上一篇提到了这位小将军的恩师 这一篇有他比较详尽的介绍 原文网址: http://0rz.tw/Pe2hb Meet the high school coach - who gave new New Jersey Nets coach Avery Johnson his voice 认识Avery Johnson高中时代的启蒙恩师：Bernald Griffith As the new coach of the New Jersey Nets begins the arduous task of making over a 12-victory team, he'll do it with a competitive template that was shaped three decades ago in the Seventh Ward of New Orleans, not far from the housing project he grew up in. He'll do it with Bernard Griffith's voice in his psyche, and Bernard Griffith's messages and sayings on a loop that never stops, circling like the ramps that lead to the Meadowlands. Avery Johnson will look at Devin Harris and Brook Lopez and Terrence Williams on the floor, and probably feel the urge to say "Do it one more time." Or, "One star never shines as bright as the whole galaxy." Or, "Discipline will get us through anything." 三十年前，在纽奥良市第七区，Avery Johnson老家附近，出现了一位影响AJ甚深的 人物；三十年後，AJ接下了纽泽西篮网总教练一职，接下改造一支12胜球队的艰辛任 务，他将用他从这位样板人物身上所学到的一切，尽全力完成它。这个人叫做Bernard Griffith。Griffith的声音将在AJ的灵魂中与其共同奋战，他的一字一句也将串接成 一个不会停止的回圈，就像是引领至Meadowlands(牧场？世外桃源？)的坡道一般。 当AJ看着Devin Harris、Brook Lopez、Terrence Williams，或许他会感到一阵激励 而说，「让我们再次站起来吧！」或者「一颗星星永远无法比整个银河系更加闪耀。 」(一把筷子折不断！) 再不然，他可能会说，「纪律可以让我们做到任何事。」 From his new office in East Rutherford Friday afternoon, Avery Johnson spoke of a man who has had a profound influence on his life, and said, "Coach Griff is all about perfection and mastery, and getting it right." Some 1,200 miles away, Bernard Griffith was pleased to be remembered. "They always said I was a nasty guy, but I thought, relatively (speaking), that I was a sweetheart," Griffith said. 在他位於东罗斯福镇的新办公室，AJ谈到了这样一位对他的人生有深远影响的人，并 且说「Griff教练是个完美、威严，总是把事情做对的人。」 而在1200哩外，Griffith则是很开心他还被记得。 「他们总是说我是个糟糕的人，但我想，跟他们比起来我应该算是好人了！」 Griffith说。 Bernard Griffith is 61 years old, a 6-4, 250-pound man straight out of the old-school textbook. He has spent virtually his entire adult life teaching history and/or economics, and coaching basketball, telling his kids that the classroom is way more important than the court, and that if "you come to work and put forth effort, you will always get paid." Griffith coached for 27 years at St. Augustine's, his pupils including Johnson, as well as former Net guard Kerry Kittles. It is a parochial school where all the students are boys, and all the boys wear uniforms. Johnson wanted no part of going there. 61岁的Bernard Griffith，身高6尺4，体重250磅，他奉献了他毕生精力在教历史、经 济学(?)，以及带领篮球队上，他告诉他的球员们别因为打球而忽略了课业，并告诉他 们一分耕耘，一分收获。他担任圣奥古斯丁校队教练27年之久。曾经在他底下打球的包 括AJ，以及前篮网後卫Kerry Kittles。圣奥古斯丁是个地方小学校，所有的学生都是 男生，必需穿着制服，起初AJ一点都不想去那儿。 Griffith convinced Johnson's parents that he'd get a first-rate education, and discipline that would be with him his whole life. It was no throwaway line. Griffith wore a suit and tie to every St. Augustine's game, and forbade his players from talking on bus rides. If his ballplayers messed up in school, they didn't return to the court until the teacher approved it. If they messed up in practice, or if they hot-dogged or loafed, they would have to run stairs or run around the school, or get hit with Bernard Griffith's paddle. 後来Griffith说服了AJ的爸妈，保证他会受到一流的教育，并养成一生皆足以遵循的 良好纪律。在参与每一场圣奥古斯丁的比赛时，Griffith总是穿着西装、打着领带； 在公车上时，Griffith禁止他的球员们聊天。若是他的球员在学校出了问题，他不让 他们回球场打球直到老师点头；若是他的球员在练习时捅篓子，除非他们有伤，否则 他们就得跑楼梯、跑校园、或是挨Griffith的竹笋炒肉丝。 "Corporal punishment was allowed in the school, and we used it," Griffith said. When Johnson got it, it was usually because he was talking too much. "His methods wouldn't work in high school today; he was too tough," Johnson said. "But it really made me a fighter." 「在我们那时候，体罚是被允许的，所以我们就用了。(笑)」Griffith说。 「然而，如果今天Johnson被惩罚，大部份都是因为他自己太多话了。」 AJ则表示：「他的方法在今日的高中已经不适用了；他太严厉了。」 「但这确实让我成为一位斗士。」 It was Johnson's spirit that Bernard Griffith first noticed, when Avery was in junior high. Griffith watched him play, and was wowed not by skill and flash, but by his resolve. 在高中时，Griffith最先注意到的是AJ的精神。Griffith看着他打球，发出赞叹，不 只是因为他的技巧和速度，而是由於他的坚决。 (待续) --

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