I'd like to talk about "persistence" today
And what is the meaning of "insistence"
The story begins when I was a child
I grew up in the United States
A Asian child plays basketball in the United States
Unusual
It should be a wonderful thing to say
I remember when I was about grade five or six
Take part in a basketball match
There was a man on that day.
He kept talking about racism
And give me a variety of nicknames
For example, rolling back to China
You are "Chinese small goods" and so on.
I clearly remember how I felt at the time
It was really very, very angry and sad
I was trying to beat him
But it's not a good idea.
Don't learn me
I think this may be the first time I've been with "hard"
Face to face on
I grew up a little later
I remember
At the time, my parents wanted me to learn the piano
But I really don't feel about playing the piano
So never practice well
It is time to hold a concert every year
I took the same piece of music that I played last year
Come out and make a fool of it
Of course, it also means that I'm stepping on my feet every year.
So I asked my mother
I really don't like playing the piano
Can I play basketball
They agreed.
And fully support me
Spend a lot of time and money
Let me fly and fly to the Basketball League
As a result, they were met.
Questions and teasing of friends around
Including the parents of other Asian children in our community
This is also quite critical
This is the first time
I realized that
It's not just my own life
This is the person I have to be around with
A journey together
The difficulty of it is that
The people around you will make fun of you
People think you must be crazy
OK, come on.
When I went to NBA in the first year
I went to the Jinzhou Warriors
The contract I signed at that time was
When Stephen Curry's alternate
But at the beginning of the season
They didn't even give me a suit
I was in the first game
It's my suit
In other words
I was laid off two times in two weeks
It's obvious that such a situation is quite difficult for me
And deeply hurt my self-esteem.
You know this is the worst of all bad things
It took me 21 years to play basketball
It is not easy to realize the dream
But it's only a year
They didn't even let me play.
Just cut me out and let me go
And then I even said to myself
I'm not sure whether basketball is a right choice.
I don't know if I should continue to carry on
But everything that happened next
Completely beyond my own imagination
我今天想聊聊什么是“坚持”
以及“坚持”有什么意义
故事要从我还是孩子的时候说起
我是在美国长大的
在美国一个亚裔的孩子打篮球
并不寻常
应该说是一件挺奇葩的事
我记得大概五六年级的时候
参加过一场篮球比赛
那天有个人恨不得扑到我头上
他不停的说一些种族歧视的话
还恶毒地给我起各种外号
比如说滚回中国
你这个“中国小商品”之类的
我清楚地记得我当时的感受
那真的是非常非常的愤怒和难过
我当时很想爆捶他一顿
但这绝不是个好主意
别学我
我想这也许是我第一次跟“困难”
面对面单挑
后来我稍微长大一点
我记得
当时我爸妈原本非常希望我学钢琴的
但是我对弹钢琴实在无感
所以从来不好好练
每年要举办演奏会的时候
我就拿去年弹过的同一首曲子
出来糊弄一下
当然这也意味着我每年都在原地踏步
于是我问老妈
我实在不喜欢弹钢琴
我能不能打篮球呢
他们居然同意了
并且全力支持我
花了大把的时间和金钱
让我飞来飞去打篮球联赛
结果他们遭到了
身边朋友的质疑和取笑
包括我们这个社区其他亚裔孩子的家长
对此也颇有微词
这也是第一次
我意识到
这不仅仅是我自己的生活
这是我必须和身边的人
一起走过的一段旅程
它的艰难之处在于
你身边的人会因此而取笑你
大家觉得你一定是疯了
好吧快进一下
我第一年去NBA的时候
我去了金州勇士队
我当时签约的合约是
当斯蒂芬▪库里的候补
可是赛季刚刚开始的时候
他们甚至连队服都没给我
我在第一场比赛的时候
穿的是自己的套装
也就是说
我在两周的时间里被连续裁员两次
很明显这样的境况对我来说相当难熬
也深深地伤了我的自尊
你知道这是所有糟糕的事中最糟糕的
我花了21年时间打篮球
好不容易实现了梦想
但是只美了一年
他们甚至没怎么让我上场打球
就把我裁掉了让我走人
那会儿我甚至对自己说
我都不确定篮球是否是一个对的选择
我不知道是不是应该继续扛下去
但是接下来发生的一切
完全超乎我自己的想象
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