原文出处： http://www.jarvishayes.net/life.html -- GROWING UP 成长过程 I was born in Atlanta on August 9, 1981. I have a twin brother (named Jonas), two other brothers (named Raheem and Marcus) and a sister (named Katasa). 我於1981年8月9日出生在亚特兰大。我有一个双胞胎兄弟(名叫Jonas)，两个兄弟(名 叫Raheem和Marcus)还有一个姐妹(名叫Katasa)。 Many people ask me if it was strange to grow up with a twin brother. We had a very normal childhood. I have to say that we can definitely feel each other’s pain though. Once Jonas fell of his bike and hit his head – he wasn’t crying but I was at the same time! Later when Jonas was playing college ball at Georgia, he dislocated his finger very badly. At the very same time, I started feeling pain in my finger for no reason. We weren’t very mischievous twins though – well, we did switch classes once in 8th grade and didn’t get caught! Also, when we were 13 or 14 years old, Jonas couldn’t play basketball for his city team because he was sick. His team had made it all the way to the Championship and I didn’t want them to lose. So, I stepped in and pretended to be him! Within the first three minutes, they realized that I wasn’t Jonas and was disqualified. 很多人问我说和一个双胞胎兄弟一起长大会不会很奇怪。我们有一个相当平常的童年 时期。但我必须说我们很肯定地能感受到对方的疼痛。有一次Jonas从他的脚踏车上跌下来 後撞到头 - 他没有哭反而是我在同一时间哭了！後来当Jonas在乔治亚大学打球时，有一 次他的手指很严重地脱臼。几乎在同一时间，我的手指开始感到莫名的疼痛。尽管我们不 是非常调皮的一对双胞胎 - 嗯，我们还是在8年级时玩过一次互换班级的游戏而且没有被 发现！而且，当我们13还14岁的时候，Jonas因为生病而无法为他的城市队上场比赛。他的 球队一路过关斩将直到冠军赛而我不希望他们输球。所以，我踏上球场假扮成他。在开赛 後三分钟内，他们就发现我不是Jonas而我就被取消比赛资格了。 Growing up Atlanta was great. I had a neighborhood full of older and wiser people who were very influential on me. I grew up in a very religious family so there wasn’t too much non-sense going on in our house. 在亚特兰大长大很棒。我的邻居们满是较我年长且较我睿智的人们，他们对我产生许 多影响。我生长在一个相当虔诚的家庭，所以在我们家没有发生太多狗屁倒灶的事情。 I remember first playing basketball at age six in first grade. My first position was guard/forward. All of my siblings played basketball. Katasa played college basketball at the College of Charleston. Raheem played at South Carolina State. Marcus played at Fort Valley State. Jonas and I played at Western Carolina before transferring to play at Georgia. Marcus actually had a dual scholarship in basketball and track. My cousin Steve (Luke) played professional football for the Green Bay Packers. 我记得第一次接触篮球是我六岁，就读一年级的时候。我第一次担任的位置是後卫兼 前锋。我所有的兄弟姐妹都打篮球。Katasa在查尔斯顿大学打篮球校队。Raheem效力於南 卡州大。Marcus效力於佛谷州大。Jonas和我在转学到乔治亚大学前也曾在西卡罗莱纳大学 打球。事实上Marcus还拿到了篮球和径赛的双料奖学金。我的表兄弟Steve(Luke)效力於职 业美式足球的绿湾包装人队。 -- HIGH SCHOOL 中学时期 I’ve always wanted to either play basketball, coach basketball or become a police officer. I had four of the best years of my life during high school at Frederick Douglas High. I really enjoyed that time. I met some great friends and had great experiences. I think I got my first dunk in high school (ninth grade). I hit a growth spurt between 10th and 12th grade. The biggest spurt was during the summer between 10th and 11th grade. I grew almost 6 inches! 我总是在想未来要打篮球，当篮球教练还是成为一位警官。我在佛德列克道格拉斯高 中过了四年相当快乐的日子。我真的很enjoy那段时间。我结交了一些死党而且学到一些宝 贵的经验。我想我第一次灌篮成功是在高中(9年级时)。我在10到12年级期间身高暴增。最 明显长高是在10升11年级的那个暑假。我长了几乎6寸高！ I played a lot of AAU basketball during high school. My AAU experience helped to develop who I am as a person and as a basketball player. I played during my Junior and Senior years of high school and it gave me another opportunity to meet and compete against some great people. 我在中学期间参与很多业余运动联盟的篮球赛事。那些比赛经验帮助我成长，让我变 成像现在这样的一个人以及一个篮球员。我在高三和高四打球的经历让我有另外一个机会 去增广见闻并与一些杰出的球员对抗。 -- COLLEGE 大学期间 I chose to attend Western Carolina because of the bond that I had with my brother. We could have gone to different schools but only three offered scholarships together and one was WC. Jonas and I both decided to transfer from WC and attend Georgia after our first year because we wanted to be closer to home. The most difficult part of the transfer was not being able to play basketball for the first three months there (due to NCAA regulations). Looking back, there’s nothing I would’ve done differently though. I majored in Child and Family Development because I wanted to make a difference in children’s lives. I’m very passionate about helping kids and wanted to learn from my experiences and help other kids along as well. 我选择就读西卡罗莱纳大学是为了能和我的孪生兄弟继续在一起。我们可以到不同的 学校去就读但只有三间学校愿意提供给我和他奖学金而其中一所就是西卡大。在大一结束 後Jonas和我都决定从西卡大转学到乔治亚大学，因为我们希望能离家近一点。关於转学最 让人难以接受的地方是在前三个月不能上场打球(碍於NCAA的规定)。不过事後回想起来， 就算要我重新来过一次，我也不会改变我的决定。我主修孩童与家庭发展学因为我希望可 以让孩子生命有些许的改变。我很乐於帮助孩子而且也希望从我的经验中学习并一直帮助 其他的孩子们。 My most memorable college games came at Georgia. One very memorable game was my first ever NCAA Tournament game, I scored 32 points! Then in my last home game at Georgia, we were playing the Florida Gators (who were ranked 3rd in the country) and were down 1 point with 10 seconds to play. I hit a turnaround jumper to win the game! It was incredible! 我大部分值得回忆的大学篮赛都是在乔治亚大学。我人生第一场参与的NCAA锦标赛真 的相当令人难忘，因为我独得32分！再来是我们最後一场在乔治亚主场的比赛，我们对上 到访的佛罗里达鳄鱼队(是当时全国排名第三的强队)而我们在比赛时间剩下10秒时以1分落 後。我投进了逆转的跳投，帮助球队赢得比赛胜利！那真是令人不可置信！ -- NBA Draft NBA选秀会 I trained really hard for the NBA Draft. I had hernia surgery the same year that I was drafted and had to work extra hard to be ready. I was a big Hawks fan (since I grew up in Atlanta) and initially wanted to play for them but was ecstatic when the Wizards drafted me! I was too excited to even cry tears of joy! 为了参加NBA选秀我真的相当努力在进行训练。我在中选的同一年接受了疝气手术，所 以我必须特别努力才能做好上场比赛的准备。我是老鹰队的头号粉丝(因为我从小在亚特兰 大长大)，所以一开始我希望能为穿上老鹰的球衣打球但在巫师挑选我时，我仍是感到一阵 狂喜！因为太过兴奋，我甚至还喜极而泣！ I was drafted right where I was expected but the whole process was nerve wrecking because nothing is guaranteed. You never know what can change or what the teams are thinking. My entire family and my high school coach (Jesse Bonner ) accompanied me to the draft. The only advice I can give to young players on the verge of being drafted is to “relish every moment of it because there will never be another time in your life when you are going to get that experience.” It’s great because somebody actually wants you. The fact that you are wanted is a great feeling! 我在我预期的位置被选上但整个过程仍让人心情七上八下，因为没有人能保证什麽。 你无法得知什麽事情会改变或球队在忖度什麽。我整个家庭和我的高中教练(Jesse Bonner )陪伴我一起参加选秀会。我唯一能给准备参加选秀的年轻球员的意见就是"好好地享受每 一刻，因为你一辈子都不会再有另一次机会可以再重新体验一次。"有人真的需要你是件很 棒的事。事实上你是被需要的，这感觉真是棒极了！ --

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