原文出处： http://www.nba.com/preview2007/journey_billups.html -- Getting to the NBA is not easy. Of the millions of kids playing basketball around the world today, only a very small percentage will make it to the Association. Along the way, there will be highs and lows, ups and downs. 进入NBA不是件容易的事。在全世界有数百万个孩子热爱篮球的今天，只有极少部分的 菁英能够打进这个篮球的最高殿堂。在这条路上，肯定会有高潮低潮以及高低起伏。 As they prepare for the 2007-08 season, 30 current players reflect back on their journey to the NBA and some of the things they went through to fulfill their dream of playing basketball for a living. 在他们为'07-'08年球季预作准备的此时，30位现任球员回顾他们迈进NBA的艰辛历程 以及一些他们为了能让以打球维生的美梦成真所做的一些努力。 What was the biggest obstacle you overcame to make the NBA? 问：什麽是你在打进NBA过程中所克服的最大阻碍？ Chauncey Billups: Being from Denver, I think was one of my biggest obstacles. It's pretty much a football state. It's not out there for basketball. It's not like [a coach] can just call out and say here's a great player. So it was hard, I had to go to different camps and things. People would probably talk before I got there, they would be just like he's ok because he's not playing against anybody [competitive] every night. So I would have to constantly prove that, and I love the challenge, but every single stop I would have to constantly prove that I was for real. 答：出身丹佛，我认为是我遭遇过最大的阻碍之一。那个州最为盛行的活动应该算是 美式足球。就算你有天份，教练也不会来发掘你。所以那很难，我必须去参加一个又一个 不同的训练营。人们或许在我到之前就会讨论，他们或许会认为他表现还可以，因为他不 是每个晚上都会遭遇到有竞争力的对手。所以我必须持续不断地去证明，而我热爱挑战， 但每一小步我都必须持续不断地去证明，我是玩真的！ Growing up, what would you have done to play basketball, even if it was just to shoot around? 问：从小到大，你要去打球，甚至只是去投投球，必须先完成些什麽事情吗？ CB: I would have done anything. Of course, if I had chores or things to do around the house like cut grass, taking the trash out, all those kind of things ... I would come home, cut the grass, take out the trash, clean my room, all in about 30 minutes, as fast as I could. I might not do a good job, but I would do it so fast so I could go to the rec center and play ball. 答：我必须先做好任何事。当然，如果我在家有些杂事，例如割草、倒垃圾，所有那 一类工作...我会回家，割草、倒垃圾、打扫我的房间，大概在30分钟左右，尽我所能地尽 快完成所有的事。我或许不会做得很好，但我会很快地完成，这样我才能到娱乐中心去打 球。 Did you have a basketball hero as a kid and why that person? 问：有哪个人是你儿时的篮球偶像吗？为什麽是那个人？ CB: I liked Magic Johnson. He was my favorite player. I thought Jordan was the best, but Magic was my favorite player because I just felt like he was a winner . He did every single thing he could to win. He played multiple positions when he had to. He would score more on some nights when he had to. I just loved Magic, he was my favorite player most definitely. 答：我喜欢Magic Johnson。他是我最喜欢的球员。我认为Jordan是最棒的，但Magic 才是我的最爱，因为我感觉他是个赢家。他愿意为了赢球去做每件他能做到的小事。在必 要时他可以打好几个位置。有几个晚上在必要时他会挺身而出拿下更多的分数。我就是喜 欢Magic，很肯定地他是我最敬爱的球员。 What was your favorite childhood basketball memory? 问：童年时期最令你难忘的篮球回忆是？ CB: I think it was the tournament that my team won in Grand Junction, Colorado back in the 6th grade. It was just a team from the inner city, all black team and we went to a tournament in Grand Junction that was pretty much all white. We went undefeated and won the tournament. It was great because out there, there wasn't a lot of people who wanted us to win. So we felt like we accomplished some thing that was great. 答：我想是六年级时我的球队赢得科罗拉多大强克逊锦标赛的这件事吧。我们只是一 支出身贫民区的球队，一支全部由黑人组成的球队而我们去参加了绝大部分是白人参赛的 大强克逊锦标赛，战无不胜并一举夺得冠军。那真的很棒，因为在那里没有太多人希望我 们获胜。所以我们感觉我们达到了一件相当难得的成就。 That must have been a great experience in itself to prove all of the naysayers wrong, right? 问：去证明所有反对者都错了肯定是个相当棒的经验，对吧？ CB: Ah yes it was. It really taught us about more then basketball in that tournament. And we fought through that man... Some inner city kids, some neighborhood kids not ever dealing with that before. Coached warned us how it was going to be but you can never know until you go through something like that . That was probably one of the most special moments in my childhood. 答：哈，没错。那锦标赛真的教了我们很多关於篮球的事。而我们和那些家伙竞争... 有些贫民区的孩子，有些我的童年玩伴甚至没经历过那样的事。教练告诫过我们会遇到哪 些事情但直到你亲身经历前你绝对没办法了解他所说的话。那或许是我童年时期最特别最 难忘的时刻之一。 Finish this sentence... "Growing up the basketball court was my... " 问：请你完成这个句子..."从小到大，篮球场是我的...。" CB: Safe Haven. It got me away from all of the things in the neighborhood. When I was on the court, I was on the court man. I was just happy, I wasn't thinking about anything else that was going on in my life. That was my safe haven. 答：避风港。它让我远离那些存在於邻里间所有不好的事。当我在篮球场上，我就完 全专注於场上，老兄。我很高兴，我不会想到在我生活中其他的任何事。篮球场就是我的 避风港。 So it was like your own little zone I guess you could say? 问：所以我猜你应该是想说它是你专属的小小私人天地？ CB: Right. 答：没错。 Any one give you basketball advice that you thought was particularly compelling ? 问：有哪个人给你关於篮球的建议是你认为特别受用的吗？ CB: One of my coaches told me, "When you win something, everybody gets the credit, as opposed to trying to be the star of the team, trying to score all the points." He told me to play to win. He taught me that then and since, I've always played for the right reasons. I think that's one of the reasons why I love Magic so much. 答：我一个教练告诉过我，"当你获胜，每个人都可以分到一些光彩，而不要只是想着 出尽锋头，抢着得分，试图成为球队的招牌人物。"他告诉我应该为胜利而战。他告诉我後 我就一直为了正确的理由在打球。我想那也是我如此敬爱Magic的原因之一吧。 What advice would give you someone who wants to play in the NBA? 问：你会给想进NBA打球的人什麽样的建议呢？ CB: It doesn't happen overnight. I think one thing that people don't understand is how hard you've got to work. It's repetition that you've got to put in. People just see you on TV, see you driving around in nice cars, see you doing this and that, kinda make it look easy. [They need to] see what you are putting into the gym, the countless hours. The constant pushing of your body. Trying to get ready, trying to get into shape. They don't understand that part of it. I think sometimes when they do understand that, you find out if you really love the game. That's something that you find out about yourself when you get a little more serious it. 答：你没办法一步登天。我认为有件事是人们不知道的，那就是我们到底有多努力。 你必须一再重复同样的事。人们只看到你在电视上，看到你开着名贵的车子到处晃，看着 你做这做那，好像一切都很容易的样子。他们应该去看看我们在体育馆里面无数个小时的 努力和付出。持续不断锻链身体。试着做好准备，试着保持身材。他们不知道这个部分。 我有时候会想，当他们了解後，你才会知道你是不是真的热爱球赛。那是当你更为认真对 待球赛後才会明白的事。 When did you realize that you had serious game? 问：你什麽时候意识到你要认真面对球赛？ CB: Probably around 9th or 10th grade is when I felt like I had a serious chance to do something really special. 7th and 8th grade, I really just played the game because my main goal was to get a scholarship to go to college. Like I said before, there weren't a lot of guys from my neighborhood who went to the NBA. My big thing was I just wanted to go to college. I knew if I got a scholarship, that I could go to college and if I didn't, my parents probably wouldn't be able to support me going to college financially. That was my big goal. 9th grade, I was a state player of the year at that age. So then and on, I felt like maybe I might be selling myself short if I just continue to think that way. Maybe I should think big. So I did that and I started thinking big and I was blessed man. 答：大概是国三或高一那时候吧，我感觉到我有个难得的机会去做一些真的很不一样 的事情。国一、国二时我打球真的只是因为我的主要目标是拿到一份奖学金，这样才能继 续念大学。就像我之前说过的，我的童年玩伴并没有很多人能够进入NBA。我最大的目标只 是继续升学。我知道如果我拿到奖学金，我就能念大学，但如果没有，我的双亲很可能没 办法在经济方面继续支助我去念大学。那是我的主要目标。国三时，我是那个年纪的全州 年度最佳篮球员。所以从那时候起，我感觉如果我继续这样消极的想法，我或许会葬送了 自己的大好前途。或许我的野心应该大一点。所以我改变了想法而且开始去想一些更远大 的目标，我真的是一个很有福气的人。 Did it ever strike in the middle of the game playing in a packed house that, " Man, I am actually here"? 问：你曾经在一个人山人海的球馆里面打球，在比赛中脑海突然出现一个念头，"老兄 ，这是真的吗？我真的在这里打球？" CB: My first game of my NBA career, I was in Boston. We played against [Michael ] Jordan and the Bulls and that was when they were on their run. They had won like 5 championships up to that point. There was a time during that game where I was like really in awe. I forgot about what plays we were running. I was on the Free Throw line and Jordan was standing back across the court from me. I was just looking at the guy like "are you serious right now?" I'm really out here on the court playing with Jordan... and [Dennis] Rodman. You know what I mean, I was like "How did I do this?" It was unbelievable. That's the only time I've been in awe... but there have been a few where I try to take myself out of the situation, like "Damn, look what happened, look where I'm at." I respect the game and I don't take anything for granted. 答：我NBA生涯的第一场比赛，我在波士顿。我们对上了Jordan还有他的公牛队，当时 他们还处在屡战屡胜的巅峰时刻。到那时为止他们已经赢得五座冠军盃。在球赛中有段时 间我真的抱持着敬畏的心态。我忘了他们执行怎样的战术。我在罚球线上而Jordan就站在 我身後的球场上。我只是看着他心里想着"你们现在真的都在这里吗？"我真的在场上和 Jordan...还有Rodman打球。你知道我在说什麽，我心中就想着"我该怎麽办？"这真令人难 以相信。那是我唯一抱持敬畏态度的时候...但还是有好几次，我试着让自己跳脱这样的情 况，例如"该死，看看现在在做什麽，看看我在哪里。"我尊敬比赛而且也没有把任何一件 事情视为理所当然。 During that game did you reach out to Jordan and say anything? 问：在比赛期间你有靠近Jordan去和他攀谈吗？ CB: I didn't man, I just said "Hi" and met him but I didn't really reach out to him like that. I think I was a little too intimidated at that point. That year went on and we played them more times and I was able to talk to him and express that to him and he signed some shoes for me and my daughter, who was just born that year. It was great. 答：我没有，老兄，我遇到他时只说了"嗨"但我并没有真的特别靠近他去攀谈。我认 为那时候我有点太过害怕了。那年球季持续进行而我们又和他们打了几场比赛，而我终於 可以鼓起勇气和他交谈并且表达我对他的敬意，他还在几双鞋子上面签名，送给我和我那 年刚出生的女儿作纪念。那真的是很棒。 How old were you when you received your first basketball and what did it feel like to have your very own? 问：你第一次拿到属於自己的篮球是几岁的事？拥有属於自己的篮球感觉如何？ CB: I think I started playing when I was 9 or 10. So I was probably 11. Man, it was like... I slept with that thing. I didn't want that thing leaving my sight. It was like a prized possession. I treated that thing like it was a gold medal or the NBA trophy or something. 答：我认为我在9岁还是10岁开始打球。所以我想大概是11岁左右吧。老兄，那感觉就 像...我抱着它睡觉。我不想它离开我的视线。那是我珍藏的宝贝。我把它当作NBA冠军奖 盃之类的珍宝在看待。 Lastly, how proud is your family of that you made it to the NBA? 问：最後一个问题，你的家人对於你打进NBA感到多光荣？ CB: My family is so proud of me. Like I said, this is something I've been doing for over 20 years... when you're reach the top of the line at anything through hard work and dedication, it hasn't been easy for me so they know I haven't been given anything. I've worked for everything and they are extremely proud of that fact. 答：我的家人相当以我为荣。就像我说过的，这是我努力超过20年才做到的事...当你 历经千辛万苦才能登上世界最高殿堂，这对我来说并不容易，所以他们知道我从未放弃什 麽。不管什麽事情我一直都很努力，而他们也真的相当以这件事情为荣。 --

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