邁克爾·喬丹：籃球與人生

\"I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.\"

“我可以接受失敗。每個人都會在一些事情上失敗。但是，我不能接受不加嘗試。”

\"I've missed more than 9，000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times， I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.\"

“在我的職業生涯中，一共有九千多次投籃沒有命中。我輸掉了大約三百場比賽。有二十六次，大家都相信我可以投進最后一顆致勝球，但是我卻都沒投中。生活中，我遭遇了一次又一次的失敗，但那也恰恰是我成功的原因。”

Failure is normal and necessary

Failure is something that may need to be redefined1) within your mind. It's not something to attach too much meaning to. But people do though. They may think that it's the end of the world， that the sky will fall if they fail.

It rarely does.

If you look at successful people then you see that they have an abundance2) mentality3). They know there are new chances and opportunities if they fail. And that there are lessons to be learned from failures. Those failures may be necessary to achieve success. Without them， you don't get feedback and wisdom that is essential for your future success. And by making mistakes for yourself you get experience. Reading about someone else's mistake or knowledge isn't the same thing as experiencing and acquiring it for yourself.

Failure is a learning experience. It can help you. But first you have to try. Without trying， you aren't going anywhere.

失敗是正常且必需的

失敗這個東西，你可能需要在心中重新定義。失敗并不需要附加太多的含義。但人們卻都會這樣做。人們可能會認為，失敗是世界末日，一旦失敗，天空都將塌下來。

但是，情況往往不是這樣。

如果你觀察一下成功人士，就會發現，他們都很心寬。他們知道，如果失敗，也總會有新的時機和機遇出現，而且他們可以從失敗中吸取經驗教訓。這些失敗可能是獲得成功的必經之路。沒有它們，你就無法得到反饋信息和智慧，而這兩者對于你未來的成功是不可或缺的。同時，在自己犯錯誤時，你積累了經驗。通過閱讀來了解別人所犯的錯誤或別人的見聞，和通過親身經歷然后獲得經驗是截然不同的。

失敗是一個學習的過程，它能給你提供幫助。但首先，你必須進行嘗試，沒有嘗試你就只能原地踏步。

\"If you accept the expectations of others， especially negative4) ones， then you never will change the outcome.\"

“如果你接受了別人對你的期望，尤其是那些負面的期望，那么你永遠不能改變結果。”

\"It's heavy duty to try to do everything and please everybody... My job was to go out there and play the game of basketball as best I can...People may not agree with that... I can't live with what everyone's impression of what I should or what I shouldn't do.\"

“試圖去做所有事情，取悅所有人，是一項沉重的責任……我的工作就是走出去，盡自己最大的努力打好籃球比賽……有人可能會不同意這個觀點……我不能生活在每個人對我的印象中，覺得我該做什么，或者不該做什么。”

\"You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.\"

“在你能夠做一些事情之前，你必須對自己有所期望。”

Rely on your own expectations

You can't live your life through the eyes of others or through the expectations of others. It will just pull you several different ways at once or change yourself depending on their mood and what happened last time you worked/played/tried. And then it will be very difficult， perhaps impossible， to change the outcome.

You need to release yourself from the need for validation5) from others， and from their expectations. Instead， validate yourself. Set expectations for yourself. See yourself doing something. Visualize6) it. Without you being able to see it you will have a very hard time achieving it.

相信自己的期望

你不能生活在別人對你的看法或是別人對你的期望之中。那只會讓你同時面臨多種不同的生活方式，或者讓你依照他們的情緒以及你上次工作、打球或者嘗試的結果來做出改變。如果這樣的話，要想改變結果就非常困難，甚至是不可能的。

你必須從對別人的認可和期望的需求中解脫出來。相反，你要認可自己，為自己設定期望值。要明白自己在做什么。在自己腦海里憧憬它，因為如果你看不到目標，就會需要一段異常艱難的時間來實現它。

\"I'm not out there sweating for three hours every day just to find out what it feels like to sweat.\"

“我每天在球場上大汗淋漓三個小時，絕不是為了體驗流汗的感覺。”

\"If you're trying to achieve， there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall， don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it， go through it， or walk around it.\"

“如果你朝著目標不斷嘗試，路途中肯定會有障礙。我遇到過，每個人都遇到過。但是這些障礙并不一定就會讓你停下腳步。如果你碰到了一面墻，不要調頭，更不要放棄，想辦法爬過去，穿過它，或者繞開它。”

Obstacles8) will always be there. Don't be discouraged

Do you really want to go where you are going? Then you'll find a way. If you focus on what you want， solutions will start to pop up in your surroundings.

And I guess you can see obstacles as a way for the world to test people， a way to see if they really want something. The ones that do will break through those obstacles and go on while the rest find something better suited for them， or just go home.

障礙總會存在，

別被它嚇倒

你真的想去你正在前往的地方嗎？如果是，你就會找到一條路。如果你把注意力集中在你想要的事物上，解決辦法就會在你身邊紛紛涌現。

同時，我認為你可以把障礙視為這個世界考驗人的一種方法，考驗他們是否真正想要有所收獲。那些真正想要有所收獲的人終將突破障礙，勇往直前，而剩下那些人則會找到更適合他們的東西。或者干脆放棄。

Know what you want and where you are going

Know why you are doing something. Set a clear direction. And remind yourself of it constantly to keep yourself from veering7) off that path.

知道自己想要什么、

將去哪里

知道你為什么要做這件事，明確前進的方向，并不斷提醒自己，從而不讓自己偏離軌道。

What is the positive in all of this?

There is always something good to find in just about anything. Ask yourself \"What is positive/useful in all of this?\" This allows you to find valuable lessons within temporary setbacks and failures. It is also a way to turn a negative mood into a more positive and constructive one. Such a mood is most often a lot better and more useful than moping9) around and feeling sorry for yourself.

所有這一切中，什么是積極的方面？

任何事情都總有一些好的方面可以去發現。問問自己“整個事件中，什么是積極的或有用的？”這可以讓你從暫時的挫折和失敗中發現寶貴的經驗教訓。這也是把負面情緒轉變成更積極、更富有建設性的情緒的一種方法。對你而言，比起沒精打采地東轉西悠和自怨自艾，這種情緒往往更有益也更有用。

Remember to have fun

When you are detached from outcomes， you can enjoy what you are doing in the present moment.

If you on the other hand are attached to outcomes， you might start to over think something simple and take the fun out of it. Or pull the rug from under yourself10) by thinking about possible negative outcomes. Your mind may get lost in a negative past/future， and then it will be hard to have fun. Keep your eyes on the ball， and enjoy the game.

記得去享受

當你擺脫比賽結果的束縛，就可以享受當前正在做的事情。

另一方面，如果你被比賽結果束縛，那么就可能把一些原本很簡單的事情想得過于復雜，從而忽略了它本身的樂趣；或者因為顧及到可能出現的消極結果而破壞自己原來的計劃。你的心態可能會迷失在消極的過去或者未來中，然后你就很難再去享受比賽的樂趣了。眼睛盯著籃球，盡情享受比賽吧。

Basketball's Greatest Player

最偉大的籃球運動員

Jordan was selected college player of the year for the 1983~1984 season， and in 1984 he led the United States basketball team to a gold medal at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Jordan was also a member of the United States Olympic basketball team， known as the Dream Team， which captured the gold medal at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona， Spain.

However， Jordan demonstrated that extraordinary physical gifts were not sufficient by themselves to create the game's greatest player.

\"The thing about Michael is he takes nothing about his game for granted，\" said Phil Jackson， who shared Jordan's six title rings while coaching the Bulls. \"When he first came into the league in 1984， his outside shooting wasn't up to pro standards. So he put in his gym time in the offseason， shooting hundreds of shots each day. Eventually， he became a deadly three-point shooter.\"

Other Quotes from

Michael Jordan

喬丹語錄

—Some people want it to happen; some wish it would happen; others make it happen.

—Talent wins games， but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

—My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness， then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.

—The good part about being famous is being able to help people. The hard part is every day you have to be in a good mood， because that is what people expect. You learn to get good at it.