The difference between winning and succeeding | John Wooden | TED

Prevoditelj: Sanda L Recezent: Ivan Stamenković

I coined my own definition of success in 1934,

Definiciju uspjeha skovao sam 1934.

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

kao učitelj u srednjoj školi u South Bendu, u Indiani,

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

pomalo razočaran, možda i obmanut,

by the way parents of the youngsters in my English classes

načinom kako su roditelji djece kojoj sam predavao engleski jezik

expected their youngsters to get an A or a B.

očekivali od djece da dobiju petice ili četvorke.

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

Smatrali su da je trojka dobra za djecu njihovih susjeda,

because they were all average.

jer su ona sva bila prosječna.

But they weren't satisfied when their own --

No, nisu bili zadovoljni kad bi njihova djeca

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

učitelju dala povoda da pomisli da su oni ili njihovo dijete neuspješni.

And that's not right.

A to nije dobro.

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

Dobri i mudri Bog nije nas sve stvorio jednakima,

as far as intelligence is concerned,

barem što se inteligencije tiče,

ništa više no što smo jednaki visinom ili izgledom.

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,

Nije svatko mogao dobiti pet ili četiri, nije mi se takvo razmišljanje sviđalo.

and I did know how the alumni of various schools

Znao sam da su bivši učenici raznih škola

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

još u 1930-ima ocjenjivali svoje trenere i sportske ekipe.

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

Ako ste pobijedili sve, smatrali su vas razmjerno uspješnima.

not completely.

Ne potpuno.

Because I found out --

Ustanovio sam

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

da mi na UCLA-u niz godina nismo izgubili utakmicu.

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

No, nismo svaku pojedinu utakmicu

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

dobili razlikom kakvu su naši bivši učenici često predviđali...

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

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

Prilično mi se često činilo da su oni svoje prognoze poduprli

in a more materialistic manner.

na neki materijalističniji način.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

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

Jasno mi je da je to u 1930-ima bilo tako.

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

Ali nije mi se sviđalo, niti sam se s time slagao.

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

Želio sam smisliti nešto što bi me učinilo boljim učiteljem,

and give the youngsters under my supervision,

čime bih toj svojoj mladeži,

be it in athletics or the English classroom,

u sportu ili u engleskom jeziku,

something to which to aspire,

dao nešto čemu bi težili,

other than just a higher mark in the classroom,

različito od samo viših ocjena

or more points in some athletic contest.

ili više osvojenih bodova na nekom sportskom natjecanju.

I thought about that for quite a spell,

Dugo sam o tome razmišljao

and I wanted to come up with my own definition.

i želio smisliti neku vlastitu definiciju.

I thought that might help.

Mislio sam da ću tako pomoći.

And I knew how Mr. Webster defined it,

Znao sam kako je to g. Webster definirao:

as the accumulation of material possessions

kao nakupljanje materijalne imovine,

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

ili zauzimanje neke moćne pozicije, prestiža,

worthy accomplishments perhaps,

vrijednih postignuća, možda.

but in my opinion, not necessarily indicative of success.

Ali, po mome mišljenju, to nije nužno znak uspjeha.

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

Želio sam osmisliti nešto svoje.

And I recalled --

I prisjetio sam se...

I was raised on a small farm in Southern Indiana,

Odrastao sam na maloj farmi u južnoj Indiani;

and Dad tried to teach me and my brothers

tata se trudio poučiti mene i moju braću

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

da nikad ne pokušavamo biti bolji od drugih.

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

Siguran sam da u doba kad je on to činio, ja nisam...

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

... pretpostavljam, negdje u skrivenim zakucima moga uma

it popped out years later.

ukazalo se godinama kasnije:

Never try to be better than someone else,

Nikad ne pokušavaj biti bolji od drugoga.

always learn from others.

Uvijek uči od drugih.

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

Uvijek nastoj biti najbolji što možeš.

that's under your control.

Nad time imaš kontrolu.

If you get too engrossed and involved and concerned

Obuzme li te, angažiraš li se ili brineš suviše

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

o stvarima nad kojima nemaš nikakvu kontrolu,

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

to će negativno utjecati na sve ono nad čime imaš kontrolu.

Then I ran across this simple verse that said,

Potom sam naišao na ovaj jednostavan stih koji kaže:

"At God's footstool to confess,

"Pred Božje noge radi ispovijedi,

a poor soul knelt, and bowed his head.

nevoljno biće kleknu i pokloni se.

'I failed!' he cried.

'Nisam uspio!' - zavapi.

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

Gospodin reče: "Ti dade najbolje od sebe - to jest uspjeh."

From those things, and one other perhaps,

Iz svega toga i možda još koječega,

I coined my own definition of success, which is:

skovao sam vlastitu definiciju uspjeha:

Peace of mind attained only through self-satisfaction

"Duševni mir ostvaren kroz vlastito zadovoljstvo

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

spoznajom da smo se potrudili učiniti najbolje što smo bili sposobni."

I believe that's true.

Vjerujem da je to istina.

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

Potrudite li se učiniti najbolje što ste u stanju

trying to improve the situation that exists for you,

i nastojite popraviti okolnosti u kojima se nalazite -

I think that's success,

mislim da je to uspjeh.

and I don't think others can judge that;

I mislim da drugi o tome ne mogu suditi.

it's like character and reputation --

To je poput karaktera ili ugleda:

your reputation is what you're perceived to be;

Vaš ugled proizlazi iz toga kakvima vas drugi vide;

your character is what you really are.

vaš karakter je tko vi uistinu jeste.

And I think that character is much more important

A mislim da je karakter mnogo značajniji

than what you are perceived to be.

od onoga kakvima vas drugi vide.

You'd hope they'd both be good,

Nadate se da će oboje biti dobri,

but they won't necessarily be the same.

ali neće nužno biti jednaki.

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

To je, dakle, bila zamisao koju sam nastojao prenijeti tim mladima.

I ran across other things.

Otkrivao sam i druge stvari...

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

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

da uživam u poeziji, brljam po njoj pomalo i volim je.

There are some things that helped me, I think,

Neke su mi stvari pomogle

be better than I would have been.

da budem bolji no što sam mogao biti.

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

Znam da nisam tko sam trebao biti, tko bih trebao biti.

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

Ali mislim da sam bolji no što bih bio

if I hadn't run across certain things.

da na ponešto nisam slučajno naišao.

One was just a little verse that said,

Jedno od njih bio je stih koji glasi:

"No written word, no spoken plea

"Nikakva pisana riječ, ni izgovorena molba

can teach our youth what they should be;

naše mlade ne može poučiti što bi trebali biti.

nor all the books on all the shelves --

Ni sve knjige na policama,

it's what the teachers are themselves."

već su to učitelji."

That made an impression on me in the 1930s.

To me se dojmilo tada, 1930-ih.

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

I nastojao sam to koristiti u svom poučavanju,

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

bilo to na sportskom terenu, ili u učionici, na satu engleskog.

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

Volim poeziju i oduvijek me pomalo zanimala.

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

Možda je to zato što nam je tata običavao noću čitati,

by coal oil lamp --

uz petrolejku...

we didn't have electricity in our farm home.

Na našoj farmi nismo imali struje.

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

Tata bi nam čitao poeziju. I tako sam je zavolio.

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

Otprilike u isto doba kad sam naišao na taj stih,

I ran across another one.

naišao sam i na još jedan.

Someone asked a lady teacher why she taught,

Netko je pitao učiteljicu zašto poučava.

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

Zamislila se i rekla da bi o tome voljela razmisliti.

Then she came up and said,

Potom je ustala i rekla:

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

"Pitaju me zašto poučavam, a ja odgovaram:

'Where could I find such splendid company?'

'A gdje bih mogla naći takvo sjajno društvo?'

There sits a statesman, strong, unbiased, wise;

Sjedi ondje državnik - snažan, nepristran, mudar;

another Daniel Webster, silver-tongued.

drugi Daniel Webster, slatkorječiv.

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

Uz njega sjedi liječnik čija brza, staložena ruka može zakrpati kost,

or stem the life-blood's flow.

ili zaustaviti otjecanje krvi.

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

A ondje graditelj... Uvis izdiže se luk crkve koju gradi,

wherein that minister may speak the word of God,

da bi svećenik ondje izgovarao riječ Božju

and lead a stumbling soul to touch the Christ.

i vodio posrnulu dušu do dodira Kristova.

And all about, a gathering of teachers,

I sve to, okupljanje učitelja,

farmers, merchants, laborers --

poljodjelaca, trgovaca, radnika;

those who work and vote and build

onih što rade, glasuju, grade,

and plan and pray into a great tomorrow.

planiraju i mole za veliko sutra.

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

I mogla bih reći: Mogu i ne vidjeti crkvu

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

ili čuti riječ, ili jesti hranu koju njihove ruke uzgajaju.

but yet again I may;

A opet - mogla bih.

I kasnije bih mogla reći:

And later I may say,

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

Poznavala sam ga, bio je slab, ili snažan, ili hrabar, ili ponosit, ili živahan.

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

Poznavala sam ga nekoć, al' on tad bješe dječak.

They ask me why I teach and I reply,

Pitaju me zašto poučavam, a ja im odgovaram:

'Where could I find such splendid company?'"

'Gdje bih mogla naći takvo sjajno društvo?'"

And I believe the teaching profession --

Vjerujem da učiteljsko zanimanje...

it's true, you have so many youngsters,

istina je, toliko je mnogo mladih.

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

Moram misliti na svoje mladiće s UCLA-a -

30-ak odvjetnika, 11 zubara i liječnika,

30-some attorneys, 11 dentists and doctors,

many, many teachers and other professions.

nebrojeno mnogo učitelja i drugih profesionalaca.

And that gives you a great deal of pleasure,

Silan je užitak

to see them go on.

vidjeti ih kako napreduju.

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

Oduvijek sam nastojao da mladi shvate da su ovdje radi obrazovanja;

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

najprije edukacija, a onda košarka jer ih je ona hranila,

and they do need a little time for social activities,

a trebat će im vremena i za druženje.

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

Ali, dopustite li društvenim aktivnostima da prevladaju nad ostalima dvjema,

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

ubrzo neće biti ni obrazovanja, ni košarke.

So that was the idea that I tried to get across

Te sam ideje nastojao prenijeti

to the youngsters under my supervision.

mladima koje sam ja pratio.

I had three rules, pretty much,

Imao sam tri pravila kojih sam se

that I stuck with practically all the time.

pridržavao praktično sve vrijeme.

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

Usvojio sam ih prije dolaska na UCLA i držao ih vrlo važnima.

One was "Never be late."

Jedno je bilo: "Nikad ne kasni."

Later on I said certain things --

Kasnije sam znao reći:

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

Idemo li bilo kamo, igrači moraju biti uredni i čisti.

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

Ponekad sam ih tjerao da nose sakoe, košulje i kravate.

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

Onda sam vidio našeg upravitelja u trapericama i u dolčeviti

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

i pomislio sam kako mi to moje drugo pravilo i nije u redu.

they had to be neat and clean.

Trebali su samo biti uredni i čisti.

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

Čuli ste za jednog od mojih najvećih igrača - Billa Waltona.

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

Kasnio je na autobus. Išli smo na neku utakmicu.

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

Nije bio čist i uredan i nisam mu dao da pođe s nama.

He couldn't get on the bus,

Nije smio ući u autobus.

he had to go home and get cleaned up

Morao se vratiti kući i dovesti se u red

to get to the airport.

da bi stigao u zračnu luku.

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

Gnjavio sam oko takvih stvari. Vjerovao sam u to.

I believe in time; very important.

Vjerujem u vrijeme. Ono je vrlo važno.

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

Vjerujem da trebate biti točni. Primjerice, na treninzima sam uvidio --

we start on time, we close on time.

počinjemo na vrijeme, završavamo na vrijeme.

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

Mladi nisu trebali osjetiti da bismo ih mogli predugo zadržati.

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

Na trenerskim seminarima često govorim mladim trenerima,

and at coaching clinics, more or less,

a na takvim su seminarima uglavnom

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

mlađi treneri koji tek ulaze u profesiju.

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

Većinom su mladi, vjerojatno tek oženjeni.

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

Kažem im: "Ne održavajte kasne treninge,

because you'll go home in a bad mood,

jer ćete kući ići loše raspoloženi,

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

a za mladog oženjenog muškarca nije dobro da takav dolazi kući.

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

Kad ostarite, svejedno je..."

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

So I did believe: on time.

Vjerovao sam u točnost.

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

Početi na vrijeme i završiti na vrijeme.

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

Još jedno od mojih pravila bilo je: Ni "p" od psovke.

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

Jedna psovka i za danas smo gotovi.

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

Dogodi li ti se to na utakmici, ideš na klupu.

And the third one was, never criticize a teammate.

I treće je pravilo bilo: nikad ne kritiziraj suigrača.

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

To nisam trpio. Rekao bih im da sam ja za to plaćen.

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

To je posao za koji sam plaćen. Sirotinjski, ali za to sam plaćen.

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

Ne poput današnjih trenera, za Boga miloga, ne!

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

Malo je drugačije nego u moje vrijeme.

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

Tih sam se triju stvari poprilično držao sve vrijeme.

And those actually came from my dad.

Njih mi je, zapravo, prenio moj tata.

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

Tome je nastojao poučiti mene i moju braću.

I came up with a pyramid eventually,

Na koncu, osmislio sam i Piramidu,

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

ali nemamo sad za nju vremena.

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

Ali, mislim da mi je to pomoglo da postanem bolji učitelj.

It's something like this:

Ovako nekako to ide:

And I had blocks in the pyramid,

Piramida se sastoji od blokova,

and the cornerstones being industriousness and enthusiasm,

radišnost i entuzijazam kao potporni stupovi,

working hard and enjoying what you're doing,

ustrajnost i uživanje u onome što radite

coming up to the apex,

i tako postupno do vrha,

according to my definition of success.

u skladu s mojom definicijom uspjeha.

And right at the top, faith and patience.

A na samom vrhu - vjera i strpljivost.

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

Kažem vam, u svemu što radite

you must be patient.

morate biti strpljivi.

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

Moramo biti strpljivi; prečesto želimo sve odmah i sada.

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

Govorimo da su naši mladi nestrpljivi. I jesu.

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

Žele sve promijeniti. Vjeruju da je to napredak.

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

Kako starimo, tako "popuštamo".

And we forget there is no progress without change.

I zaboravljamo da bez promjene nema napretka.

So you must have patience,

Morate biti strpljivi,

and I believe that we must have faith.

a vjerujem i da moramo vjerovati.

I believe that we must believe, truly believe.

Vjerujem da moramo vjerovati, istinski vjerovati.

Not just give it word service,

Ne samo govoriti o vjeri,

believe that things will work out as they should,

nego vjerovati da će se stvari odviti onako kako trebaju,

providing we do what we should.

pod pretpostavkom da učinimo što trebamo učiniti.

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

Mislim da smo skloni nadati se da će se stvari odviti onako kako želimo

much of the time,

najveći dio vremena,

but we don't do the things that are necessary

ali ne činimo ono što je nužno

to make those things become reality.

da bi se obistinilo to što priželjkujemo.

I worked on this for some 14 years,

Radio sam na tome 14 godina

and I think it helped me become a better teacher.

i mislim da mi je pomoglo da postanem bolji učitelj.

But it all revolved around that original definition of success.

No, sve se vrtjelo oko izvorne definicije uspjeha.

You know, a number of years ago,

Prije dosta godina,

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

George Moriarty bio je sudac profesionalne bejzbol lige.

He spelled Moriarty with only one 'i'.

Sricao je"Moriarty" sa samo jednim "i".

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

Nisam to nikad prije vidio.

Big league baseball players --

Igrači prve bejzbolske lige

they're very perceptive about those things,

vrlo su osjetljivi na te stvari

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

i primijetili su da u svome imenu ima samo jedno "i".

You'd be surprised how many also told him

Iznenadili biste se i koliki su mu rekli

that that was one more than he had in his head

da je to jedno više no što je u svojoj glavi

at various times.

ponekad imao.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

But he wrote something where I think he did

Ali, on je napisao nešto čime je učinio

what I tried to do in this pyramid.

ono što sam i ja pokušao s Piramidom.

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

Nazvao je to: "Staza prema naprijed ili prema unatrag."

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

Rekao je: "Mislim da nam se Sudbina naceri kad je optužimo inzistirajući

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

da je jedini razlog našem porazu činjenica da je Sudbina podbacila.

Yet there lives on the ancient claim:

No, i dalje živi drevna izreka:

we win or lose within ourselves.

pobjeđujemo ili gubimo unutar nas samih.

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

Sjajni pokali na našim policama ne mogu dobiti sutrašnju utakmicu.

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

I vi i ja u dubini duše znamo da prilika za titulu uvijek postoji.

But when we fail to give our best,

Ali kad propustimo dati sve od sebe,

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

jednostavno nismo položili test davanja cijelog sebe ne štedivši se,

until the game is really won;

sve dok ne dobijemo utakmicu;

of showing what is meant by grit;

pokazivanja što znači borbenost,

of playing through when others quit;

igranja i kad se ostali predaju;

of playing through, not letting up.

igranja do kraja, bez odustajanja.

It's bearing down that wins the cup.

Teškim se radom osvajaju pokali.

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

Snivanje o cilju pred nama; nadanje i kad snove prekrije tama;

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

molitve kad nade više nema; pa i gubljenje, bez straha od pada;

if, bravely, we have given all.

ako smo hrabro dali sve od sebe.

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

Jer tko od čovjeka može tražiti više nego što on od sebe može više dati.

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

Dati sve je, čini mi se, ne toliko daleko od pobjede.

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

I tako su sudbine rijetko u krivu, bez obzira koliko prevrtljive bile.

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

Vi i ja smo ti koji kreiramo svoje sudbine...

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

otvaramo ili zatvaramo vrata na putu prema naprijed ili unatrag.

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

Podsjeća me to na još jedan trolist mudrosti kojima nas je otac podučavao:

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

Ne cvilite. Ne prigovarajte. Ne nalazite izlike.

Just get out there,

Jednostavno izađite

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

i što god radili, činite to najbolje što znate.

And no one can do more than that.

Nitko ne može učiniti više od toga.

I tried to get across, too, that --

Nastojao sam i da ...

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

moji će vam suparnici potvrditi - nikad ne spominjem pobjedu.

Never mention winning.

Nikad ne spominji pobjeđivanje.

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

Mislim da možete izgubiti kad postignete više zgoditaka od suparnika,

and you can win when you're outscored.

a možete pobijediti i kad on postigne više.

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

Osjećao sam se tako u nekim situacijama.

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

Jedino sam želio da mogu uzdignute glave otići s utakmice.

I used to say that when a game is over,

Obično bih im rekao: "Kad utakmica završi

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

i sretnete nekoga tko ne zna kako je utakmica završila,

I hope they couldn't tell by your actions

nadam se da neće na vama vidjeti

whether you outscored an opponent or the opponent outscored you.

jeste li utakmicu dobili ili izgubili."

That's what really matters:

To je uistinu bitno:

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

Ako redovito nastojite biti najbolji što možete,

the results will be about what they should be.

rezultati će biti otprilike kakvi bi i trebali biti.

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

Ne nužno onakvi kakve biste željeli, već onakvi kakvi trebaju biti;

only you will know whether you can do that.

samo ćete vi znati možete li to učiniti.

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

To je ono što sam od njih želio, više od svega.

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

S vremenom, kako sam i ja učio o drugim stvarima,

I think it worked a little better,

mislim da je to i bolje funkcioniralo,

as far as the results.

barem što se rezultata tiče.

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

Želio sam da ishod utakmice bude nusprodukt tih drugih stvari,

and not the end itself.

a ne cilj sam po sebi.

I believe it was one great philosopher who said --

Mislim da je jedan veliki filozof rekao...

no, no -- Cervantes.

Ne, ne... Cervantes.

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

Cervantes je rekao: "Bolje je putovati nego stići."

And I like that.

I to mi se sviđa.

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

U tome je stvar. U putovanju je smisao.

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

Ponekad se i razočarate kada stignete nekamo.

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

Ali, samo putovanje je zabavno.

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

Kao košarkaškom treneru na UCLA-u, želio sam da naši treninzi budu putovanja,

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

dok bi utakmica bila cilj, krajnje odredište.

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

Volio sam se popeti na tribinu, promatrati igrače dok igraju

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

i vidjeti jesam li što dobro napravio tijekom tjedna.

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

Prema tome, opet se tu radi o tome da igrači budu zadovoljni sobom,

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

znajući da su pokušali biti najbolji što uopće mogu biti.

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

Katkad me pitaju tko je bio moj najbolji igrač, ili najbolja momčad.

I can never answer that.

Ne mogu na to odgovoriti.

As far as the individuals are concerned --

Što se pojedinaca tiče...

I was asked one time about that,

Jednom su me pitali u vezi s time...

and they said,

Rekli su mi:

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

"Pretpostavite li da možete stvoriti savršenog igrača,

What would you want?"

što biste željeli?"

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

Rekao sam im: "Želio bih jednoga koji zna zašto je na UCLA-u:

to get an education, he was a good student,

da se obrazuje, da bude dobar student,

really knew why he was there in the first place.

da doista zna zašto je ondje, prije svega.

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

Ali, želio bih i da zna igrati.

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

Želio bih jednoga koji je svjestan da se obranom osvajaju prvenstva;

and who would work hard on defense.

koji bi uporno radio na svojoj obrani.

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

Ali, želio bih i da zna napadati.

I'd want him to be unselfish,

Želio bih da bude nesebičan

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

i najprije nastoji dodati, a ne pucati kad god može.

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

Želio bih i da može i da zna dodati loptu.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

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

Neki su mogli, ali nisu htjeli,

and I've had some that would and could.

a neki su i htjeli i mogli.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

So, yeah, I'd want that.

Dakle, takvoga bih želio.

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

Želio bih i da ima dobar šut izvana.

I wanted them to be good inside too.

Kao i da je dobar u unutrašnjoj igri.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

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

Želio bih da je dobar i u napadačkom i u obrambenom skoku.

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

Recimo, netko poput Keitha Wilkesa.

He had the qualifications.

On je zadovoljavao ove uvjete.

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

Nije bio jedini, ali bio je onaj kojega bih isticao u ovoj kategoriji,

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

jer vjerujem da se istinski trudio postati najbolji.

There was a couple.

Bilo ih je nekoliko.

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

U knjizi "Zovu me trenerom" spominjem

two players that gave me great satisfaction,

dvojicu igrača koji su mi pružili silno zadovoljstvo,

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

koji su se najviše od svih približili ostvarenju svojih punih potencijala:

one was Conrad Burke, and one was Doug McIntosh.

Conrad Burke i Doug McIntosh.

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

Kad sam ih vidio kao brucoše, u našoj brucoškoj momčadi -

freshmen couldn't play varsity when I taught.

brucoši nisu u to doba mogli igrati u prvoj momčadi -

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

pomislio sam: "O Bože, budu li ova dvojica..." -

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

bili su na različitim godinama, ali za obojicu sam to mislio -

"Oh, if he ever makes the varsity,

"... ako ovaj ikad dospije do prve momčadi,

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

naša je prva momčad prilično jadna ako ovaj uspije ući."

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

A znate, jedan od njih bio je u prvoj postavi tijekom sezone i pol.

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

Sljedeće godine, drugi je igrao 32 minute u prvenstvenoj utakmici.

Did a tremendous job for us.

Silno nam je pomogao.

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

Godinu kasnije, bio je u prvoj postavi nacionalnog prvenstva.

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

A ja sam ovdje mislio da neće igrati ni minute dok je još bio...

so those are the things that give you great joy,

To su stvari koje vas raduju

and great satisfaction to see.

i pružaju veliko zadovoljstvo.

Neither one of those youngsters could shoot very well.

Nijedan od tih mladića nije imao naročit šut.

But they had outstanding shooting percentages,

Ali imali su izniman prosjek šuteva,

because they didn't force it.

jer nisu forsirali.

And neither one could jump very well,

Niti jedan nije bio osobit skakač,

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

ali držali su dobru poziciju i zato su imali puno skokova.

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

Nisu zaboravljali pretpostaviti da bi svaki šut mogao biti promašaj.

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

Mnogi su stajali i čekali da vide hoće li biti promašaj,

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

a kad bi skočili bilo bi prekasno, jer bi ih netko već preduhitrio.

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

Nisu bili osobito brzi, ali su se dobro postavljali,

kept in good balance.

uvijek u ravnoteži.

And so they played pretty good defense for us.

I tako su za nas odigrali prilično dobru obranu.

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

Dakle, imali su kvalitete potrebne

as close to reaching possibly their full potential

da dosegnu vjerojatno svoj puni potencijal,

as any players I ever had.

od svih igrača koje sam imao.

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

Stoga ih smatram uspješnima poput Lewisa Alcindora ili Billa Waltona

or many of the others that we had;

i mnogih drugih koje smo imali;

there were some outstanding players.

a bilo je iznimnih igrača.

Have I rambled enough?

Jesam li dovoljno brbljao?

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

Rekli su mi da prestanem kad se on pojavi.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

(Applause)

(Pljesak)