[荐][翻译]"我给KG的一封信"

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说明:此信的最初连接我不知道,但大家可从ZIBO那个KG采访流泪的视频贴中找到:

http://www.hoopchina.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=26838

这是一个铁杆狼迷看完KG访谈后写给KG的.由于他对狼和KG的感情,在看其他球队球员时不免带有偏颇一点的感情色彩.比如他谈TD那一段我不太认同.

但除此之外,这应该是一封感人的信.

再次谢谢ZIBO的提供.为便于阅读,我沿袭ZIBO的方式,提到KG原话的地方用红色.



“我给Kevin Garnett的一封信"


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阿票,（注：ＫＧ队友和ＫＧ迷对他的昵称，意即他就是球队和票房的象征）


是我，那个＂投一球＂，DeROK.我不知道你是否还记得我们相遇的那一天．我知道你每天都会遇到不同的人，我没有理由认为我自己是如此突出,让你能特别记住我．

让我回到２００３年夏季的那一天．那一天，在新泽西州（ＮＪ）Teaneck城的 Fairleigh Dickinson大学，你和T-Mac, Duncan在拍一个阿迪达斯的投篮广告．我在外面等着，不知道到底能不能见到你，或者你甚至能不能注意到我．但事情就是这么发生了――我真的见到了你，而你，也真的注意到了我．我永远也不会忘记那一天．一个人并不是每天都有机会见到你心目中的英雄的．当你离开时，我最后对你说的话是，＂嗨，Kevin,今年我们要拿总冠军！＂你转过身，朝我微笑，然后回答道，＂我们看吧．希望会的．＂　


上赛季我们没能拿到冠军，但是狼队真的有资格得到它．我们所有人心中都深深知道，去年我们只是缺了一个健康的控卫，否则，将冠军杯高高举在空中的将是我们．我猜，我们的命运卡片中就缺了这一张吧？然而，在已经知道我们曾经有多么接近并且体验到连年心碎后终于成功的感觉是多么美好后，我相信，你跟那儿任何一位忠实的明尼苏达球迷一样，认为（心愿的实现）就在今年了，＂我们的球队，我们的时代＂，对吧？所以，昨天下午当坐在电视前观看TNT对你做的一对一采访时,我竟感到了一丝超现实主义的味道.你原本可以兴奋到比天空还高的极点,告诉(采访你的教练) John Thompson拥有全联盟最佳胜负记录的感觉是多么惬意;但事实上,我看到的却是以前从未见过的你的另一面—我永远也不必见到的那一面.但是,这一面让我对你有了比对世界上任何其他运动员的更多的尊敬.而这,就是我现在写这封信的原因…


是的, Kevin,妈妈曾经说过,生命中总有一些这样的日子.但是,她没有说,生命中会有很多星期,很多月份乃至一个完整赛季,象现在这个样子.每一场比赛后,都要去体味这样的伤害和痛苦,都要忍受这样的身体折磨代价,都要付出你自身的所有,然后发现自己的胜负记录却是27-27---我无法想象,承受这一切该是多么的艰难.我无法知道,当目睹自己有些队友如此自私时,你竟还能,表现得如此有教养并继续向我们展示那个始终如一的你. “我在那里.我每个晚上都整装准备好自己,每个晚上.---我被冲撞,受伤,诸如此类.100%…30%?…其实不是数字能衡量的. 这一切,只在我心里,你无法丈量”.

我的记忆有多久,我成为明尼苏达森林狼的球迷就有多久.我无法想象,不为这只球队加油会是什么样子.无论过去的时日是凝重还是明快轻松,我全副身心,100%地为她加油, 这已经成为我生命中的一部分.不管有多少糟糕的事情发生,一场胜利总能让我感到好受一些;不管有多少美好的事情出现,一场失败总能吞噬我的内心.因此,一点也不吃惊的是, 当看着你,听你说”我在输,我在输,我在输…我在输”时, 我的身心也跟你一起被撕裂了.


Kevin, 你就是我之所以打球的原因.成长的过程中,我总是长得矮小,从来没有得到一个打球的机会.当终于长大成人后,我还是丢不掉那个”小个孩子”的标签,还是没有上场打球的机会,无论我训练得有多苦,或者无论我练习时打得有多棒,从来也没有足够好的时候.他们只是让我永远也没机会扔掉那个标签.就这样,很自然地,我从你那里找到了动力.我不认为任何人曾经说你矮小过,不过,我知道他们一直在说你没有足够好过.看着你走过那总是在第一轮被击败的七年,你受到的不公正的批评指责超过了其他任何球员可以面对,消化的.不管你做得多么苦,不管你的数据多么出众,也不管你的球队最后成功地走了多远,他们还是要给你贴上一个”永远也赢不了一回季后赛系列的球员”的标签.因为Tim Duacan幸运地拥有一个叫 David Robinson而不是叫Rasho Nesterovic的中锋,他成了”联盟最好的球员”.而你,不管你做了什么,好象总是没人给以你应得的评价.但是,你没有为此停止努力地工作,刻苦地训练,永不休止地继续再来.因为你的榜样,我,也会永不言弃.

“这不是高尔夫.这不是网球.这也不是仅仅关乎我…这是关乎我们.这与我做的任何其他事情无关. 我,仅仅是所有拼图中的一块.”

我不认为,联盟中其他全明星球员会象你这么说.,尤其是,如果他们在自己球队里几乎每项统计都是第一的时候.但是,这就是你, Kevin,这就是你所代表的一切:忠诚,无私,勇气,搏命,坚定,坚韧,激情---你将它们深深植入这只球队,并灌输给作为球迷的我们.这些对我来说如此重要的品质多年来已被球队用自己的表现具象化出来,而你,就是把它们全部合一的那个人.


采访最打动我的部分是,当John问你你是否后悔留在明尼苏达的时候.你已经花了很多时间一直在回答人们这个问题,但这一次,你根本连一秒钟的犹豫都没有. ”不,不,永远不曾”,好象这个念头从来没有在你的头脑中闪现过.我敢断言,它出现过.它怎么可能没出现过?这只球队已经经历了这么多,好象每次我们努力让自己发奋脱离困境后,总有另外的东西把我们拉回来重回旧地,而且更深.当我停下来,认真回想那一长串的失望,挫败和心碎感受时,我呆立着,被震惊击中---有这么一个人,他真的,有这样的勇气,留在这里,经历这一切! 随着Flip (Sanders)的离去,你,已经是过去球队中的唯一.是的,现在,你是每次季后赛失利后更衣室的唯一,是Steph (Marbury)离去后的唯一, 是Joe Smith丑闻后的唯一, 是我们永远失去Malik (Sealy)后的唯一.你还在这里,你是幸存者.


我是学医的,正在学着如何成为一名大夫.这个过程可以是严酷的,非常地严酷.不时有这样的时候,当工作(功课)堆积如山,当截止日近在咫尺,当压力排山倒海压来,那些时候,我只想把所有这些草草收起来一扔了事(注: throw in the towel,英语中一个比较常见的表达句型,直译”扔进毛巾”, 意即”结束,完成”). 但是,我没有,我不能.部分原因是所有这些岁月跟随这支球队的经历深深影响了我.狼迷们不会放弃.我们已历经艰难岁月,如果轻言放弃,我们早已放弃.你为我们做出榜样,我们不会退出放弃,因为,你从未退出放弃.

“我看着马刺. 我看着Shaq和他的新球队.我经常跟 Chauncey (Billups)通话,谈得很多.跟这些我提到的球队一样,我们球队有很多球技出众的球员.我们现在是这样的处境,但这是我们现在的现实.这种事实正在痛苦地扼杀我.”


对我来说,这看起来就是不对.你不该如此这般经历一个赛季,象这支球队正在经历的一样.在你始终如一奉献出你的所有和承担一切压在你肩上的重担之后,你不应该得到陷于目前处境的惩罚.你用你一生的球场生涯,寻找一个拥有Shaq 或Kobe一般才华的队友.然而,他们在胜利之时以自私为傲,并以此将球队涣散成片, 不是你,而是他们, 才应该成为此时独自承担失败痛苦的人,可是现在, Shaq坐拥东部最佳胜负记录, Kobe牢占第八季后赛之位.与此同时,你,挡在外面,向里看着.这种感觉, 也正在痛苦地扼杀我.

“我真的付出许多.我同时提供自己的看法和意见.这并不是因为我必须这样.这些东西深植我体内.我自母体生出就是这样,这就是我.我自出世就被锻造成这样.你不是因为你不得不才去打球,你不是因为你不得不才去短跑.我不会因为不得不才去训练馆,作额外增加的投篮练习.不,我不会因为不得不才去付出.我这样是因为我已被如此锻造.这,就是我”


是的, 妈妈曾经说过,生命中总有一些这样的日子.这里,最重要的词是, ”日子”.日子会变得越来越好,它必须是.而我相信,它应该会, 因为, 象你这样承担重任和责难的球员,成功必然会光顾我们这里.如果,有这么一个联盟,一个拥有如你一样充沛激情和动力的球员无法赢得总冠军,那么,这样的冠军头衔并不值得去赢取; 如果, 世间要有一丝公平的话, 今年四月,你应该进入季后赛,你不应遭受拿不到第八从而无法进入季后赛第一轮的痛苦. “我们的球队.我们的时代”. 我们必须一直坚信这一点,我们必须开始坚信这一点. 你自己说了,我们球队拥有很多球技出众的球员,所以,没有理由, 我们不坚信,只有天空才是我们的极限; 如果,这意味着, 我们不得不在第一轮挑战马刺以赢取冠军头衔,那么,这就是我们将要去做的.上个赛季,这支球队已经证明, 它拥有所需的一切成为最终站立在那个位置的最后那支球队; 而如今,世界上每一个人都在怀疑我们. 是时候了,让我们去证明,这一次他们又错了; 是时候了,让我们, 终止失败.

“我,不能接受失败. 我不能接受失败. 我永远不会接受失败, 永远. 我不想, 让任何人,有任何机会, 直面我, 叫我’失败者’”.


Kevin Garnett是个失败者吗? 回答这个问题,我一秒钟也不会迟疑, " 不, 不是. 永远不是!"



--Derek (注:此信作者之名).






"My Letter to Kevin Garnett"


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Ticket,

It's me, "One Shot", DeROK. I don't know if you remember the day we met or not. I know you meet new people every day and there's no reason for me to think I really stuck out. It was back in the summer of 2003, the day you shot an Adidas commercial with T-Mac and Duncan at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, NJ. I waited outside, not knowing if I'd get to see you, or if you'd even pay attention to me. But it just so happens that I did get to see you, and you did pay attention. I'll never forget it. It's not every day you get to meet your hero. The last words I said to you as you walked away was "Hey Kevin, we're getting a championship this year!" You turned, smiled, and said "We'll see. Hopefully."



We didn't get a championship last season, but the Wolves deserved one. We all know deep within us that we were one healthy point guard short of holding that trophy in the air last year. I guess it just wasn't in the cards. But knowing how close we came, and how good it felt to finally succeed after years of heartache, I'm sure that you, just like every loyal Minnesota fan out there thought that this would be the year. "Our Team. Our Time." Right? So it was a bit surreal for me to sit in front of the television yesterday afternoon and watch your 1 on 1 interview on TNT. You should have been sky high telling John Thompson how amazing it felt to have the best record in the league. Instead, I saw a side of you that I had never seen before. It's a side I never should have had to see. But it was a side that made me have more respect for you than any other athlete in the world. And that's why I'm writing this...

Yeah Kevin, Momma said there will be days like this. But she didn't say that there would be weeks, months, an entire season like this. I can't imagine how difficult it must be to go through the aches and pains of each game, to endure the physical toll that it takes on your body, to give everything inside of you and then some, and then see a 27-27 record in the standings. I don't know how you can act with such class and continue to give of yourself the way you do, when you've watched some of your teammates act so selfishly. But you do. You said it best yourself. "I'm out there. I suit up every night. I suit up every night - banged up, hurt, whatever. 100%...30%...ain't no numbers. It's in my heart and you can't measure that."

I've been a fan of the Minnesota Timberwolves for as long as I can remember. I don't know what it's like to not root for this team. I'm with this team 100%, through thick and thin. It's a part of me. No matter how bad things are going for me, a win makes it all feel better. And no matter how great things may be, a loss eats me up inside. So it should come as no surprise that I teared up right along with you as I watched you say the words, "I'm losing. I'm losing. I'm losing... I'm losing."

Kevin, you're the reason why I play basketball. Growing up, I was undersized and never got a shot at playing. When I finally grew, I couldn't shake that label of "the small kid", and still didn't get my chance. No matter how hard I practiced, or how well I played, it was never good enough. They just wouldn't let me lose the label. And so naturally, I received motivation from you. I don't think anyone's ever called you small, but I know they've said that you weren't good enough. Watching you through those seven years of first round playoff defeats, you had more unjust criticisms thrown your way than any player should have to deal with. No matter how hard you tried, no matter what numbers you put up, no matter how far your team overachieved, they still labeled you as the guy who couldn't win a playoff series. Because Tim Duncan was lucky enough to have a center named David Robinson instead of Rasho Nesterovic, he became "the best player in the league". No matter what you did, it seemed that no one would give you your dues. But you didn't let it stop you from working harder, practicing more, and trying again. Because of your example, I wouldn't let it either.

"This ain't golf. This ain't tennis. This ain't about me... It's about us. It ain't about nothing else I'm doing. I'm just one of the pieces."

I don't think that there's another all-star in the league who would say something like that. Especially when they're leading their team in nearly every category. But that's you, Kevin. That's what you're all about. Loyalty, selflessness, courage, hard work, determination, perseverance, passion - those are all traits that you've infused into this team, into us as fans. So many of the things that are important to me have been embodied by this team over the past few years, and you're the one that put them there.

My favorite part of that interview was when John asked you if you regretted staying in Minnesota. You had taken you time speaking throughout, but this time you didn't hesitate for a moment. "No. No. Ne-ver." It seemed as if the thought had never crossed your mind. I'm sure that it has, of course. How could it not? This team has been through so much. It seems like every time we pick ourselves up off the ground, something comes up that drives us further down into it. When I stop and actually think about that long list of disappointments, frustrations, and heartbreaks, I stand in awe that somebody had the courage to stay here through it all. With Flip gone, you're the last of the breed. You're the only one that's been in that locker room after each playoff defeat, after Steph left, after the Joe Smith scandal, after we lost Malik. You're still here. You're a survivor.

I'm studying to become a doctor. And it can be tough. Real tough. There are times when the work is piled up, the deadline is drawing near, and the pressure is weighing down on me, that I just want to pack it all up and throw in the towel. But I don't. I can't. And part of that is due to all those years of following this team rubbing off on me. Timberwolves fans don't give up. We've endured so much along the way that if we were going to give up, we'd have done it all ready. You did that to us. We don't quit, because you didn't quit. You said that you didn't want people watching the interview to think that you were weak. Kevin, how could anyone call you weak, when you've made us so strong?

"I see the Spurs. I see Shaq with his new team. I talk to Chauncey a lot. We got a lot of talent on our team just like any of those teams I just named. We're in this situation here, but it is what it is. It's killing me."

It just doesn't seem right to me. You shouldn't have to go through a season like the one this team's having. After the way you've performed and the responsibility that you've taken upon your shoulders, you don't deserve to be in this situation. You've spent your whole career looking for a teammate with the talent of Shaq or Kobe. Yet they let selfish pride get in the way of success and tore their team to pieces. They should be the ones that are dealing with pain of losing, not you. But right now Shaq's sitting on the top of the East, and Kobe's holding the eighth playoff spot, while you're on the outside looking in. It would be killing me too.

"I do give a lot. I give two cents. It ain't because I got to. It's in me. This is how I came out of the womb. This is how I am. I'm built like this. You don't play ball cause you got to. You don't run sprints cause you got to. I don't have to go into the gym and put up extra shots because I got to. I ain't got to do none of that. This is how I'm built. This is me."

Yeah, Momma said there will be days like this. And the important word in all of that is "days". It's going to get better. It's got to. And I believe it will. Because with a player like you leading the charge, success just has to come our way. If this is a league where a person with your passion and drive can't win a title, then it's a title that's not worth winning. If there's any shred of justice left, you'll be in playoffs this April, and you won't suffer an eighth first round exit. "Our Team. Our Time." We have to keep believing it. We have to start feel'n it. You said it yourself, we've got a lot of talent on our team. There's no reason why the sky shouldn't be the limit. If it means that we have to go into San Antonio in the first round and take them down to win the title, then that's what we're going to do. This team proved last season that it has what it takes to be the last team standing in the end. Now every person in the world is doubting us. It's time to prove them wrong again. It's time to stop losing.

"I can't accept losing. I won't accept losing. I won't ever accept losing, ever. I don't want anyone to ever be able to call me a loser to my face."

Kevin Garnett a loser? I won't hesitate for a moment. "No. No. Ne-ever."



- Derek
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