The difference between winning and succeeding | John Wooden | TED

Translator: David J. Kreps Finnemann Reviewer: Anders Finn Jørgensen

I coined my own definition of success in 1934,

Jeg opfandt min egen definition af succes

i 1934, da jeg underviste på et gymnasie i South Bend, Indiana,

when I was teaching at a high school in South Bend, Indiana,

being a little bit disappointed, and [disillusioned] perhaps,

værende en smule skuffet, og blændet måske, af

by the way parents of the youngsters in my English classes

den måde hvorpå forældrene til børnene i min engelsk time

expected their youngsters to get an A or a B.

forventede at deres børn

fik et A eller B. De synes et C var udmærket til naboens børn,

They thought a C was all right for the neighbors' children,

fordi naboens børn er alle sammen gennemsnitlige.

because they were all average.

But they weren't satisfied when their own --

Men de var ikke tilfredse når deres egne --

it would make the teacher feel that they had failed, or the youngster had failed.

ville få læreren til at føle at de havde fejlet, eller at børnene havde fejlet.

And that's not right.

Og det er ikke i orden. Den gode herre i sin uendelige visdom

The good Lord in his infinite wisdom didn't create us all equal

skabte os ikke alle lige når det kommer til intelligens,

as far as intelligence is concerned,

mere end at vi er lige i størrelse, udseende.

any more than we're equal for size, appearance.

Not everybody could earn an A or a B, and I didn't like that way of judging,

Ikke alle kunne gøre sig fortjent til et A eller et B, og jeg kunne ikke lide den måde at dømme det på.

and I did know how the alumni of various schools

Og jeg vidste hvordan de tidligere studerende af forskellige skoler

back in the '30s judged coaches and athletic teams.

tilbage i 30'erne dømte trænere og atletik hold.

If you won them all, you were considered to be reasonably successful --

Hvis man vandt dem alle sammen, blev man anset for at være rimelig succesfuld --

not completely.

ikke fuldstændig. Fordi jeg fandt ud af --

Because I found out --

we had a number of years at UCLA where we didn't lose a game.

vi havde et antal år på UCLA, hvor vi ikke tabte en kamp.

But it seemed that we didn't win each individual game

Men det virkede til at vi ikke vandt hver enkelt kamp med den

by the margin that some of our alumni had predicted --

margen som nogle af vores tidligere elever havde forudset og

ret ofte jeg --

(Laughter)

(Latter)

And quite frequently I really felt that they had backed up their predictions

-- ret ofte følte jeg at de havde bakket deres forudsigelser op

in a more materialistic manner.

på en mere materialistisk måde.

(Laughter)

But that was true back in the 30s, so I understood that.

Men det var tilbage i 30'erne, så jeg forstod det.

But I didn't like it, I didn't agree with it.

Men jeg kunne ikke lide det. Og jeg var ikke enig i det.

I wanted to come up with something I hoped could make me a better teacher,

Og jeg ville finde på noget, som jeg håbede ville gøre mig til en bedre lærer,

og give de unge under min vejledning --

and give the youngsters under my supervision,

hvad enten det var i atletik eller i engelsk timerne --

be it in athletics or the English classroom,

something to which to aspire,

noget at stræbe efter,

other than just a higher mark in the classroom,

andet end bare at få en høj karakter

or more points in some athletic contest.

i timerne, eller flere point i nogle atletiske discipliner.

I thought about that for quite a spell,

Jeg tænkte over det i noget tid,

and I wanted to come up with my own definition.

og jeg ville finde på min egen definition. Jeg tænkte det måske ville hjælpe.

I thought that might help.

And I knew how Mr. Webster defined it,

Og jeg vidste hvordan Hr. Webster definerede det:

as the accumulation of material possessions

Som akkumuleringen af materielle besiddelser

or the attainment of a position of power or prestige, or something of that sort,

eller opnåelsen af en position af magt og prestige, eller noget i den stil --

worthy accomplishments perhaps,

værdige præstationer måske,

but in my opinion, not necessarily indicative of success.

men efter min mening ikke nødvendigvis indikationer på succes.

So I wanted to come up with something of my own.

Så jeg ville finde på noget selv.

And I recalled --

Og jeg kunne huske -- jeg voksede op på en lille farm i Southern Indiana

I was raised on a small farm in Southern Indiana,

and Dad tried to teach me and my brothers

og far prøvede at lære mig og mine brødre

that you should never try to be better than someone else.

at man bør aldrig prøve på at være bedre end nogen andre.

Jeg er sikker på at han dengang gjorde det, jeg gjorde ikke -- det var ikke --

I'm sure at the time he did that, I didn't -- it didn't --

well, somewhere, I guess in the hidden recesses of the mind,

jamen, et aller andet sted, jeg tror i en skjult afkrog i sindet,

it popped out years later.

poppede det ud flere år senere.

Never try to be better than someone else,

Prøv aldrig på at være bedre end nogen andre,

always learn from others.

lær altid af andre. Hold aldrig op med

Never cease trying to be the best you can be --

at prøve på at være det bedste man kan være -- det styrer man selv.

that's under your control.

If you get too engrossed and involved and concerned

Hvis man bliver for opslugt og involveret og bekymret

in regard to the things over which you have no control,

i forhold til tingene man ikke har noget kontrol over,

it will adversely affect the things over which you have control.

vil det have en ugunstig effekt over de ting man kan kontrollere.

Then I ran across this simple verse that said,

Så faldt jeg over dette simple vers, hvor der stod,

"At God's footstool to confess,

"Ved Guds fodskammel at indrømme, en stakkels sjæl knælede, og bøjede sit hoved.

a poor soul knelt, and bowed his head.

'Jeg fejlede!' Skreg han.

'I failed!' he cried.

Herren sagde, 'Du gjorde dit bedste, det er succes.'"

The Master said, 'Thou didst thy best, that is success.'"

From those things, and one other perhaps,

Fra de ting, og måske en anden,

I coined my own definition of success, which is:

formulerede jeg min egen definition af succes,

Peace of mind attained only through self-satisfaction

som er: sjælefred kun opnået gennem

selvtilfredsstillelse ved at vide at man gjorde en indsats for at gøre det bedste

in knowing you made the effort to do the best of which you're capable.

man var i stand til.

I believe that's true.

Jeg mener det er sandt. Hvis man gør sig umage

If you make the effort to do the best of which you're capable,

for at gøre det bedste man er i stand til, for at prøve og forbedre situationen

trying to improve the situation that exists for you,

man er i, mener jeg det er succes.

I think that's success,

and I don't think others can judge that;

Og jeg mener ikke andre kan bedømme det. Jeg mener det er ligesom karakter og omdømme.

it's like character and reputation --

your reputation is what you're perceived to be;

Ens omdømme er hvad man opfatter det til at være:

your character is what you really are.

ens karakter er hvad man virkelig er.

And I think that character is much more important

Og jeg mener karakter er meget

than what you are perceived to be.

vigtigere end hvad man opfatter det som.

You'd hope they'd both be good,

Man ville håbe at de begge er gode,

but they won't necessarily be the same.

men de vil ikke nødvendigvis være det samme.

Well, that was my idea that I was going to try to get across to the youngsters.

Jamen, det var min ide som jeg ville prøve at udbrede til de unge.

I ran across other things.

Jeg kom også med andre ting. Jeg elsker at undervise,

I love to teach, and it was mentioned by the previous speaker

og det blev nævnt af en tidligere taler

that I enjoy poetry, and I dabble in it a bit, and love it.

at jeg nyder poesi, og jeg sopper lidt i det, jeg elsker det.

There are some things that helped me, I think,

Der er nogle ting der hjalp mig, tror jeg,

be better than I would have been.

til at være bedre end jeg ville have været. Jeg ved jeg ikke er hvad jeg burde være,

I know I'm not what I ought to be, what I should be,

ikke hvad jeg skulle være. Men jeg mener, at jeg er bedre end jeg ville have været

but I think I'm better than I would have been

if I hadn't run across certain things.

hvis jeg ikke var løbet ind i bestemte ting.

One was just a little verse that said,

Et af dem var bare et lille vers hvor der stod,

"Intet skrevet ord, ingen udtalt bøn,

"No written word, no spoken plea

can teach our youth what they should be;

kan lære vores ungdom hvad de burde være.

nor all the books on all the shelves --

Ej heller alle bøger på hylderne --

it's what the teachers are themselves."

det er hvad lærerne selv er."

That made an impression on me in the 1930s.

Det gjorde et indtryk på mig

i 1930'erne.

And I tried to use that more or less in my teaching,

Og jeg prøvede at bruge det, mere eller mindre i min undervisning,

whether it be in sports, or whether it be in the English classroom.

hvad enten det var i sport, eller i engelsk timerne.

I love poetry and always had an interest in that somehow.

Jeg elsker poesi og har på en eller anden måde altid haft en interesse i det.

Maybe it's because Dad used to read to us at night,

Måske er det fordi min far plejede at lære for os om aftenen.

by coal oil lamp --

-- vi havde ikke elektricitet

we didn't have electricity in our farm home.

i vores landbrugshus.

And Dad would read poetry to us. So I always liked it.

Og far ville læse poesi for os. Så jeg kunne altid lide det.

And about the same time I ran across this one verse,

Og på cirka samme tid løb jeg ind i dette ene vers,

I ran across another one.

løb jeg ind i et andet. Nogen spurgte

Someone asked a lady teacher why she taught,

en lærerinde hvorfor hun underviste.

and after some time, she said she wanted to think about that.

Og hun -- efter noget tid, sagde hun at hun ville tænke over det.

Then she came up and said,

Så kom hun tilbage og sagde,

"They ask me why I teach, and I reply,

"De spørger mig hvorfor jeg underviser

og jeg svarer, 'Hvor kunne jeg finde så fremragende selskab?'

'Where could I find such splendid company?'

There sits a statesman, strong, unbiased, wise;

Der sidder en statsmand, stærk, objektiv, vis;

another Daniel Webster, silver-tongued.

en anden Daniel Webster, ordet i sin magt.

A doctor sits beside him, whose quick, steady hand may mend a bone,

Der sidder en læge ved siden af ham,

hvis hurtige og rolige hånd kan hele en knogle,

or stem the life-blood's flow.

eller styre livsblodet flyden.

And there a builder; upward rise the arch of a church he builds,

Og der en bygger. Hvælvingen på den kirke han bygger, strækker sig opad,

wherein that minister may speak the word of God,

hvori den præst kan tale Guds ord

and lead a stumbling soul to touch the Christ.

og lede en vaklende sjæl til at røre Kristus.

And all about, a gathering of teachers,

Og alt sammen om en samling lærere,

farmers, merchants, laborers --

landmænd, handlere, arbejdere:

those who work and vote and build

dem der arbejder og stemmer og bygger og planlægger og beder ind i en bedre morgendag.

and plan and pray into a great tomorrow.

And I may say, I may not see the church,

Og jeg må sige, jeg ser måske ikke kirken,

or hear the word, or eat the food their hands may grow,

eller hører ordet, eller spiser maden deres hænder dyrker,

but yet again I may;

Omvendt så gør jeg måske.Og senere kan jeg sige,

And later I may say,

I knew him once, and he was weak, or strong, or bold or proud or gay.

jeg kendte ham en gang, og han var stærk, eller svag,

eller modig, eller stolt eller glad.

I knew him once, but then he was a boy.

Jeg kendte ham en gang, men de var han en dreng.

They ask me why I teach and I reply,

De spørger mig hvorfor jeg underviser og jeg svarer,

'Where could I find such splendid company?'"

'Hvor kan jeg finde så fremragende selskab?'"

And I believe the teaching profession --

Og jeg tror på lærergerningen --

it's true, you have so many youngsters,

det er sandt, man har så mange unge.

and I've got to think of my youngsters at UCLA --

Og jeg skal tænke på mine unge ved UCLA --

nogle og 30 advokater, 11 tandlæger og læger,

30-some attorneys, 11 dentists and doctors,

many, many teachers and other professions.

mange, mange lærere og andre professioner.

And that gives you a great deal of pleasure,

Og det giver en en stor del glæde,

to see them go on.

at se dem gå videre.

I always tried to make the youngsters feel that they're there to get an education,

Jeg har altid prøvet på at få de unge til at føle

at de er der for at få en uddannelse, nummer et.

number one; basketball was second, because it was paying their way,

Basketball var nummer to, fordi det betalte for dagen og vejen,

and they do need a little time for social activities,

og de har brug for lidt tid til sociale aktiviteter,

but you let social activities take a little precedence over the other two,

men man lader sociale aktiviteter have et lille fortrin frem for de to andre

og man har ikke nogen af dem særlig længe.

and you're not going to have any very long.

So that was the idea that I tried to get across

Så det var ideerne jeg prøvede at formidle

to the youngsters under my supervision.

til de unge i min varetægt.

I had three rules, pretty much,

Jeg havde tre regler, stort set, som jeg til hver en tid holdte mig til.

that I stuck with practically all the time.

I'd learned these prior to coming to UCLA, and I decided they were very important.

Jeg havde lært dem inden jeg kom til UCLA,

og jeg besluttede at de var meget vigtige.

One was "Never be late."

En var -- kom aldrig for sent. Kom aldrig for sent.

Later on I said certain things --

Senere sagde jeg bestemte ting --

the players, if we were leaving for somewhere, had to be neat and clean.

jeg havde -- spillere, hvis vi skulle et sted hen, skulle være pæne og rene.

There was a time when I made them wear jackets and shirts and ties.

Der var en gang hvor jeg fik dem til at have jakker og skjorter og slips på.

Then I saw our chancellor coming to school in denims and turtlenecks,

Så så jeg vores rektor komme i skole

i cowboybukser og rullekrave, og jeg tænkte,

and thought, it's not right for me to keep this other [rule] so I let them just --

ikke rigtigt for mig at holde fast i det andet.

Så jeg lod dem -- bare at de skulle være pæne og rene.

they had to be neat and clean.

I had one of my greatest players that you probably heard of, Bill Walton.

Jeg havde en af mine største spillere som I muligvis har hørt om,

Bill Walton. Han kom for at nå bussen;

He came to catch the bus; we were leaving for somewhere to play.

vi skulle afsted for at spille et eller andet sted.

And he wasn't clean and neat, so I wouldn't let him go.

Og han var ikke ren og pæn, så jeg lod ham ikke tage afsted.

He couldn't get on the bus,

Han måtte ikke komme ombord. Han skulle hjem og blive rengjort

he had to go home and get cleaned up

to get to the airport.

for at komme til lufthavnen.

So I was a stickler for that. I believed in that.

Så det var jeg pertentlig omkring. Jeg troede på det.

I believe in time; very important.

Jeg tror på tid -- meget vigtigt.

I believe you should be on time, but I felt at practice, for example --

Jeg mener man skal komme til tiden. Men jeg følte til træning, for eksempel,

we start on time, we close on time.

vi startede til tiden, vi sluttede til tiden.

The youngsters didn't have to feel that we were going to keep them over.

De unge skulle ikke føle at vi holdte dem længere.

When I speak at coaching clinics, I often tell young coaches --

Når jeg taler til coaching klinikker, fortæller jeg ofte

unge coacher -- og ved coaching klinikker, mere eller mindre,

and at coaching clinics, more or less,

they'll be the younger coaches getting in the profession.

er det de unge coacher der prøver at komme ind i professionen.

Most of them are young, you know, and probably newly-married.

De fleste af dem er unge, I ved, og sikkert nygifte.

And I tell them, "Don't run practices late,

Og jeg fortæller dem, "Træn ikke sent.

because you'll go home in a bad mood,

Fordi man tager hjem med dårligt humør.

and that's not good, for a young married man to go home in a bad mood.

Og det er ikke godt, for en ung nygift mand at komme hjem i dårligt humør.

When you get older, it doesn't make any difference, but --"

Når man bliver ældre, gør det ikke nogen forskel." Men --

(Latter)

(Laughter)

So I did believe: on time.

Så jeg tror på, til tiden. Jeg tror på at starte til tiden,

I believe starting on time, and I believe closing on time.

og jeg tror på at slutte til tiden.

And another one I had was, not one word of profanity.

Og en anden ting jeg havde var, ikke et skældsord.

One word of profanity, and you are out of here for the day.

Et skældsord og man er væk herfra resten af dagen.

If I see it in a game, you're going to come out and sit on the bench.

Hvis jeg ser det i en kamp, kommer man ud og sidder på bænken.

And the third one was, never criticize a teammate.

Og den tredje var, kritiser aldrig en holdkammerat.

I didn't want that. I used to tell them I was paid to do that.

Det ville jeg ikke have. Jeg plejede at sige til dem, at jeg blev betalt for at gøre det.

That's my job. I'm paid to do it. Pitifully poor, but I am paid to do it.

Det er mit job. Jeg bliver betalt for at gøre det. Utrolig lidt, men jeg bliver betalt for at gøre det.

Not like the coaches today, for gracious sakes, no.

Ikke ligesom trænerne i dag, for søren, nej.

It's a little different than it was in my day.

Det er lidt anderledes end det var i min tid.

Those were three things that I stuck with pretty closely all the time.

Det var tre ting jeg holdte mig ret meget til hele tiden.

Og det kom faktisk fra min far.

And those actually came from my dad.

That's what he tried to teach me and my brothers at one time.

Det var det han prøvede at lære mig og mine brødre en gang.

I came up with a pyramid eventually,

Jeg fandt på en pyramide med tiden,

that I don't have the time to go on that.

som jeg ikke har tid til at forklare nu.

Men den hjalp mig, tror jeg, med at blive en bedre lærer.

But that helped me, I think, become a better teacher.

It's something like this:

Det er noget i denne retning:

And I had blocks in the pyramid,

Og jeg havde blokke i pyramiden,

and the cornerstones being industriousness and enthusiasm,

og hjørnestenene var arbejdsomhed og entusiasme,

working hard and enjoying what you're doing,

at arbejde hårdt og holde af det man gør,

coming up to the apex,

at nå højdepunktet

according to my definition of success.

ifølge min definition på succes.

And right at the top, faith and patience.

Og helt på toppen -- tro og tålmodighed.

And I say to you, in whatever you're doing,

Og jeg fortæller jer, uanset hvad man laver

you must be patient.

skal man være tålmodig. Man skal have tålmodigheden til --

You have to have patience to -- we want things to happen.

vi vil gerne have at der sker noget. Vi taler om at vores unge tit er utålmodige.

We talk about our youth being impatient a lot, and they are.

They want to change everything. They think all change is progress.

Og det er de. De vil ændre alt.

De tror al forandring er forbedring.

And we get a little older -- we sort of let things go.

Og vi bliver lidt ældre -- vi lader ting være.

And we forget there is no progress without change.

Og vi glemmer at der ikke er noget fremskridt uden forandring.

Så man skal have tålmodighed.

So you must have patience,

and I believe that we must have faith.

Og jeg mener at vi skal have tro.

I believe that we must believe, truly believe.

Jeg mener at vi skal tro,

virkelig tro. Ikke bare for at sige noget;

Not just give it word service,

believe that things will work out as they should,

tro på at tingene udarter sig som de burde,

providing we do what we should.

forudsat vi gør det vi bør.

I think our tendency is to hope things will turn out the way we want them to

Jeg tror vores tendens er at håbe på at tingene udarter sig som vi gerne vil have de gør

meget af tiden. Men vi gør ikke de ting der er nødvendige

much of the time,

but we don't do the things that are necessary

to make those things become reality.

for at de ting kan blive til virkelighed.

I worked on this for some 14 years,

Jeg arbejdede på dette i cirka 14 år,

and I think it helped me become a better teacher.

og jeg mener det hjalp mig til at blive en bedre lærer.

But it all revolved around that original definition of success.

Men det drejede sig om den originale definition af succes.

You know, a number of years ago,

I ved der for et antal år siden, var der en Major

there was a Major League Baseball umpire by the name of George Moriarty.

League Baseball dommer der hed George Moriarty.

He spelled Moriarty with only one 'i'.

Han stavede Moriarty med kun et 'i'.

I'd never seen that before, but he did.

Det havde jeg ikke set før, men det gjorde han.

Big league baseball players --

Big league baseball spillere --

they're very perceptive about those things,

de er meget hurtigt opfattende om disse ting,

and they noticed he had only one 'i' in his name.

og de lagde mærke til at der kun var et 'i' i hans navn.

You'd be surprised how many also told him

Man ville blive overrasket over hvor mange der også sagde til ham

that that was one more than he had in his head

at det var et mere end han havde i sit hoved

at various times.

på forskellige tidspunkter.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

But he wrote something where I think he did

Men han skrev noget som jeg tror han gjorde

what I tried to do in this pyramid.

mens jeg prøvede at lave denne pyramide. Han kaldte det "The Road Ahead,

He called it "The Road Ahead, or the Road Behind."

or the Road Behind."

He said, "Sometimes I think the Fates must grin as we denounce them and insist

"Nogen gange tror jeg skæbnerne må

grine mens vi tager afstand fra dem og insisterer

the only reason we can't win, is the Fates themselves have missed.

på, at den eneste grund til vi kan vinde er, at skæbnen selv rammer ved siden af.

Yet there lives on the ancient claim:

Alligevel lever den gamle myte videre:

we win or lose within ourselves.

vi vinder eller taber indeni os selv. De skinnende trofæer på vores hylde

The shining trophies on our shelves can never win tomorrow's game.

kan aldrig vinde morgendagens kamp.

You and I know deeper down, there's always a chance to win the crown.

Du og jeg ved inderst inde, at der altid er en chance for at vinde kronen.

But when we fail to give our best,

Men når vi ikke formår at yde vores bedste,

we simply haven't met the test, of giving all and saving none

har vi ikke levet op til det, at give alt

og ikke gemme noget til kampen virkelig er vundet;

until the game is really won;

ved at vise hvad der menes med mod;

of showing what is meant by grit;

ved at blive ved med at spille, mens andre stopper;

of playing through when others quit;

of playing through, not letting up.

ved at blive ved, ikke at give op;

It's bearing down that wins the cup.

Det er vedholdenhed der vinder en trofæet. Ved at drømme om der er et mål forude;

Of dreaming there's a goal ahead; of hoping when our dreams are dead;

ved at håbe, mens vores drømme er døde;

ved at bede, når vores håb har forladt os.

of praying when our hopes have fled; yet losing, not afraid to fall,

Alligevel at tabe, ikke være bange for at falde,

if, bravely, we have given all.

hvis vi modigt har givet alt. For hvem kan bede en man om mere

For who can ask more of a man than giving all within his span.

end at han giver alt i sin magt.

Giving all, it seems to me, is not so far from victory.

At give alt, virker det på mig, er ikke så langt fra sejr.

And so the Fates are seldom wrong, no matter how they twist and wind.

Så skæbnen tager sjældent fejl, uanset hvordan de drejer og vrider.

It's you and I who make our fates --

Det er dig og mig der bestemmer vores skæbne --

we open up or close the gates on the road ahead or the road behind."

vi åbner op eller lukker porten til vejen foran os eller bag os."

Reminds me of another set of threes that my dad tried to get across to us:

Det minder mig tre andre ting min far prøvede at lære os.

Don't whine. Don't complain. Don't make excuses.

Lad være med at jamre. Lad være med at klage. Lad være med at finde på undskyldninger.

Just get out there,

Bare kom derud, og uanset hvad man gør,

and whatever you're doing, do it to the best of your ability.

gør det så godt man kan.

And no one can do more than that.

Og ingen kan gøre mere end det.

I tried to get across, too, that --

Jeg prøvede også at lære, at --

my opponents will tell you -- you never heard me mention winning.

mine modstandere fortæller jer ikke -- man har aldrig hørt mig nævne det at vinde.

Never mention winning.

Aldrig nævn det at vinde. Min ide er,

My idea is that you can lose when you outscore somebody in a game,

at man kan tabe når man scorer mere end modstanderen.

and you can win when you're outscored.

Og man kan vinde når modstanderen scorer mere.

I've felt that way on certain occasions, at various times.

Jeg har følt det ved nogle lejligheder,

på forskellige tidspunkter.

And I just wanted them to be able to hold their head up after a game.

Og jeg ville bare have at de var i stand til

at holde deres hoved højt efter kampen.

I used to say that when a game is over,

Jeg plejede at sige at når kampen var forbi,

and you see somebody that didn't know the outcome,

og man ser nogen der ikke kendte resultatet,

I hope they couldn't tell by your actions

håber jeg at de ikke kan se på ens handlinger

whether you outscored an opponent or the opponent outscored you.

om man scorede mere end modstanderen, eller modstanderen scorede mere end en.

That's what really matters:

Det er det der virkelig betyder noget: hvis man gør sig umage

if you make an effort to do the best you can regularly,

for at gøre det bedste man kan regelmæssigt,

the results will be about what they should be.

vil resultaterne handle om det de skal handle om.

Not necessarily what you'd want them to be but they'll be about what they should;

Ikke nødvendigvis det man gerne vil have de skal være,

men de vil handle om det de skal,

only you will know whether you can do that.

og det ved man kun selv om man kan gøre.

And that's what I wanted from them more than anything else.

Og det var det jeg ønskede fra dem, mere end noget andet.

And as time went by, and I learned more about other things,

Og som tiden gik, og jeg lærte mere om andre ting,

I think it worked a little better,

tror jeg det virkede lidt bedre,

as far as the results.

med hensyn til resultaterne. Men jeg ville have at resultatet af kampen var

But I wanted the score of a game to be the byproduct of these other things,

biproduktet af disse andre ting,

and not the end itself.

og ikke målet.

I believe it was one great philosopher who said --

Jeg mener det var --

en stor filosof der sagde -- nej, nej,

no, no -- Cervantes.

Cervantes. Cervantes sagde,

Cervantes said, "The journey is better than the end."

"Rejsen er bedre end målet."

And I like that.

Og det kan jeg lide. Jeg mener det er --

I think that it is -- it's getting there.

det er at nå dertil. Nogle gange når man ankommer, er det næsten en skuffelse.

Sometimes when you get there, there's almost a let down.

But it's the getting there that's the fun.

Men det er det at nå dertil der er sjovt.

As a basketball coach at UCLA, I liked our practices to be the journey,

Jeg kunne lide vores -- som en basketball træner ved UCLA ville jeg gerne have at vores træninger var rejsen,

and the game would be the end, the end result.

og kampen ville være målet. Slutresultatet.

I liked to go up and sit in the stands and watch the players play,

Jeg kan godt lide at sidde på tribunen og se spillerne spille,

and see whether I'd done a decent job during the week.

og se om jeg havde gjort et hæderligt stykke arbejde

i løbet af ugen.

There again, it's getting the players to get that self-satisfaction,

Der igen, handler det om at få spillerne til at få den selvtilfredsstillelse,

in knowing that they'd made the effort to do the best of which they are capable.

ved at vide at de har gjort en indsats for at gøre

det bedste de er i stand til.

Sometimes I'm asked who was the best player I had, or the best teams.

Nogle gange bliver jeg spurgt om hvem der var

den bedste spiller jeg havde, eller de bedste hold.

I can never answer that.

Det kan jeg aldrig svare på,

As far as the individuals are concerned --

når det kommer til individerne.

I was asked one time about that,

Jeg blev en gang bedt om det,

and they said,

og de sagde, "Hvad nu hvis du på en eller anden måde kunne

"Suppose that you, in some way, could make the perfect player.

lave den perfekte spiller. Hvad ville du have?"

What would you want?"

And I said, "Well, I'd want one that knew why he was at UCLA:

Og jeg sagde, "Jamen, jeg ville have en der viste hvorfor han var ved UCLA:

to get an education, he was a good student,

for at få en uddannelse, han var en god student,

really knew why he was there in the first place.

virkelig vidste hvorfor han var der til at starte med.

But I'd want one that could play, too.

Men jeg ville også have en der kunne spille.

I'd want one to realize that defense usually wins championships,

Jeg ville have en der var klar over, at

forsvaret som regel vinder mesterskaber, og ville arbejde hårdt på forsvaret.

and who would work hard on defense.

But I'd want one who would play offense, too.

Men jeg ville have en der også ville spille i angrebet.

I'd want him to be unselfish,

Jeg ville have at han var uselvisk,

and look for the pass first and not shoot all the time.

og se efter afleveringen først, og ikke skyde hele tiden.

And I'd want one that could pass and would pass.

Og jeg ville have en der kunne aflevere, og ville aflevere.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

I've had some that could and wouldn't,

Jeg har haft nogle der kunne, men ikke gjorde det,

and I've had some that would and could.

og jeg har haft nogle der ville men ikke kunne.

(Latter)

(Laughter)

So, yeah, I'd want that.

And I wanted them to be able to shoot from the outside.

Jeg ville have at de var i stand til at skyde udefra.

I wanted them to be good inside too.

Jeg ville have at de var gode indvendige også.

(Latter)

(Laughter)

I'd want them to be able to rebound well at both ends, too.

Jeg ville have at de var i stand til at rebounde i begge ender også.

Why not just take someone like Keith Wilkes and let it go at that.

Og hvorfor ikke bare tage en som Keith Wilkes og lade det være det.

He had the qualifications.

Han havde kvalifikationerne. Ikke den eneste,

Not the only one, but he was one that I used in that particular category,

men han var en jeg plejede at se i den

bestemte kategori, fordi jeg mener han

because I think he made the effort to become the best.

gjorde indsatsen for at blive den bedste [uklart].

There was a couple.

I mention in my book, "They Call Me Coach,"

Jeg nævner i min bog, "They Call Me Coach".

two players that gave me great satisfaction,

To spillere der gav mig stor tilfredsstillelse;

that came as close as I think anyone I ever had to reach their full potential:

det kom så tæt på som jeg tror nogen er kommet til at nå deres fulde potentiale:

en var Conrad Burke. Og en var Doug McIntosh.

one was Conrad Burke, and one was Doug McIntosh.

When I saw them as freshmen, on our freshmen team --

Da jeg så dem som førsteårselever,

på vores førsteårselevhold --

freshmen couldn't play varsity when I taught.

vi havde ikke -- førsteårselever måtte ikke spille på førsteholdet da jeg underviste.

I thought, "Oh gracious, if these two players, either one of them" --

Og jeg tænkte, "Åh gud, hvis disse to spillere, hver af dem" --

they were different years, but I thought about each one at the time he was there --

det var forskellige år, men jeg tænkte om hver af dem på det tidspunkt de var der --

"Oh, hvis han nogensinde kommer på førsteholdet,

"Oh, if he ever makes the varsity,

our varsity must be pretty miserable, if he's good enough to make it."

vores førstehold må være ret dårligt, hvis han er god nok til at komme med på det."

And you know, one of them was a starting player for a season and a half.

Og I ved en af dem

var en spiller fra startopstillingen gennem halvanden sæson.

The other one, his next year, played 32 minutes in a national championship game,

Den anden var -- hans næste år, spillede han

32 minutter i en national mesterskabs kamp,

Did a tremendous job for us.

gjorde et fremragende stykke arbejde for os. Og året efter, var han i startopstillingen

The next year, he was a starting player on the national championship team,

på det nationale mesterskabs hold.

and here I thought he'd never play a minute, when he was --

Og jeg troede hans aldrig ville spille et minut, da han var --

so those are the things that give you great joy,

så det er tingene der giver en stor glæde,

og stor tilfredsstillelse at se en.

and great satisfaction to see.

Neither one of those youngsters could shoot very well.

Hverken den ene eller anden af de to unge kunne kaste særlig godt.

But they had outstanding shooting percentages,

Men de havde fantastiske skud procenter,

because they didn't force it.

fordi de ikke gennemtvang det.

And neither one could jump very well,

Og ingen af dem hoppede særlig godt,

but they kept good position, and so they did well rebounding.

men de fik -- beholdt gode positioner,

så de var gode til rebound. De huskede at

They remembered that every shot that's taken, they assumed would be missed.

hver gang der blev kastet, gik de ud fra det ville ramme ved siden af.

I've had too many stand around and wait to see if it's missed,

Jeg har haft for mange der står og venter på at se om den rammer ved siden af,

så løber de og det er for sent.

then they go and it's too late, somebody else is in there ahead of them.

Nogen andre er foran dem.

They weren't very quick, but they played good position,

Og de var ikke særlig hurtige, men de spillede gode positioner,

kept in good balance.

holdte en god balance.

And so they played pretty good defense for us.

Så de spillede ret godt forsvar for os.

So they had qualities that -- they came close to --

Så de havde kvaliteter der -- de kom tæt på --

as close to reaching possibly their full potential

så tæt på muligvis at nå deres fulde potentiale

as any players I ever had.

som nogen spillere jeg nogensinde har haft.

So I consider them to be as successful as Lewis Alcindor or Bill Walton,

Så jeg ser dem som lige så succesrige som

Lewis Alcindor eller Bill Walton.,

or many of the others that we had;

eller mange af de andre vi havde. Der var nogle fremragende -- nogle fremragende spillere.

there were some outstanding players.

Have I rambled enough?

Har jeg vrøvlet nok?

I was told that when he makes his appearance, I was supposed to shut up.

Jeg fik at vide at når han viser sig, var det meningen jeg skulle tie stille.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

(Applause)

(Bifald)