Gonzalo Vilariño: How Argentina's blind soccer team became champions (with English subtitles) | TED

翻译人员: TONGYU WANG 校对人员: Amy Lu

I opened a blind man's head.

我曾打开过一个盲人的头颅。

I didn't make him think or reflect -- I cracked his head open, literally.

我没有让他思考或者做出反应。不夸张的讲 我敲开了他的头。

We were walking with him holding onto my shoulder,

当时他扶着我的肩膀和我一起走，

I miscalculated how much space there was between us,

我误估了我们之间的距离，

and I knocked him into a gate.

致使他撞到门上。

(Laughter)

(笑声)

Five stitches in his forehead.

他的前额头缝了五针。

At that moment, I felt like the worst teacher in the world.

那一刻，我认为我是这个世界上最坏的老师。

I really didn't know how to apologize.

我真的不知道如何道歉。

Luckily, El Pulga is one of those people who takes things quite well.

幸运的是EI Pulga是一个不记仇的人。

And to this day, he says that I was the coach

那天对他来说，我是他的职业生涯中

who left the most important mark on his career.

留下重要印记的教练。

(Laughter)

(笑声)

The truth is, when I started working at the institute for the blind,

事实上，自从我开始在这个盲人机构工作，

I was surprised by a lot of things.

很多事情都是那么的不可思议。

A lot of the things they did, I never imagined they could:

很多他们做的事，我都无法想象是如何做到的。

they swam, did exercise, played cards.

他们游泳，锻炼，玩牌。

They drank mate, and could pour it

他们灌同伴，相互倒酒，

without burning themselves in the process.

并且不会在过程中伤害到自己。

But when I saw them playing soccer --

但是当我看到他们在踢足球，

that was amazing.

那真的太震撼了！

They had a dirt field, rusty goalposts and broken nets.

他们有个很脏的场地，生锈的门框和破洞的门网。

The blind who attended the institute would play their games there,

加入这个协会的盲人平时都会在这里活动，

just like I did at a field near my house.

就像我在我家边上的运动场活动一样。

But they played without being able to see.

他们踢球虽然看不见。

The ball made a sound so they could locate it.

他们根据足球碰撞的声音进行定位。

They had a guide behind the rival team's goal

在对手的球门后有个指引，

to know where to kick the ball.

以便让他们知道该向哪里射门。

And they used eye masks.

而且他们都会戴眼罩。

There were guys who could still see a little,

因为有一些人是可以看见一点点的，

and they wore eye masks so everyone was equal.

他们戴上眼罩以确保每个人都是平等的。

When I was more at ease with them, I asked for a mask myself.

我对自己也很有信心，并向他们要了一个眼罩。

I put it on and tried to play.

我戴上它尝试着去踢球。

I had played soccer all my life.

我的一生都在踢球。

This is where it got even more amazing:

但这件事真的更让人觉得不可思议，

within two seconds, I didn't know where I was standing.

两秒之后我就不知道我站在哪里了。

I had studied physical education because I loved high performance.

我之前学过体能教育因为我热爱高水平竞技。

I started working at the institute by chance.

我在这个机构工作是一次偶然的机会。

My other job was with the Argentinian National Rowing Team,

我的另一份工作是在阿根廷国家赛艇队，

and I felt that was my thing.

我感觉那才是我的工作。

Here, everything was twice as hard.

而在盲人机构，每件事都是两倍的难度。

I'll never forget the first day I did the warm-up with the team.

我永远不会忘记第一天我带整个队伍做热身。

I lined them up in front of me --

我让他们在我面前站成一排，

I used to do that with the rowing team --

我以前也是这样让赛艇队做的。

and I said, "OK, everyone bend down," going like this.

我当时说：“好，每个人像我这样弯下腰”，

When I looked up, two guys were seated,

当我抬起头来，发现两个人坐在地上，

three were lying down and others were squatting.

三个人躺着，其他人都在蹲着。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

How could I do here the same things I was doing there?

我怎样能在这里完成我在赛艇队所做的事？

It took me a while.

这花了我一段时间。

I started looking for tools to learn from them,

我开始寻找一些方法，从他们身上学习，

from the teachers who worked with them.

从他们的其他教练学习。

I learned I couldn't explain a play on a chalkboard like a coach does,

我了解到我不能像普通教练一样在黑板上解释，

but I could use a plastic tray and some bottle caps

但我可以用一个塑料盘和一些瓶盖。

so they could follow me by way of touch.

这样他们能够通过触碰来跟随我。

I also learned they could run on a track

我也发现，如果我拉着绳子引导他们，

if I ran with them, holding a rope.

他们可以跟随我的轨迹跑步。

So we started looking for volunteers to help us run with them.

于是我们开始寻找能够帮我带着他们跑步的志愿者。

I was enjoying it,

我真的很享受那段时光，

and finding purpose and meaning in what we were doing.

并且找到了我们做的这些事的目的和意义。

It was hard at first, it was uncomfortable,

起初很困难，而且很不舒服。

but I decided to overcome the discomfort.

但我决定克服这些不适。

And there came a time

那段时光，

when it became the most fascinating job I'd ever had.

也成为了我工作以来最陶醉的一段时间。

I think that's when I wondered:

我在思考我之前所怀疑的：

Why couldn't we be a high-performance team as well?

为什么我们不能成为一支高水平的队伍？

Of course, one thing was missing:

当然，我忘了一点：

I needed to find out what they wanted,

我需要发现他们想要什么，

the real protagonists of this story.

还有这个故事真正的主角。

Three hours of training, playing soccer on that field,

在那片场地三个小时的足球训练,

were not going to be enough.

是远远不够的。

We would have to train differently.

我们应该换种方式进行训练。

We started to train harder, and the results were great;

我们开始更努力地练习，而且效果非常好。

they asked for more.

队员们都要求更多的训练。

I came to understand that they, too, wondered

我非常理解他们，他们太想知道

why they couldn't do high-performance.

为什么他们达不到高水平。

When we felt ready, we knocked at CENARD's door.

当我们感觉准备好了，我敲开了CENARD的门。

CENARD is the National Center for High-Performance Sports

CENARD是国家高水平竞技体育中心，

here in Argentina.

位于阿根廷。

It was hard to get them to hear what we had to say.

似乎很难让那些人听进去我们想要表达的。

But it was considerably more difficult

但实际比想象的要难得多

to get the other athletes training there to consider us their equals.

去让在那里训练的其他运动员都考虑我们提出的平等。

In fact, they would let us use the field

实际上，他们允许我们使用场地，

only when no other teams were using it.

但只是在没有其他队伍用的时候。

And we were known as "the blind ones."

我们被称为“盲人们”。

Not everyone knew exactly what we were doing there.

不是每个人都真正清楚我们在那里做什么。

The 2006 World Championship was a turning point in the team's history.

2006年的世界锦标赛在球队的历史上是个转折点。

It was held in Buenos Aires for the first time.

比赛是第一次在布宜诺斯艾利斯举办。

It was our chance to show everyone

那是我们表现的机会，

what we had been doing all that time.

展示给每个人看我们一直以来所付出的。

We made it to the finals.

我们成功晋级到了决赛。

We were growing as a team.

我们慢慢成长为一个团队。

It was us against Brazil in the finals.

决赛是由我们对阵巴西。

They were the best team in the tournament.

他们是锦标赛最强的队伍。

They won every game by a landslide.

他们之前的每一场比赛都是压倒性优势获胜的。

Hardly anyone believed we could win that game.

几乎没人相信我们能赢得这场比赛。

Hardly anyone -- except for us.

几乎每个人，除了我们。

During pre-game meetings,

在赛前会议中，

in the locker room,

在更衣室，

during each warm-up,

在每个队员的热身时，

it smelled of victory.

都能闻到胜利的气息。

I swear that smell exists.

我发誓这种味道存在。

I smelled it several times with the team,

我曾几次在队伍中闻到过，

but I remember it in particular, the day before we played that final.

但我记忆犹新的是决赛的前一天。

The Argentine Football Association had opened their doors to us.

阿根廷足球协会为我们打开了一扇门。

We were training at AFA,

我们当时在足球协会里进行了训练，

where Verón, Higuain and Messi trained.

那里曾是贝隆，伊瓜因和梅西训练的地方。

For the first time ever,

那是第一次，

we felt like a true national team.

我感到我们像一支真正的国家队。

At 7:30pm, the day before the game,

比赛的前一天，晚上七点半，

we were in the lounge discussing strategy,

我们当时在休息室讨论战术，

and a waiter knocks on the door, interrupting our conversation.

一个孩子的敲门声打断了我们的谈话。

He suggested we go to church.

他建议我们去教堂。

He came to invite us to church.

他邀请我们去教堂。

I tried to get rid of him, saying it wasn't a good time,

我试着摆脱他，说这不是一个合适的时机，

that we better leave it for another day.

我们另找一天去更好。

He kept insisting, asking me to please let him take the guys to church,

他坚持己见，请求我让他带队员们去教堂，

because that day, a pastor who performed miracles would be there.

因为那天，一个曾创造过奇迹的牧师将会在那里。

I was slightly afraid to ask what type of miracles he meant,

我有点胆怯地问他是什么样的奇迹，

and he replied nonchalantly,

他故作平静地回答道：

"Coach, let me take the team to the church,

“教练，让我带队伍去教堂吧，

and when we return, I guarantee that half of them will be able to see."

我们回来的时候，我保证一半人都能重见光明”

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Some of the guys laughed,

一些队员笑了，

but imagine being a blind person and someone says that to you.

但是可以想象得到作为一个盲人，有个人告诉你这些。

I didn't know what to say.

我不知道该说什么。

I said nothing; it was an awkward silence.

我什么也没说，那是种尴尬的安静。

I didn't want to make him feel bad,

我并不想让他失望，

because he truly believed this could happen.

因为他真的相信这可以实现。

One of the players saved me,

其中一个队员帮我化解了尴尬，

when he stood up and confidently said,

他站起来说道：

"Juan," -- that was the kid's name --

“Juan", 是那个孩子的名字。

Gonza already told you it's not the best time to go to church.

”Gonza 已经告诉你这个时间去教堂不合适“

Besides, let me make this clear:

”还有，让我解释得更清楚些：

if we go to that church, and I end up being able to see when we return,

“如果我们去那个教堂，我们回来之后还是看不见”

I will beat you so hard if I can't play tomorrow."

”我会狠狠的揍你，这样我明天也不能比赛了“

(Laughter)

（笑声）

(Applause)

（掌声）

Juan left, laughing in resignation,

Juan离开了，笑声也随之消失，

and we continued with our pregame talk.

我们继续我们的赛前讨论。

That night when I went to sleep,

那晚我躺在床上，

I began to dream about the next day's game,

我梦想着关于第二天比赛的一切，

imagining what could happen, how we would play.

想象着可能发生的情况和我们该如何应对。

And that's when I noticed that smell of victory

那时我才察觉到了胜利的味道。

I mentioned a while ago.

我刚刚提到过。

And it's because at that moment, I thought:

正是由于那个瞬间，使我在想:

if the other players had the same desire as Diego going into the game,

如果其他球员也有着同样的渴望：就像Diego进入到比赛中，

it was impossible for us not to win.

对我们来说是不可能输的。

The next day was going to be wonderful.

第二天将会是非常精彩的。

We got up at 9am, the game was at 7pm,

我们九点起床，比赛在晚上七点。

and we were already eager to play.

我们已经迫不及待上场了。

We left AFA, and the bus was full of flags that people had given to us.

我们离开了足球协会，大巴车上满是球迷送给我们的旗子。

We were talking about the game,

我们当时在讨论比赛，

and we could hear people honking and cheering,

我们能够听到人们尖叫与欢呼声，

"Go Murciélagos! Today's the day! The final challenge!"

“上吧 Murciélagos！就是今天！最后的挑战！”

The guys asked me, "Do they know us? Do they know we're playing?"

一些队员问我：“他们认识我们吗？他们知道我们是足球运动员吗？”

Some people followed the bus to CENARD.

一些人跟随大巴来到了阿根廷高水平竞技体育中心。

We arrived and found an amazing scene.

我们抵达后发现一个不可思议的场景。

In the corridor leading from the locker room to the game field,

在从更衣室通向比赛场地的通道中，

I was walking with Silvio,

我当时在和Silvio走着，

who was holding onto my shoulder, so I could guide him.

他抓住我的肩膀，这样我能够引导他。

Fortunately, there were no gates along the way.

幸运的是，那条走廊没有任何门。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

When we reached the field, he asked me about everything.

当我们抵达场地，他问了我有关球场里的一切。

He didn't want to miss a single detail.

他不想错过每个细节。

He said, "Tell me what you see, tell me who's playing the drums."

他说，“告诉我你看见了什么，告诉我是谁在打鼓”

I tried to explain what was happening with as much detail as possible.

我尽可能地解释那里所发生的一切。

I told him, "The stands are packed, a lot of people couldn't get in,

我告诉他，“看台都被塞满了，导致很多人都进不来”

there are blue and white balloons all over the field,

“全场都充斥着蓝色和白色的气球”

they're opening a giant Argentine flag that covers the entire grandstand."

“他们徐徐展开了一张巨大的阿根廷国旗，盖住了整个正面看台”

Suddenly, he cuts me off and says,

他突然打断我说:

"Do you see a flag that says 'San Pedro'?"

“你看见一面写着San Pedro的旗子了吗”

That's the city where he lives.

那是他居住的城市。

I started looking into the stands

我开始用目光搜寻看台。

and I spotted a little white flag

我发现了一面小白旗，

with lettering done in black spray paint, that read:

用黑色的喷漆印刷，可以看到：

"Silvio, your family and all of San Pedro are here."

“Silvio，你的家人和整个San Pedro都在这里”

I told him that and he replied,

我告诉他这些，他回答道：

"That's my mom, tell me where she is, I want to I wave at her."

“那是我妻子，告诉我她在哪，我要向他挥手”

I pointed him toward the flag

我向他指出了旗子的位置，

and showed him with his arm where they were sitting,

并且把他的胳膊举向他妻子的方向，

and he waved his arms in that direction.

他朝着那个方向摇摆着胳膊，

About 20 or 30 people stood up and gave him an ovation.

有大约二三十个人站起来为他喝彩。

When that happened,

那一幕发生时，

I saw how his face changed, how moved he was.

我察觉到他脸部的变化，他是多么的感动。

It was moving for me, too;

我也被感动到了。

two seconds later, I had a lump in my throat.

两秒后，我一度哽咽。

It was strange -- I felt both the excitement of what was happening,

那种感觉很奇怪，我既感到激动

and the anger and the anguish that he could not see it.

又非常苦恼气愤他看不见这一切。

A few days later when I told him what I had experienced,

几天后当我告诉他我之前所经历的，

he tried to reassure me, saying,

他为了让我放心，告诉我：

"Gonza, don't feel bad, I could see them.

“Ginza，别难过，我能看到他们”

Differently, but I swear to you that I saw them all."

“我发誓我能看见他们所有人，只是方式不同”

The game started.

比赛开始了。

We could not fail; it was the final.

我们不能失败，因为那是决赛。

The audience was quiet, like here,

观众都很安静，就像这里一样。

because in soccer for the blind,

因为对于盲人足球，

the public has to be quiet so the players can hear the ball.

观众必须要保持安静，球员才能听到球的声音。

They're only allowed to cheer when the game is over.

只有比赛结束他们才可以欢呼。

And when there were eight minutes to go,

而当比赛只剩八分钟，

the crowd did all the cheering they hadn't done in the first 32 minutes.

观众们把之前32分钟压抑在内心的欢呼声全部释放了出来。

When pigeon-toed Silvio nailed the ball at an angle,

当Silvio用内脚背把球送入球门死角，

they cheered with all their heart,

观众爆发出内心的欢呼声，

in an incredible way.

简直难以置信。

Today, if you go to CENARD, you'll see a huge poster on the door,

今天，如果你们走进国家高水平竞技体育中心，你们能看见门上巨大的海报，

with a photo of our team, Los Murciélagos.

展示着我们全队的照片：Los Murciélagos

They're a model national team, everyone in CENARD knows who they are,

他们是一支标准的国家队，竞技体育中心的每个人都认识他们。

and after having won two World Championships

在他们拿下两届世界冠军，

and two Paralympic medals,

和两届残奥会冠军后，

no one doubts they are high-performance athletes.

没人再会质疑他们不是高水平运动员。

(Applause)

（掌声）

(Applause ends)

（掌声停止）

I was lucky to train this team for 10 years,

我认为我非常幸运能够带队十年，

first as a trainer and later as their coach.

起初我只是个训练师，而后成为了他们的教练。

I feel that they've given me much more

但我感觉他们给于我的，

than what I've given them.

要比我给予他们的要多得多。

Last year, they asked me to coach another national team, Power Soccer.

去年，他们邀请我去执教另一支国家队：力量足球队。

It's a national team of young men who play soccer in wheelchairs.

那是由一群坐在轮椅上的小伙子们组成的队伍。

They use motorized wheelchairs that they drive with a joystick,

他们用操纵杆来控制电动轮椅，

because they don't have enough strength in their arms

因为他们手臂没有足够的力量

to use conventional chairs.

来推动传统轮椅。

They added a bumper to the chair, a safeguard that protects their feet,

他们安装了一个减震器在轮椅上，为的是

while allowing them to kick the ball.

在踢球的时候保护他们的脚。

It's the first time that, instead of being the spectators,

那是他们第一次以场上主角的身份参加比赛，

they're now the main characters.

而不是观众。

It's the first time their parents, friends and siblings can see them play.

那是第一次，他们的父母，朋友和家人能够看他们比赛。

For me, it's a new challenge,

对我来说，这是个新的挑战，

with the same discomfort, insecurity, and fear I had

有着和之前同样的不适，不安全感和担心。

when I started working with the blind.

当我开始和那些盲人一起工作。

But I approach it all from a more experienced position.

但我处理问题更多的是通过换位思考。

That's why from day one, I treat them as athletes on the field,

这就是为什么我从那天起，像场上的运动员一样对待他们，

and off the field, I try to put myself in their shoes

而到了场下，我尝试着感同身受。

and behave without prejudice,

不做任何带有偏见的事，

because treating them naturally feels best to them.

因为自然地对待他们让他们感觉最舒服。

Both teams play soccer; something once unthinkable for them.

盲人队和轮椅队都在踢球，然而一些事不会为他们着想。

They had to adapt the rules to do so.

他们不得不适应规矩去照做。

And both teams broke the same rule --

而且两支队队都打破了这条规则：

the one that said they couldn't play soccer.

“有人说他们踢不了足球”

When you see them play, you see competition, not disability.

当你亲眼见到他们踢球，你看见的是竞技而不是残疾。

The problem starts when the game is over,

比赛的结束也是问题的开始，

and they leave the field.

当他们离开赛场。

Then they step in to play our game,

接着他们步入了我们生活中，

in a society whose rules don't really take them into account

在这样一个社会，它的规则不会真正考虑到他们，

or care for them.

或者关心到他们。

I learned from sports

我从运动中得到的启发是：

that disability greatly depends on the rules of the game.

残疾，很大程度上取决于社会准则，

I believe that if we change some of the rules of our game,

我坚信如果我们能够改变其中一些规则，

we can make life a little easier for them.

我们可以使他们的生活变得简单些。

We all know there are people with disabilities; we see them daily.

我们都知道我们每天都能见到一些残疾人。

But by having no direct contact with them,

但是没有过和他们直接的交流，

we're not aware of the problems they face every day,

我们意识不到他们每天所面临的问题，

like how hard it is for them to get on a bus,

比如对于他们登上一辆公交车是有多么难

find a job,

找到一份工作，

take the subway

乘地铁，

or cross the street.

又或者过马路。

It's true that there is an increasing social responsibility

与残疾人有关的社会责任，

regarding the inclusion of people with disabilities.

的确在不断提高。

But I think it's still not enough.

但我认为仍然是不够的。

I think change needs to come from every one of us.

我认为改变需要从我们每一个人做起。

First, by leaving behind our indifference toward the disabled,

首先，把我们与残疾人的区别抛之脑后，

and then by respecting the rules that do take them into account.

然后去遵守规则：真正的去重视他们。

They are few, but they do exist.

他们的为数不多，但的确存在。

I cracked a blind man's head open -- El Pulga's head.

我撬开过一个盲人的头，EI Plulga的头。

I can assure you these two teams opened mine as well.

而我向你保证这两支队伍也同样撬开了我的头。

They taught me that above all,

他们首先教会我的是：

you have to get out there and play every game

你必须要走出来，打好在锦标赛的每一场比赛，

in this beautiful tournament that we call life.

这就是对于我们来说所谓的生活。

Thank you.

谢谢大家。

(Applause)

（掌声）