他們用金屬長釘拴在腿骨上

It has not only spikes,

不只是長釘

but wires that go all the way through the leg

還有用來固定住它的

to stabilize it.

多條金屬線

I have to walk on it.

我得這樣走路

I have to stretch it out

我得經常做伸展

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

這樣 我的肌肉才不會一直萎縮

People always ask me, "Does it hurt?"

人們總是問我：「痛嗎?」

Yes, it does,

是的 很痛

but I focus on what I can do,

但是我將注意力放在我能做什麼

not on what I cannot do.

而不是我不能做什麼

I want to talk with you guys

我想和你們說的是

about overcoming obstacles.

「克服障礙」

Everybody has obstacles,

每個人都有障礙

a disability,

或殘障

a hurdle.

或阻礙

We face a choice:

我們面臨著一個選擇：

Let the obstacle overcome you

讓障礙戰勝你

or overcome the obstacle.

或者是戰勝這個障礙

Maybe some of you have heard of Jim Abbott.

也許你們都聽說過吉姆雅培

He was a Major League baseball player.

他是棒球大聯盟球員

He won a gold metal in the Olympics.

他曾贏得奧運金牌獎

He played for the Yankees, the Angels.

他在洋基棒球隊打過 也在天使棒球隊裡打過

But he threw a no-hitter,

他不但投出無人安打賽

and he only had one arm.

而且他只有一隻手

When he was a kid,

當他還是個孩子時

he came home mad one time

有一次他生著氣回家

and told his dad,

跟他爸爸說：

"The kids won't let me play baseball

「其他的小朋友們不讓我打棒球

because I only have one hand."

因為我只有一隻手」

His dad replied,

他的父親回答說：

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

「不，其他的小朋友們不讓你打棒球

because you stink at baseball.

是因為你打得很爛

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

你不能改變你只有一隻手臂的事實

but you can change the fact that you stink."

但你可以改變你打得很爛的這件事」

So, his dad began to practice with him,

因此 他的父親開始陪他練習

and he got good.

然後他就變棒了

He overcame obstacles.

他克服了障礙

Teams would try to exploit his weak side.

隊友可能會攻擊他的弱點

They would try to bunt to the side

他們會試圖對著他沒有手

that he had a missing arm.

的那邊打出短打

But they never succeeded

但他們從未成功

because he practiced and practiced

因為他不斷地練習

fielding bunts to that side.

防守短邊的短打

There's no dishonor in having a disability,

有殘障並不羞恥

and I won't let anyone diss my ability,

我不會讓任何人羞辱我的能力

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

但我也不想要別人的同情

I will not use the obstacles I face

我不會用我所面臨的障礙

as an excuse for having a pity party.

作為自怨自艾的藉口

I will practice harder,

我將更加努力練習

play harder,

更努力打球

and push myself harder

更加激勵我自己

to keep getting better.

變得更好

Last season I started

上個賽季開始後

on my varsity high school basketball team

我成為我高中籃球校隊裡的

as a freshman,

一名新生球員

and I won Rookie of the Year.

而且還贏得了年度最佳新人獎

I was one of the top scorers on the team.

我是隊裡得高分的球員之一

One of the things that I find funny

我發現一件很有趣的事

is that people judge me by appearance.

人們根據我的外觀下評判

They say,

他們說

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

「哦，看看這個獨手白瘸

I don't want him on my team!"

我才不要讓他在我的球隊裡! 」

But what they don't know

is that I don't just have a disability,

但他們不知道的是

我不但有殘疾

I have an ability.

我還有能力

One of my favorite moments from this last season

上個賽季中我最喜歡的時刻之一

was we played a team

是我們和一隊

that we had never played before.

我們從來沒交手過的球隊比賽

And when the game started,

當比賽開始時

you could tell that they were dissing my disability.

你可以看得出來他們輕視我的殘疾

I mean, they double-teamed our tallest player.

他們夾攻我們最高的隊員

They just were playing really soft on me,

但是他們對我很放水

and they just,

就是說

you could tell they thought,

你可以看得出來他們在想：

"What can this guy with one hand do?"

「這個只有一隻手的傢伙能幹什麼？」

So, they left me open for a three.

因此 他們放了我一個無人防守的三分球

I made that one.

我投進了那一球

They left me open for another one.

他們離開後 又一次無人防守

I made that one.

我又投進了一球

Then, they started to get frustrated,

之後 他們開始惱怒

so they actually fouled me.

因此他們對我犯規

I made both free throws.

我又罰進兩球

And they called time out.

然後我們在做戰術集商時

And as we were in the huddle,

他們叫了暫停

I could hear the other coach

我可以聽到另一隊的教練

yelling at his players about me.

對著他的球員怒罵關於我的事

They went from not covering me at all

他們從完全沒有防守我

to double-teaming me.

到兩人夾攻我

It's all about overcoming obstacles.

這些 都是克服障礙的過程

It's true, I have a disability,

是的 我有殘疾

but so do you.

但是你也是

I also have an ability,

我有能力

so do you.

而你也有

Everyone has obstacles to overcome.

每個人都有需要克服的障礙

Some are visible like mine.

有些是像我的是看得見的

Some are less visible.

有些是比較看不見的

Maybe your obstacle is

也許你的障礙是

that you come from a poor neighborhood.

你來自一個貧困的社區

Maybe people say you'll never amount to anything.

或許有人會說你永遠不能成就些什麼

Prove them wrong.

去證明他們錯了！

Maybe your obstacle is that you have a learning disability,

也許你的障礙是你有學習困難

and people think that you're dumb.

人們認為你是啞巴

Prove them wrong.

去證明他們錯了！

Maybe people judge you

也許人們因你的皮膚顏色

because of the color of your skin

或因你的家庭背景

or your family background.

而評判你

Prove them wrong.

去證明他們錯了！

I know a lot of people

我知道很多人

who take one look at me and judge me.

看了我一眼就評判我

They say,

他們會說：

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

「哦，那孩子不可能打得好籃球的。

One leg, one hand."

他只有一條腿，一隻手。」

If someone things you can't overcome the obstacles,

如果有人說你不能克服的障礙，

prove them wrong.

去證明他們錯了！