The difference between winning and succeeding | John Wooden | TED

Prevodilac: Mile Živković Lektor: Dejan Vicai

I coined my own definition of success in 1934,

Smislio sam sopstvenu definiciju uspeha

1934. kada sam predavao u srednjoj školi u Saut Bendu, Indijana,

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

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

pošto sam bio pomalo razočaran i možda obmanjen

by the way parents of the youngsters in my English classes

načinom na koji su roditelji omladine na mojim časovima engleskog

expected their youngsters to get an A or a B.

očekivali od svoje dece da dobiju

četvorke ili petice. Mislili su da je trojka u redu za komšijinu decu,

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

jer su komšijska deca sva prosečna.

because they were all average.

But they weren't satisfied when their own --

Ali nisu bili zadovoljni svojom decom -

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

naterali bi ili profesora ili dete da se oseća kao da je podbacio.

To nije u redu. Dobri bog u svojoj beskrajnoj mudrosti

And that's not right.

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

nas nije sve napravio jednakim što se tiče inteligencije,

as far as intelligence is concerned,

isto kao što nismo jednaki u veličini i izgledu.

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

Nije svako mogao da zasluži 4 ili 5, i nije mi se dopadao takav način procene.

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

and I did know how the alumni of various schools

A znao sam kako su kolektivi raznih škola

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

u 30-tima procenjivali sudije i sportske timove.

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

Ako ste ih sve pridobili, smatrali su da ste razumno uspešni -

not completely.

ne sasvim. Jer sam otkrio - imali smo određeni broj godina

Because I found out --

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

na kalifornijskom univerzitetu gde nismo izgubili utakmicu.

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

Ali činilo se da nismo u svakoj pojedinačnoj utakmici pobedili

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

po granici koju je naš kolektiv predvideo

i ja sam sasvim često -

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

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

- sasvim često sam imao osećaj da su svoja predviđanja zasnovali

in a more materialistic manner.

na više materijalan način.

(Laughter)

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

Ali to je bilo istinito 30-tih i ja sam razumeo to.

Nije mi se sviđalo. I nisam se slagao s time.

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

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

Želeo sam da smislim nešto što bi od mene napravilo

boljeg nastavnika i mladima pod mojim nadzorom -

and give the youngsters under my supervision,

bez obzira da li je to na fizičkom ili u učionici na času engleskog -

be it in athletics or the English classroom,

something to which to aspire,

nešto ka čemu bi težili,

other than just a higher mark in the classroom,

osim veće ocene

or more points in some athletic contest.

u učionici, ili poena na sportskom takmičenju.

I thought about that for quite a spell,

Dosta sam razmišljao o tome i hteo sam

and I wanted to come up with my own definition.

da smislim svoju definiciju. Mislio sam da bi to pomoglo.

I thought that might help.

And I knew how Mr. Webster defined it,

Znao sam kako je to g. Vebster definisao:

as the accumulation of material possessions

skupljanje materijalnog imetka

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

ili sticanje pozicije moći i prestiža ili nešto tako -

worthy accomplishments perhaps,

možda vredna postignuća,

but in my opinion, not necessarily indicative of success.

ali ona koja po mom mišljenju nisu znak uspeha.

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

Tako sam želeo da smislim nešto svoje.

And I recalled --

I sećao sam se - odrastao sam na maloj farmi u južnoj Indijani

I was raised on a small farm in Southern Indiana,

and Dad tried to teach me and my brothers

i tata je pokušao mene i moju braću da nauči

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

da nikada ne pokušavaš da budeš bolji od nekoga drugog.

Siguran sam da u vreme kada je to radio, ja nisam - to nije -

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,

pa, pretpostavljam iz nekog skrivenog kutka uma,

it popped out years later.

to je iskočilo godinama kasnije.

Never try to be better than someone else,

Nikada ne pokušavaj da budeš bolji od nekoga,

always learn from others.

uvek uči od drugih. Nikada ne prestaj da pokušavaš

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

da budeš najbolji što možeš - to je pod tvojom kontrolom.

that's under your control.

If you get too engrossed and involved and concerned

Ako se previše zaokupiraš i umešaš i zabrineš

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

u vezi sa stvarima gde nemaš kontrolu,

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

to će negativno uticati na stvari gde imaš kontrolu.

Then I ran across this simple verse that said,

Onda sam naišao na ovaj jednostavni stih:

"At God's footstool to confess,

"Jadna duša je poklekla pred božjim nogama i savila glavu.

a poor soul knelt, and bowed his head.

'Nisam uspeo!' Uzviknuo je.

'I failed!' he cried.

Gospodar je rekao: 'Uradio si najbolje što možeš, to je tvoj uspeh.'"

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

From those things, and one other perhaps,

Iz tih stvari, i možda još jedne,

I coined my own definition of success, which is:

smislio sam svoju definiciju uspeha,

Peace of mind attained only through self-satisfaction

a to je: mir koji se postiže samo

kroz samozadovoljstvo iz znanja da si se potrudio da uradiš najbolje

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

što si sposoban da uradiš.

I believe that's true.

Verujem da je to istina. Ako se potrudiš

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

da uradiš najbolje što možeš, da pokušaš da poboljšaš situaciju

trying to improve the situation that exists for you,

koja postoji za tebe, mislim da je to uspeh.

I think that's success,

Mislim da drugi ne mogu da sude o tome. Mislim da je to kao karakter i reputacija.

and I don't think others can judge that;

it's like character and reputation --

your reputation is what you're perceived to be;

Vaša reputacija je ono kako vas vide;

your character is what you really are.

vaš karakter je ono što vi zaista jeste.

And I think that character is much more important

Mislim da je karakter mnogo bitniji

than what you are perceived to be.

od onoga što ljudi misle da vi jeste.

You'd hope they'd both be good,

Nadate se da će obe stvari biti dobre,

but they won't necessarily be the same.

ali ne moraju biti iste.

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

Pa, to je bila moja zamisao koju bih pokušao da prenesem mladima.

I ran across other things.

Nailazio sam na druge stvari. Volim da predajem,

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

i prethodni govornik je rekao da volim poeziju

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

i pomalo se bavim time i volim to.

There are some things that helped me, I think,

Mislim da postoje neke stvari koje su mi pomogle

be better than I would have been.

da budem bolji nego što bih bio. Znam da nisam ono

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

što bih trebao da budem. Ali mislim da sam bolji nego što bih bio

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

if I hadn't run across certain things.

da nisam naišao na određene stvari.

One was just a little verse that said,

Jedna od njih je bila strofa koja kaže:

"Ni reč pisana, ni molba izrečena

"No written word, no spoken plea

can teach our youth what they should be;

mlade ne uči šta treba da budu.

nor all the books on all the shelves --

Ni sve knjige na policama -

it's what the teachers are themselves."

to samo mogu sami nastavnici."

That made an impression on me in the 1930s.

Na mene je 1930-tih

to ostavilo utisak.

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

Manje - više sam pokušao da koristim to na svojim časovima,

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

i u sportu, i u predavanju engleskog.

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

Volim poeziju i nekako sam se uvek interesovao za to.

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

Možda zato što nam je otac noću čitao.

by coal oil lamp --

Uz lampu na petrolej - nismo imali struju

we didn't have electricity in our farm home.

u našoj kući na farmi.

Tata bi nam čitao poeziju. Tako sam je voleo uvek.

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

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

U isto vreme kad sam naleteo na ovu strofu,

I ran across another one.

naleteo sam na još jednu.

Someone asked a lady teacher why she taught,

Neko je pitao učiteljicu šta je mislila.

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

Nakon nekog vremena, rekla je da želi da razmisli o tome.

Then she came up and said,

Onda je došla i rekla:

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

"Pitaju me zašto predajem

a ja im odgovaram: 'Gde bih našla tako sjajno društvo?'

'Where could I find such splendid company?'

There sits a statesman, strong, unbiased, wise;

Tu sedi državnik, jak, nepristrasan, mudar;

another Daniel Webster, silver-tongued.

novi Danijel Vebster, britkoga jezika.

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

Pored njega sedi doktor,

čija hitra ruka može da zaleči kost

or stem the life-blood's flow.

ili zaustavi krv da ne teče.

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

A tu je i graditelj. Uvis diže luk na crkvi,

wherein that minister may speak the word of God,

gde sveštenik može da širi reč božju

and lead a stumbling soul to touch the Christ.

i povede posrnulu dušu da dotakne Hrista.

And all about, a gathering of teachers,

Svuda je skup učitelja,

farmers, merchants, laborers --

zemljoradnika, trgovaca, radnika,

those who work and vote and build

onih koji rade, glasaju, grade, planiraju i mole se za sjajnu sutrašnjicu.

and plan and pray into a great tomorrow.

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

Rekla bih, možda ne vidim crkvu i ne čujem reči

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

ili jedem hranu koju uzgajaju njihove ruke.

but yet again I may;

Ali možda hoću. Kasnije bih rekla,

And later I may say,

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

nekad sam ga poznavala i bio je slab, ili jak

ili hrabar ili veseo.

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

Poznavala sam ga nekad, ali je bio samo dečak.

They ask me why I teach and I reply,

Pitaju me zašto predajem i odgovaram:

'Where could I find such splendid company?'"

'Gde bih našla tako sjajno društvo?'"

And I believe the teaching profession --

Verujem da je zanimanje nastavnika -

it's true, you have so many youngsters,

istina je, ima toliko omladine.

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

Moram da pomislim na svoju omladinu na UCLA -

tridesetak advokata, 11 zubara i doktora,

30-some attorneys, 11 dentists and doctors,

many, many teachers and other professions.

mnogo, mnogo nastavnika i drugih zanimanja.

And that gives you a great deal of pleasure,

To vam pruža dosta zadovoljstva,

to see them go on.

da ih vidite kako idu dalje.

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

Uvek sam pokušao da postignem da se mladi osete

da su tu na prvom mestu da steknu obrazovanje.

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

Košarka je druga, jer su time plaćali sve

and they do need a little time for social activities,

i treba im malo vremena za društvene aktivnosti,

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

ali ako dozvolite društvenim aktivnostima da nadvladaju ovo dvoje,

nećete imati ništa veoma dugo.

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

So that was the idea that I tried to get across

To su ideje koje sam pokušao da prenesem

to the youngsters under my supervision.

omladini pod mojim vođstvom.

I had three rules, pretty much,

Otprilike sam imao tri pravila kojih sam se držao skoro uvek.

that I stuck with practically all the time.

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

Njih sam naučio pre dolaska na UCLA

i odlučio sam da su veoma bitna.

One was "Never be late."

Prvo je - nikada ne kasni. Nikada ne kasni.

Later on I said certain things --

Kasnije sam rekao određene stvari -

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

imao bih igrače koji bi morali da budu čisti i uredni ako bismo išli negde.

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

Jedno vreme sam ih terao da nose sakoe, košulje i kravate.

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

Onda sam video kancelara kako u školu dolazi

u džinsu i rolci, pa sam pomislio,

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

nije u redu da zadržim ovo drugo dvoje.

Pa sam ih pustio - samo neka budu uredni i čisti.

they had to be neat and clean.

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

Imao sam jednog od najvećih igrača za kojeg ste verovatno čuli, Bila Voltona.

Došao je da uhvati autobus,

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

išli smo da igramo negde.

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

Nije bio čist i uredan, pa nisam hteo da ga pustim da ide.

He couldn't get on the bus,

Nije mogao da uđe u autobus. Morao je da ode kući i sredi se

he had to go home and get cleaned up

to get to the airport.

da bi stigao na aerodrom.

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

Bio sam sitničar za to. U to sam verovao.

I believe in time; very important.

Verujem u vreme, ono je veoma bitno.

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

Verujem da treba da budete tačni. Na primer, na treningu sam primetio,

we start on time, we close on time.

počnemo na vreme i završimo na vreme.

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

Mladi nisu morali da osećaju da ćemo ih zadržati predugo.

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

Kada govorim pred klinikama za trenere,

često govorim mladim trenerima - a tu su manje-više

and at coaching clinics, more or less,

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

mladi treneri koji kreću sa zanimanjem.

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

Većina njih su mladi, znate, odskora oženjeni.

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

Ja im kažem: "Ne kasnite s treninzima.

because you'll go home in a bad mood,

Otići ćete kući loše raspoloženi.

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

Za mladog, oženjenog čoveka nije dobro da ode kući loše raspoložen.

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

Kada ostarite, nema neke razlike." Ali -

(Smeh)

(Laughter)

So I did believe: on time.

Tako da jesam verovao u tačnost.

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

U počinjanje i završavanje na vreme.

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

Još jedno pravilo bilo je da nije smelo biti psovki.

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

Jedna prosta reč, i letite na dan.

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

Ako to vidim u toku igre, letite napolje i idete na klupu.

And the third one was, never criticize a teammate.

Treća stvar je, nikada ne kritikuj saigrača.

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

Nisam želeo to. Govorio im bih 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 moj posao. Za to me plaćaju. Katastrofalno malo, ali me plaćaju.

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

Ne kao današnje trenere, pobogu, ne.

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

Malo je drugačije nego u moje vreme.

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

To su bile tri stvari kojih sam se držao prilično čvrsto sve vreme.

To je zapravo poteklo od mog oca.

And those actually came from my dad.

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

To je nekad pokušao da nauči mene i moju braću.

I came up with a pyramid eventually,

Na kraju sam smislio piramidu

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

ali nemam vremena da pričam o tome.

Ali mislim da mi je to pomoglo da postanem bolji nastavnik.

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

It's something like this:

To je nešto poput ovog:

And I had blocks in the pyramid,

imao sam blokove u piramidi,

and the cornerstones being industriousness and enthusiasm,

a osnove su bili vrednoća i zainteresovanost,

working hard and enjoying what you're doing,

naporan rad i uživanje u tome šta radite,

coming up to the apex,

dolazeći do vrha

according to my definition of success.

po mojoj definiciji uspeha.

And right at the top, faith and patience.

A na samom vrhu - vera i strpljenje.

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

Kažem vam, šta god da radite,

you must be patient.

morate biti strpljivi. Morate imati strpljenja da -

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

želimo da se stvari dogode. Govorimo da je omladina prilično nestrpljiva.

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

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

I jesu. Žele sve da promene.

Misle da je svaka promena napredak.

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

Kako starimo, kao da nekako popuštamo.

And we forget there is no progress without change.

Zaboravljamo da bez promene nema napretka.

Morate imati strpljenja.

So you must have patience,

and I believe that we must have faith.

I verujem da moramo imati vere.

I believe that we must believe, truly believe.

Verujem da moramo verovati,

iskreno verovati. Ne samo kroz reči,

Not just give it word service,

believe that things will work out as they should,

verovati da će se stvari rešiti kako treba,

providing we do what we should.

ako radimo ono što bi trebalo.

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

Mislim da smo skloni verovanju da će se stvari odviti kako želimo

većinu vremena. Ali ne radimo stvari koje su potrebne

much of the time,

but we don't do the things that are necessary

to make those things become reality.

da bi te stvari postale stvarnost.

I worked on this for some 14 years,

Na ovome sam radio oko 14 godina

and I think it helped me become a better teacher.

i mislim da mi je pomoglo da postanem bolji nastavnik.

But it all revolved around that original definition of success.

Ali sve se okretalo oko te prvobitne definicije uspeha.

You know, a number of years ago,

Pre određenog broja godina, postojao je sudija

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

u Glavnoj ligi bejzbola koji se zvao Džordž Morijarti.

He spelled Moriarty with only one 'i'.

"Morijarti" je pisao samo sa jednim "i".

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

Nikada pre to nisam video ali to je radio.

Big league baseball players --

Bejzbol igrači velike lige -

they're very perceptive about those things,

lako opažaju ovakve stvari

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

i primetili su da je u svom imenu imao samo jedno "i".

You'd be surprised how many also told him

Iznenadili biste se koliko njih mu je takođe reklo

that that was one more than he had in his head

da je to za jedno više nego što je imao u svojoj glavi

at various times.

u različitim periodima.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Ali napisao je nešto za šta mislim da je uradio

But he wrote something where I think he did

what I tried to do in this pyramid.

dok sam ja pokušao da uradim ovu piramidu.

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

Nazvao je to "Put ispred ili put iza".

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

"Ponekad mislim da sudbina

mora da se smeši dok je odbacujemo

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

i tvrdimo da je jedini razlog za to što ne možemo pobediti promašaj sudbine.

Yet there lives on the ancient claim:

Ali živi prastara izreka:

we win or lose within ourselves.

pobeđujemo ili gubimo unutar sami sebe. Sjajni trofeji na policama

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

nikad ne mogu dobiti sutrašnju utakmicu.

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

I ja i vi znamo duboko u sebi da ima šanse da osvojimo krunu.

But when we fail to give our best,

Ali kad ne damo sve od sebe,

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

jednostavno ne položimo test

toga da damo sve i ne čuvamo ništa

until the game is really won;

dok utakmica stvarno nije gotova, da pokažemo

of showing what is meant by grit;

šta je upornost, šta je igra dok se drugi predaju,

of playing through when others quit;

of playing through, not letting up.

šta je igranje do kraja, bez popuštanja.

It's bearing down that wins the cup.

Nadvladanjem se dobija kup. Snivanjem da postoji cilj,

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

nadom kada su naši snovi mrtvi,

molitvom kada nestanu naše nade.

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

Ipak gubimo, ne plašeći se pada,

if, bravely, we have given all.

ako smo hrabro dali sve. Ko može tražiti više od čoveka

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

nego da da sve od sebe.

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

Kako mi se čini, dati sve nije daleko od pobede.

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

Tako sudbina često greši, kako god se to uvrne i izmota.

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

Ti i ja smo oni koji kuju svoje sudbine,

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

otvaramo i zatvaramo kapiju za put unapred ili iza nas".

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

To me podseća na još jednu trojku koju je tata hteo da nam prenese.

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

Ne kukaj. Ne prigovaraj. Ne nalazi izgovore.

Just get out there,

Samo izađi tamo, i šta god da radiš,

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

uradi to kako najbolje umeš.

And no one can do more than that.

Niko ne može više od toga.

I tried to get across, too, that --

Pokušao sam i to da prenesem -

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

moji protivnici vam neće reći - nikad nisam spominjao pobedu.

Never mention winning.

Nikada ne spominjite pobedu. Moja je zamisao

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

da možete izgubiti kada nadvladate nekog u igri.

and you can win when you're outscored.

A možete i pobediti kad vas nadvladaju.

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

Tako sam se osećao u raznim situacijama,

u različitim vremenima.

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

Samo sam želeo da mogu

da drže glavu gore nakon utakmice.

I used to say that when a game is over,

Govorio bih da kada se igra završi

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

i vidite nekog ko ne zna rezultat,

I hope they couldn't tell by your actions

nadam se da po vašim radnjama ne bi mogli da kažu

whether you outscored an opponent or the opponent outscored you.

da li je protivnik nadvladao vas ili vi njega.

That's what really matters:

To je zaista bitno: ako se potrudite

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

da redovno činite najbolje što možete,

the results will be about what they should be.

rezultati će otprilike biti kakvi bi i trebalo da budu.

Nisu uvek nužno onakvi kakvi biste želeli da budu,

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

ali će biti otprilike kakvi bi trebalo

only you will know whether you can do that.

i samo vi ćete znati da li možete da uradite to.

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

To sam od njih želeo više od bilo čega drugog.

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

Kako je prolazilo vreme i kako sam učio više o drugim stvarima,

I think it worked a little better,

mislim da je malo bolje funkcionisalo,

as far as the results.

što se rezultata tiče. Ali želeo sam da rezultat utakmice

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

bude sporedni, a ne krajnji

and not the end itself.

efekat ovih drugih stvari.

I believe it was one great philosopher who said --

Verujem da je to bio -

jedan veliki filozof je rekao - ne, ne,

no, no -- Cervantes.

Servantes. Servantes je rekao:

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

"Putovanje je bolje od cilja".

And I like that.

Sviđa mi se to. Mislim da je to -

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

stižemo do toga. Ponekad kada dođete do toga, skoro da se razočarate.

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

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

Ali stizanje do cilja je zabavno.

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

Sviđale su mi se - kao trener košarke na UCLA voleo sam da treninzi

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

budu putovanja a utakmica cilj. Krajnji rezultat.

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

Voleo sam da odem i sednem na tribine i gledam igrače kako igraju

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

i vidim da li sam tokom nedelje

uradio solidan posao.

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

Opet su igrači ti koji su zadovoljni sobom,

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

znajući da su učinili napor da urade

najbolje što mogu.

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

Ponekad me pitaju koji je bio

moj najbolji igrač ili tim.

I can never answer that.

Nikada ne mogu da odgovorim,

As far as the individuals are concerned --

što se tiče pojedinaca.

I was asked one time about that,

Jednom su me pitali to

and they said,

i rekli: "Recimo da na neki način možeš

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

da stvoriš savršenog igrača. Šta bi želeo?"

What would you want?"

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

Rekao sam: "Želeo bih igrača koji zna zašto je na UCLA,

to get an education, he was a good student,

da stekne obrazovanje, bude dobar student,

really knew why he was there in the first place.

zaista zna zašto je uopšte tu.

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

Ali želeo bih igrača i koji zna da igra.

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

Nekog koji bi shvatio

da odbrana na kraju osvaja prvenstva, i koji bi radio naporno na odbrani.

and who would work hard on defense.

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

Ali i da igra i napad.

I'd want him to be unselfish,

Želeo bih da ne bude sebičan

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

i da gleda da prvo doda a ne šutira stalno.

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

Želeo bih igrača koji može i hoće da doda loptu.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

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

Imao sam neke koji su mogli a nisu hteli

and I've had some that would and could.

i neke koji su hteli a nisu mogli.

(Smeh)

(Laughter)

So, yeah, I'd want that.

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

Želeo sam da mogu da šutiraju spolja.

I wanted them to be good inside too.

A i da budu dobri iznutra.

(Smeh)

(Laughter)

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

Želeo sam da mogu da skaču na oba kraja.

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

Zašto da ne uzmemo nekog poput Kita Vilkisa i samo ga pustimo.

He had the qualifications.

Imao je kvalifikacije. Nije bio jedini

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

ali sam ga naveo u toj kategoriji

jer mislim da je učinio napor

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

da postane najbolji [nejasno].

There was a couple.

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

Spominjem ovo u svojoj knjizi, "Zovu me trenerom".

two players that gave me great satisfaction,

Dva igrača koja su mi donela veliko zadovoljstvo,

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

koji su došli najbliže što mislim da neko može do svog punog potencijala:

Konrad Berk i Dag Mekintoš.

one was Conrad Burke, and one was Doug McIntosh.

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

Kada sam ih video kao brucoše,

u našem brucoškom timu -

freshmen couldn't play varsity when I taught.

brucoši nisu mogli da igraju u prvom timu kada sam predavao.

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

Pomislio sam: "O bože, ako ova dva igrača, bilo koji od njih",

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

bili su na različitim godinama ali mislio sam to za svakog kada je bio tamo -

"Oh, ako ikad dođe do prvog tima,

"Oh, if he ever makes the varsity,

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

oni mora da su mnogo očajni, ako je on dovoljno dobar da se progura."

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

Jedan od njih je bio

u prvoj postavi sezonu ipo.

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

Drugi je bio - sledeće godine, igrao je

32 minuta u igri nacionalnog šampionata,

Did a tremendous job for us.

i uradio je sjajan posao. Sledeće godine, bio je u prvom timu

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

nacionalnog šampionata.

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

A ja sam mislio da neće igrati ni minut, a on je -

so those are the things that give you great joy,

to su stvari koje vas jako obraduju

i veliko je zadovoljstvo videti to.

and great satisfaction to see.

Neither one of those youngsters could shoot very well.

Nijedan od njih nije mogao dobro da šutira.

But they had outstanding shooting percentages,

Ali imali su odlične procente šuta,

because they didn't force it.

jer ga nisu forsirali.

And neither one could jump very well,

Nijedan nije mogao dobro da skače,

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

ali imali su - držali su dobru poziciju,

i tako su i dobro skakali. Setili su se da za svaki

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

pokušani šut treba da zamisle da je promašen.

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

Imao sam ih puno koji bi stajali i čekali

da vide da li će biti promašaj,

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

onda odu i prekasno je. Neko drugi je ispred njih.

Ako nisu bili brzi, ali su imali dobru poziciju,

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

kept in good balance.

to je bila dobra ravnoteža.

And so they played pretty good defense for us.

Tako da su igrali dobru odbranu za nas.

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

Imali su osobine koje - došli su blizu toga -

as close to reaching possibly their full potential

najbliže iskorišćavanju svog punog potencijala

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,

Smatram ih jednako uspešnim

kao Luisa Alsindora ili Bila Voltona,

or many of the others that we had;

ili mnogo drugih koje smo imali. Imali smo neke sjajne igrače.

there were some outstanding players.

Have I rambled enough?

Da li sam dovoljno brbljao?

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

Rekli su mi da treba da ućutim kada se on pojavi.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

(Applause)

(Aplauz)