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Ray Allen飞涂，其實(shí)你不孤獨(dú)，那種經(jīng)歷和感覺祈搜。我們也懂较店。
數(shù)據(jù)分析師何嘗不是如此？
大多數(shù)時(shí)間容燕，你會(huì)是孤獨(dú)的梁呈。
你還是需要努力，努力蘸秘，努力的去「學(xué)習(xí)新的東西」官卡，「拓展自己的眼界」，「在別人的質(zhì)疑中提出自己的見解」醋虏，等等寻咒，等等。
刻苦努力颈嚼，年輕人毛秘。大部分人都不會(huì)了解真實(shí)的你。但他們會(huì)了解你的努力阻课。
Dear 13-year-old Ray,
When you get off the school bus tomorrow, you’re going to be in a whole new world. This is nothing new. Every time your father gets stationed at a new Air Force base, you have to say goodbye to your friends and start a new life. It’s the same routine once every three years or so. New school, new culture, new faces.
Northern California. Then Germany. Then Oklahoma. Then England. Then Southern California.
And now, Dalzell, South Carolina.
You’re used to being the kid that nobody knows. The majority of your existence has been about trying to find new friends, trying to show people that you’re a good person and that you mean no harm. You’re used to being an outsider.
You’ve gotten pretty good at it.
This time is different though. It’s the middle of the school year. Everybody already knows one another. You’re at a critical age, and kids are just.…
Kids are just mean.
You’ve grown up in a military household your whole life. Until now, your friends were all from military families. You walked around the neighborhood with your I.D. card hanging around your neck like a dog tag in case some unfamiliar MPs rolled by. You spent your formative elementary school years in Britain. So you don’t even realize it, but to some people, you speak very proper.
When you step off that school bus in South Carolina tomorrow and open your mouth, those kids are going to look at you like you’re an alien.
“You talk like a white boy,” they’ll say.
You’ll look around the school and see groups of kids all paired off, and you’ll feel like you don’t have a place.
You’ll think to yourself, I don’t understand. Who am I supposed to be?
I’m going to be 100% honest with you. I wish I could tell you that it will get easier, and that you’re going to blend in, and that it’s going to be alright. But you’re not going to fit in with the white kids, or the black kids … or the nerds … or even the jocks.
“You talk like a white boy,” they’ll say.
You’ll be the enemy to a lot of people simply because you’re not from around there.
This will be both the toughest and the best thing that will ever happen to you.
What I want you to do is this: Go to the basketball court. Stay at the basketball court. You can build your entire existence there.
The world is much bigger than Dalzell, South Carolina. If you stick to the plan, you’ll see. Remember that when when you’re lying in bed on Saturday and Sunday mornings and you hear the engine of your father’s old Trans-Van start up outside.
You know that sound. It’s not pretty.
All you’ll want to do is sleep, but grab your sneakers and run down the stairs because he will leave you. You have exactly two minutes before the heat kicks on in the van and he’s backing out of the driveway. He’s on military time, and if you don’t get to the Air Force base court by 0900 on the dot to put your name at the top of the sign-up sheet, you’re going to have to wait around all day to get a run in.
You’ll learn a lot on that court. As a 13-year-old kid playing against grown men, you’ll learn to play in transition out of necessity. You’ll play so fast that all the airmen will start calling you “Showtime” when you walk into the gym.
In between games, when you’re on the sidelines, I want you to listen very carefully to all the stories these guys tell.
You’re going to hear a lot of, “Man, I coulda …” on these courts.
Man, I wish I could go back in time.
I’d have gone D-I.
Booze got the best of me.
Man, I coulda.…
Man, I shoulda.…
I wish I could go back, young fella.…
Don’t ever put yourself in the position to wish you could hop in a time machine, Ray. You need to stay focused, because things will only become more complicated as you have more success on the court.
When you start getting attention from colleges, some of your own teammates will say things like, “UConn? You’ll sit on the bench for four years.”
Just because you don’t drink, they’ll say, “Man, you’re gonna be an alcoholic once you get to college. You won’t be ready. All they do is drink there.”
A lot of people don’t want to see you succeed. Don’t get into fistfights with these kids. Trust me, it will accomplish nothing.
Instead, remember exactly who said those things.
Remember how they said it.
Remember their faces.
Keep these voices inside your head and use them as fuel every single day when you wake up.
And the voices telling you you’re the man? Those are the voices to keep out. When you start getting some national attention in high school, you’ll hear things like, “Ray’s jumpshot is God-given.”
Listen: God doesn’t care whether you make your next jump shot.
God will give you a lot of things in life, but he’s not going to give you your jump shot. Only hard work will do that.
Don’t be so naive as to think you’re ready for college ball.
Young fella, you’re not ready.
In high school, you might think you understand what it takes to be a great basketball player, but you will truly have no idea. When you get to UConn, your coach will show you what hard work really is.
His name is Jim Calhoun. Don’t get on this man’s shit list.
When you walk into the gym for that first practice, get ready for hell on wheels. You’re going to be all excited to put on your Huskies gear and start shooting around. But then Coach Calhoun is going to flip the script.
“Freshmen!” he’ll say. “You think you deserve to wear this uniform? You don’t deserve the privilege. Not yet.”
Then the assistant coaches will start handing out these plain grey shorts and T-shirts to all the freshmen.
“I want to see some sweat,” Coach will say.
Up until that very moment, you’ll think basketball is all about going out and putting up some jump shots and showing your skill.
When you get put through Coach Calhoun’s first practice you’ll realize, Oh, this game is a sonofabitch.
You will be put through the hardest workout of your life. You’ll be gasping for air, hunched over. But the thing is, the gym in Storrs is air conditioned. Your body is used to playing in the sweatbox gyms in South Carolina, where there’s no air conditioning.
At the end of the practice, coach Calhoun is going to line everybody up and walk down the line, looking at every player.
When he gets to you, he’ll look down at your shirt. There will be a single bead of sweat trickling down your Adam’s apple.
He’ll look at you. Then he’ll look at the little bead of sweat. Then he’ll look back at you.
“That’s it? I guess we didn’t work you hard enough, Allen.”
The next practice is going to be even tougher.
This man is going to damn near break you, but he’s going to make you a much better player and person. This will be your introduction to what it really takes to be great.
A few days later, you’re going to have one of the most memorable moments of your life. You’re going to wake up at 5:30 a.m. and go to the weight room to get your workout in, and then you’ll come back to the dorm and shower before class.
You’ll put on a shirt and tie, throw your backpack over your shoulder and walk across campus to your first class of the day.
It’s early, so it’s still quiet. The leaves are crunching under your feet. You’re sore, but your clothes are on point. You got your work in. You’re prepared. You have a purpose.
I don’t know what it is about this moment in particular, but as you’re walking, you’ll think, Wow. I’m a college student. No matter what happens at the end of this tunnel, I’m going to make my family proud.
When you get to your public-speaking class and sit down, this girl will turn to you and say, “Hey, why are you so dressed up?”
You’ll say, “Because I can.”
In that moment, it will feel like you have conquered the world.
I could end this letter right here, and you would still probably be excited about what you are going to accomplish in life. But you still have an 18-year NBA career ahead of you.
How do I sum up nearly two decades in the NBA? What do you really need to know? What’s truly important?
You’ll get to play against your heroes: Michael Jordan and Clyde Drexler.
You’ll play alongside Hall of Famers: Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade.
Sometimes you’ll be afraid.
Sometimes you’ll think you’re out of your league.
But you’ll keep showing up every day, putting in the work.
You’ll put up more than 26,000 shots in your career. Almost six out of 10 won’t even go in. I told you this game was a sonofabitch.
Don’t worry, though. A successful man is built of 1,000 failures. Or in your case, 14,000 misses.
You’ll win a championship in Boston.
You’ll win another in Miami.
The personalities on those two teams will be different, but both teams will have the same thing in common: habits.
Boring old habits.
I know you want me to let you in on some big secret to success in the NBA.
The secret is there is no secret.
It’s just boring old habits.
In every locker room you’ll ever be in, everybody will say all the right things. Everybody says they’re willing to sacrifice whatever it takes to win a title. But this game isn’t a movie. It’s not about being the man in the fourth quarter. It’s not about talk. It’s getting in your work every single day, when nobody is watching.
Listen: God doesn’t care whether you make your next jump shot.
Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade. The men who you are going to win championships with are all going to be very different people. What makes them champions is the boring old habits that nobody sees. They compete to see who can be the first to get to the gym and the last to leave.
Your peers who think this is a cliché, or who think this doesn’t apply to them because they have God-given talent, will play their whole careers without winning an NBA title.
But I want you to understand something deeper. The championships are not the point.
Yes, there will be a sense of validation and vindication when you raise the trophy above your head, remembering everyone who ever said you wouldn’t amount to anything.
Four-year benchwarmer.
Alcoholic.
White boy.
But if I’m being real with you, what you’ll realize after you win the first title is that the thrill is fleeting. The vindication is fleeting. If you only chase that high, you’re going to end up very depressed.
The championships are almost secondary to the feeling you’ll get from waking up every morning and putting in the work. The championships are like when you were sitting in class at UConn with your shirt and tie on. They’re just the culmination.
Your winding path to those moments, just like your walk across campus on that quiet fall morning in Connecticut, is where you will find happiness.
I really mean it from the bottom of my heart: Life is about the journey, not the destination. And that journey will change you as a person.
Let me tell you one final story that may help you understand what I mean.
It’s the early morning hours of June 21, 2013. You’re 38 years old, and just a few hours ago you won Game 7 of the NBA Finals with the Miami Heat.
You are an NBA champion for the second time.
You lay down in bed at about five in the morning, but you just can’t sleep. Finally, around seven o’clock, you give up on sleep and creep downstairs. All your friends and family have come over to your house to celebrate — they’re all passed out on couches, sound asleep. You tiptoe around them on the way to the kitchen to make some breakfast. The sun is coming up, the house is quiet. You have achieved exactly what you set out to do. But you’re still restless.
So why do you feel this way? Isn’t this what you worked so hard for?
Around 7:30, you get into your car and go for a drive.
You park your car in front of a white office building. They’re just opening up.
When you walk in the door, the receptionist looks at you and says, “Ray? What … what are you doing here?”
“I couldn’t sleep.”
“But … you just won the title.”
“Yeah, I just wanted to get out of the house.”
“But … it’s eight in the morning. And you just won the title.”
“Well, I still got some work to be done on this tooth. Is he in?”
Your dentist walks out of his office.
“Ray? What are you … what?”
“Couldn’t sleep.”
This is what success looks like for you. You’re the kind of guy who goes to the dentist the morning after winning an NBA title.
I know, man.
I know.
But in order to achieve your dreams, you will become a different kind of person. You’ll become a bit obsessive about your routine. This will come at a heavy cost to some of your friends and family.
Most nights, you won’t go out. Your friends will ask why. You won’t drink alcohol, ever. People will look at you funny. When you get to the NBA, you won’t always play cards with the boys. Some people will assume you’re not being a good teammate. You’ll even have to put your family on the back-burner for your job.
Most of the time, you will be alone.
That won’t make you the most popular person. Some people simply won’t understand. Is the cost worth it?
Only you can answer that.
Who am I supposed to be?
Tomorrow when you get off that school bus in South Carolina, you’ll have to choose.
Every day for the rest of your life, you’ll have to choose.
Do you want to fit in, or do you want to embark on the lonely pursuit of greatness?
I write this to you today as a 41-year-old man who is retiring from the game. I write to you as a man who is completely at peace with himself.
The hell you experience when you get off that bus will be temporary. Basketball will take you far away from that school yard. You will become far more than just a basketball player. You’ll get to act in movies. You’ll travel the world. You will become a husband, and the father of five amazing children.
Now, the most important question in your life isn’t, “Who am I supposed to be?” or even, “What do I have to do to win another championship?”
It’s, “Daddy, guess what happened in math class today?”
That’s the reward that awaits you at the end of your journey.
Go to the court. Stay at the court.
Get your work in, young fella.
Most people will never really get to know the real you. But they’ll know your work.
北京時(shí)間11月1日叫挟，雷-阿倫在球星看臺(tái)上發(fā)表長(zhǎng)文，宣布自己將退役柑肴，以下是該文翻譯：
親愛的13歲的雷霞揉，
當(dāng)你明天走下校車，你就將進(jìn)入一個(gè)全新的世界晰骑。這不稀奇适秩。每次你的父親被定崗到一個(gè)新的空軍基地，你就得和你的朋友們告別硕舆，開始一段新生活秽荞。大概每三年就會(huì)經(jīng)歷一次。新學(xué)校抚官、新文化扬跋、新面孔。
先是北加利福尼亞凌节。然后是德國(guó)钦听。然后是奧克拉荷馬洒试。再是英格蘭。再是南加利福尼亞朴上。
而現(xiàn)在垒棋，是加州的達(dá)爾澤爾。
你已經(jīng)習(xí)慣了做一個(gè)不為人熟知的孩子痪宰。你主要的生活方式就是去尋找你的新朋友叼架，試著向人們展示你是個(gè)好人，你沒有惡意衣撬。你已經(jīng)習(xí)慣了做一個(gè)外鄉(xiāng)人乖订。
你做得還不錯(cuò)。
這次有些不一樣具练。這次是在學(xué)期的半途中乍构。每個(gè)人都已經(jīng)認(rèn)識(shí)了彼此。你正處在敏感的年紀(jì)靠粪，孩子們比較...
孩子們比較刻薄...
你一直以軍事化的教育成長(zhǎng)蜡吧。直到現(xiàn)在，你的朋友全是來(lái)自軍人家庭占键。你把你的身份證掛著脖子上昔善，就像個(gè)狗牌，就是為了可能會(huì)遇上一些不熟悉的憲兵檢查身份畔乙。你的小學(xué)在英國(guó)度過(guò)君仆，所以你可能沒有意識(shí)到，你的語(yǔ)言非常得體牲距。
當(dāng)年明天走下南加州的校車并且開口說(shuō)話返咱，你的伙伴們會(huì)把你看作是個(gè)外星人。
“你說(shuō)話像個(gè)白人牍鞠】。”他們會(huì)這樣說(shuō)。
你看著周圍的孩子們都成雙成對(duì)难述，你覺得自己沒有地方可待萤晴。
你會(huì)想：“我不理解，我應(yīng)該是誰(shuí)胁后？”
我將對(duì)你百分百誠(chéng)實(shí)店读。我多希望我能告訴你，事情會(huì)變得容易攀芯，你會(huì)慢慢地融入當(dāng)?shù)赝投希惺露紩?huì)沒問題。
但你不會(huì)和白人小孩或者黑人小孩或者傻孩子或者同學(xué)們相處地太融洽。
你會(huì)被相當(dāng)一部分人視作敵對(duì)殖演，僅僅因?yàn)槟闶峭忄l(xiāng)人氧秘。
這會(huì)是在你身上發(fā)生的最糟糕也是最棒的經(jīng)歷。
我想要你做的是這個(gè)：去到球場(chǎng)上剃氧。待在球場(chǎng)上敏储。你能在那里打造你的生活方式。
世界比達(dá)爾澤爾大很多朋鞍，如果你堅(jiān)持你的計(jì)劃，你會(huì)看到的妥箕。請(qǐng)?jiān)诼牭侥愀赣H的老式貨車發(fā)動(dòng)之后的周末清晨記得這些滥酥。
你了解那個(gè)聲音的，聽起來(lái)可不好受畦幢。
你想做的就是繼續(xù)睡覺坎吻，但是請(qǐng)抓起你的籃球鞋跑下樓去，因?yàn)樗R上要走了宇葱。你有兩分鐘上他的車瘦真。要是你沒能跟著他在九點(diǎn)之前將你的名字寫在空軍基地的登記簿上，你就得一天都守在大門口等著機(jī)會(huì)溜進(jìn)去黍瞧。
你會(huì)在球場(chǎng)上學(xué)到很多诸尽。作為一個(gè)13歲的孩子和大人們較量，你會(huì)不得不學(xué)到不停的移動(dòng)印颤。你會(huì)打得如此的快速您机，以致于空軍們看見你走進(jìn)球館就會(huì)沖你喊：“Showtime！”
在休息的時(shí)候年局，站在場(chǎng)邊际看，我希望你能認(rèn)真聽他們說(shuō)的故事。
你會(huì)聽到很多句“兄弟矢否，我本可以...”
“兄弟仲闽，我多希望能回到過(guò)去。
我本可以當(dāng)上教官僵朗。
然而酗酒害了我赖欣。
兄弟，我本可以...
我本可以...
我多希望能回到過(guò)去衣迷，年輕人...”
永遠(yuǎn)不要把你置于一個(gè)希望回到過(guò)去的位置上畏鼓，雷。你要保持專注壶谒，因?yàn)殡S著你在球場(chǎng)上越來(lái)越成功云矫，事情就只會(huì)變得越來(lái)越復(fù)雜。
當(dāng)你在大學(xué)里得到越來(lái)越多的關(guān)注時(shí)汗菜，你的一些隊(duì)友會(huì)嘲諷你說(shuō)：“康涅狄格大學(xué)让禀？你會(huì)在那兒坐四年的板凳挑社！”
就因?yàn)槟悴缓染疲麄円矔?huì)說(shuō)：“兄弟巡揍，你上了大學(xué)一定會(huì)成一個(gè)酒鬼的痛阻。你這樣不準(zhǔn)備好，上了大學(xué)可是全是喝酒腮敌≮宓保”
很多人不想看到你成功。不要理會(huì)這些年輕人糜工。相信我弊添，和他們糾纏什么也成就不了。
相反的捌木，請(qǐng)記住他們說(shuō)的話油坝。
記住他們是怎么說(shuō)的這些話。
記住他們的樣子刨裆。
將這些聲音存在腦海里澈圈，將它們用作你每天起床的動(dòng)力。
但那些夸贊你的聲音呢帆啃？請(qǐng)把他們忘記瞬女。當(dāng)你在高中時(shí)開始獲得全國(guó)性關(guān)注的時(shí)候，會(huì)有人說(shuō)你的跳投是“上帝賜予的”链瓦。
聽著：上帝才不在乎你的跳投進(jìn)還是不進(jìn)拆魏。
上帝會(huì)給你很長(zhǎng)的生命，但他才不會(huì)給你跳投的能力慈俯，那只有不斷地努力訓(xùn)練才能做到渤刃。
不要想得如此幼稚，認(rèn)為你已經(jīng)為大學(xué)籃球做好了準(zhǔn)備贴膘。
年輕人卖子，你并沒有準(zhǔn)備好。
在高中刑峡，你也許會(huì)認(rèn)為你已經(jīng)明白該怎樣成為一名偉大的籃球運(yùn)動(dòng)員洋闽，但你其實(shí)什么都不知道。當(dāng)你到了康涅狄格突梦，你的教練會(huì)讓你明白什么才是刻苦诫舅。
他的名字是吉米-卡洪。你可以不要上了這家伙的黑名單宫患。
當(dāng)你第一次走進(jìn)訓(xùn)練館之時(shí)刊懈，做好下地獄的準(zhǔn)備。你會(huì)興奮地穿上康涅狄格的哈士奇球服，開始展示你的跳投虚汛，但是教練卡洪會(huì)打斷你的計(jì)劃匾浪。
“菜鳥們！”他會(huì)說(shuō)：“你們認(rèn)為你們配得上身上的球衣嗎卷哩？你們配不上這份榮耀蛋辈。至少目前配不上〗辏”
然后助理教練就會(huì)給新人們分發(fā)這些灰色的T恤和短褲冷溶。
“我想看到些汗水！”教練說(shuō)尊浓。
直到那之前挂洛，你都認(rèn)為籃球不過(guò)是上場(chǎng)，展現(xiàn)你的跳投和技巧眠砾。
當(dāng)你結(jié)束第一次在卡洪教練手下的訓(xùn)練時(shí)，你會(huì)想：籃球真是王八蛋托酸。
你會(huì)經(jīng)歷你人生最艱難的訓(xùn)練褒颈。你會(huì)彎腰駝背地渴望呼吸。但事實(shí)是励堡，在Storrs校區(qū)的那所球館是有空調(diào)系統(tǒng)的谷丸。你的身體已經(jīng)習(xí)慣了在南加州的炎熱球館，那兒可沒有空調(diào)這玩意兒应结。
在訓(xùn)練的結(jié)束刨疼，教練卡洪會(huì)讓所有人站成一排，走一遍鹅龄，看著每一個(gè)球員揩慕。
他會(huì)看著你，他會(huì)看著你細(xì)小的汗珠扮休，又會(huì)看回你迎卤。
“就這樣？嗯玷坠？嗯...我猜你是練得不夠啊蜗搔，阿倫“吮ぃ”
而下一次訓(xùn)練會(huì)更加的艱難樟凄。
這個(gè)家伙會(huì)接近將你摧毀，但也是他兄渺，會(huì)讓你成為一個(gè)更好的球員和更好的人缝龄。他會(huì)是你了解如何成為偉大的啟蒙導(dǎo)師。
幾天之后，你將會(huì)經(jīng)歷你人生中最難忘的一刻二拐。你將在早上5點(diǎn)半醒來(lái)服鹅，去到健身房訓(xùn)練，然后你回到宿舍洗澡百新，趕著去上課企软。
你會(huì)穿上襯衫、打上領(lǐng)帶饭望，把你的背包甩在肩上穿過(guò)校園去上你的第一堂課仗哨。
那天還如此早，校園里還很安靜铅辞。樹葉在你腳下窸窣作響厌漂。你的身體很酸痛，但你的衣服是整齊的斟珊。你有好好的訓(xùn)練苇倡，你有備而來(lái)，你有自己的目標(biāo)囤踩。
我不知道這一瞬間具體意味著什么旨椒，但你走著的時(shí)候，你會(huì)想：“哇堵漱，我是個(gè)大學(xué)生了综慎，不論這段路程的終結(jié)是怎樣的，我一定會(huì)讓我的家人感到自豪勤庐∈揪”
當(dāng)你到達(dá)了公共演講課上坐下之后，這個(gè)女孩會(huì)轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)來(lái)問你：“嘿愉镰，你為什么穿得這么正式懊追！？”
你會(huì)說(shuō)：“因?yàn)槲铱梢缘荷薄阔拳！?br>
在那一瞬間，你會(huì)覺得你征服了全世界类嗤。
我可以只寫到這里糊肠，你仍會(huì)對(duì)你生命中將要達(dá)成什么而感到興奮。但前方還有18年的NBA生涯等著你遗锣。
我該如何總結(jié)在NBA里的這18年货裹？你真正需要知道的是什么？什么才是真正重要的精偿？
你會(huì)和你心目中的英雄們面對(duì)面：邁克爾-喬丹和克萊德-德雷克斯勒弧圆。
你會(huì)和一些名人堂級(jí)別的球員并肩作戰(zhàn)：凱文-加內(nèi)特赋兵、保羅-皮爾斯、勒布朗-詹姆斯和德維恩-韋德搔预。
有時(shí)候霹期，你會(huì)害怕。
有時(shí)候拯田，你會(huì)覺得自己已經(jīng)置身于聯(lián)盟之外历造。
但你還是會(huì)在每一場(chǎng)比賽中亮相，投入比賽船庇。
你在職業(yè)生涯中會(huì)出手26000多次的投籃吭产，而且其中60%的投籃不會(huì)命中，我跟你說(shuō)過(guò)鸭轮，籃球就是“王八蛋”臣淤。
即使如此，你也不要擔(dān)心窃爷。一個(gè)成功的男人是經(jīng)歷過(guò)1000次失敗的洗禮的邑蒋。換句話講，你會(huì)投失14000個(gè)投籃按厘。
你會(huì)在波士頓贏得一個(gè)總冠軍寺董。
你會(huì)在邁阿密贏得另外一個(gè)。
這兩支球隊(duì)的個(gè)性是截然不同的刻剥，但是兩支球隊(duì)都會(huì)有一些共同點(diǎn)：各種各樣的習(xí)慣。
枯燥且傳統(tǒng)的習(xí)慣滩字。
我知道造虏，你想讓我告訴你一些能在NBA取得成功的重要的秘訣。
這個(gè)秘訣就是——沒有秘訣麦箍。
就是枯燥且傳統(tǒng)的習(xí)慣而已漓藕。
在你進(jìn)入過(guò)的每一個(gè)更衣室中，每個(gè)人會(huì)講出所有正確的東西挟裂。每個(gè)人都會(huì)講享钞，他們?cè)敢鉃橼A得總冠軍而犧牲一切。但是比賽不是電影诀蓉，不是你在四節(jié)的比賽中成為什么樣的人物栗竖，不是談?wù)摰脑掝}。而是在沒有人矚目的時(shí)候渠啤，每天所投入的訓(xùn)練狐肢。
聽著：上帝才不在乎你的跳投進(jìn)還是不進(jìn)。
凱文-加內(nèi)特沥曹、保羅-皮爾斯份名、勒布朗-詹姆斯碟联、德維恩-韋德。這些和你并肩贏得總冠軍的人物都是不同凡響的僵腺。讓他們贏得總冠軍的東西正是別人所看不到的枯燥且傳統(tǒng)的習(xí)慣鲤孵。他們會(huì)相互競(jìng)爭(zhēng)：看誰(shuí)會(huì)第一個(gè)抵達(dá)體育館、誰(shuí)會(huì)最后一個(gè)離開辰如。
那些凡是認(rèn)為這很是陳詞濫調(diào)的普监、或者這不適用于他們的人是因?yàn)樗麄儞碛猩系圪n予的天賦，但這會(huì)使得他們整個(gè)職業(yè)生涯都沒能贏得總冠軍丧没。
但是我想讓你理解得更深刻一些鹰椒，總冠軍不是重點(diǎn)。
是的呕童，當(dāng)你把總冠軍獎(jiǎng)杯高高舉在頭頂上時(shí)漆际，你會(huì)記得所有曾經(jīng)說(shuō)過(guò)你不會(huì)有出息的人，這是一種說(shuō)服和證明夺饲。
4年的板凳球員奸汇。
酒鬼。
白人男孩往声。
但是擂找，我得坦誠(chéng)地告訴你，你會(huì)在贏得第一個(gè)總冠軍之后意識(shí)到浩销，刺激和證明都是暫時(shí)的贯涎。如果你不滿足于此，那你將會(huì)以莫大的失望收尾慢洋。
總冠軍只會(huì)是你每天早上醒來(lái)所感受到和投入努力去得到的次要的東西塘雳。總冠軍就像普筹，你穿著襯衫败明、打好領(lǐng)結(jié)坐在康涅狄格大學(xué)的課堂上一樣，總冠軍只是一個(gè)終點(diǎn)太防。
這些曲折的道路妻顶，就像你在秋日安靜的早晨漫步在康大的校園中，那是你尋找到快樂的地方蜒车。
我真的發(fā)自內(nèi)心深處地告訴你：生活就像一程旅行讳嘱，在乎的不是終點(diǎn)。而這程旅行酿愧，則會(huì)改變你這個(gè)人呢燥。
讓我來(lái)告訴你最后一個(gè)故事，來(lái)幫助你真正理解我所說(shuō)的寓娩。
那是在2013年6月21日清晨早些時(shí)候叛氨，那時(shí)候的你38歲呼渣，就在幾個(gè)小時(shí)前，你和邁阿密熱火隊(duì)贏下了NBA總決賽的第七場(chǎng)寞埠。
你是兩屆總冠軍得主了屁置。
凌晨5點(diǎn)多的時(shí)候，你躺在床上難以入眠仁连。最終蓝角，在7點(diǎn)多的時(shí)候，你走出被窩饭冬，悄悄下樓使鹅。你所有的朋友和家人都來(lái)到了你的房子來(lái)祝賀——他們都躺在沙發(fā)上，聽起來(lái)都睡著了昌抠，所以你踮著腳去廚房做早餐患朱。太陽(yáng)漸漸升起，屋子內(nèi)靜悄悄地一片炊苫。你已經(jīng)完成了你想做的裁厅，但你還是坐立不安。
所以侨艾，你為什么會(huì)有這樣的感覺呢执虹？這難道不是你萬(wàn)分努力以求的東西嗎？
大概在7點(diǎn)半的時(shí)候唠梨，你坐進(jìn)車內(nèi)袋励，出去兜風(fēng)。
你把車停在了一棟白色辦公建筑前当叭，它們似乎開著門插龄。
當(dāng)你走進(jìn)門時(shí)，接待人員看著你說(shuō)到科展，“雷？你...你在這兒干什么糠雨？”
“我睡不著才睹。”
“但是...你剛贏下總冠軍啊甘邀±湃粒”
“是的，我只想離開房子松邪∥肭伲”
“但是...現(xiàn)在是早上8點(diǎn)，而且你剛贏得總冠軍逗抑【绶”
“好吧寒亥，我仍然想收拾一下我的牙齒，他在嗎荧关？”
你的牙醫(yī)出去了溉奕，不在辦公室。
“雷忍啤？你...你在...?”
“我睡不著加勤。”
對(duì)你來(lái)說(shuō)同波，這就是成功的樣子鳄梅。你就是那種在奪得總冠軍后的清晨去看牙醫(yī)的人。
我知道未檩，伙計(jì)戴尸。
我知道。
但是為了實(shí)現(xiàn)你的夢(mèng)想讹挎，你會(huì)成為一個(gè)不同的人校赤。你會(huì)對(duì)自己的日常生活有些許迷戀。對(duì)于你的朋友和家人來(lái)說(shuō)筒溃，這會(huì)成為巨大的負(fù)擔(dān)马篮。
大多數(shù)的夜晚，你不會(huì)出去怜奖。你的朋友會(huì)問你為什么浑测。你永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)去喝酒，人們會(huì)別樣地看待你歪玲。當(dāng)你進(jìn)入NBA的時(shí)候迁央，你不會(huì)經(jīng)常和隊(duì)友們?nèi)ゴ蚺疲藗儠?huì)覺得你不會(huì)成為一個(gè)好隊(duì)友滥崩。為了工作岖圈，你甚至不得不把家人擱置在一邊。
大多數(shù)時(shí)間钙皮，你會(huì)是孤獨(dú)的蜂科。
這不會(huì)讓你成為最受歡迎的人。有些人會(huì)想：“這么樣值得嗎短条？”
只有你能回答导匣。
“我該是個(gè)什么人？”
明天當(dāng)你踏下南加州的校車茸时，你將要選擇贡定。
你生命中接下來(lái)的每一天，你也要選擇可都。
你是想要顯得合群缓待，還是選擇擁抱孤獨(dú)并且追逐偉大蚓耽？
我作為一個(gè)41歲的退役球員寫這封信給你。我作為一個(gè)完全和自我平靜相處的人寫這封信給你命斧。
你走下校車之后經(jīng)歷的困難都只是暫時(shí)的田晚。籃球會(huì)帶你遠(yuǎn)離校園国葬。你不會(huì)只是一名籃球運(yùn)動(dòng)員贤徒。你會(huì)參演電影。你會(huì)環(huán)游世界汇四。你會(huì)成為丈夫接奈，會(huì)成為五個(gè)美好孩子的父親。
如今通孽，你生命中最重要的問題不是“我該成為什么樣的人”或者“我該做什么去獲得另一個(gè)總冠軍序宦？”
你面臨的最重要的問題是：“爸爸，你猜今天在數(shù)學(xué)課上發(fā)生了什么背苦？”
這就是你旅途盡頭的獎(jiǎng)賞互捌。
去到球場(chǎng)。待在球場(chǎng)行剂。
刻苦努力秕噪，年輕人。
大部分人都不會(huì)了解真實(shí)的你厚宰。但他們會(huì)了解你的努力腌巾。
