原文出处： http://www.nba.com/pistons/news/eliz_blog_071202.html -- We were in Milwaukee this weekend and it so happened that Flip Saunders' wife Debbie had driven to the game with her daughter Mindy and some family friends. She still lives in Minnesota, staying there to raise her kids and maintain family stability in the period following Flip’s move to the coaching position with the Pistons in 2005. Before we talked to her on the air in the second quarter of the Pistons 117-91 rout of the Bucks, I sat in the stands and chatted her up to get some background information. 我们周末在密尔瓦基，很恰巧老桑的太太Debbie带着她的女儿以及一些亲朋好友也开 车到场观赛。'05年老桑接下活塞兵符搬到底特律後她仍住在明尼苏达，留在那边让家庭保 持安稳并一面照顾她的孩子们。在活塞以117比91修理公鹿的比赛中，於第二节她接受正式 访问前，我坐在观众席和她闲聊了一下并获得了一些幕後资讯。 I was curious to know what it was like before her husband made it in the big time, before he became a coach at his sport’s highest level where the recognition, lifestyle and material rewards are so great. “You mean back when I was clipping coupons to make ends meet?” Debbie said. 我很好奇想知道在她先生成为家喻户晓的名人前，在他成为篮球界最高层级的教练， 同时享有高度肯定、生活品质以及物质回报前，他们的生活是什麽样子。"你是说我到处剪 优待券，企图达到收支平衡的那段苦日子吗？"Debbie说。 “Yeah, that’s what I mean,” I replied. “You’re in Lacrosse, Wisconsin in 1992 with four kids including two twin babies and your husband’s making next to nothing. Did you ever imagine the bright lights of the NBA beckoning in your future?” "是的，那就是我想问的，"我回答。"'92年时你们和4个孩子，包括两个双胞胎住在威 斯康辛州的拉科罗斯，那时候你的丈夫几乎赚不到什麽钱，一文不名。你曾想像过NBA的荣 景会在未来不远处向你们招手吗？" “Never got caught up in that,” Debbie said. “I was just living with what we had. When I look back on it, I believe the road harder traveled is the better one.” "我从没想过，"Debbie说。"我只是很认命地过我们的生活。当我回首过去，我相信走 过越艰困的路对未来会越有帮助。" I can’t agree with her more. When Flip took over the CBA Rapid City Thrillers in 1988, he was 33 years old and on a mission to be the best coach he could be. In seven CBA seasons that included stops with the La Crosse Catbirds and the Sioux Falls Skyforce, he won two championships and two coach-of-the year awards and earned his shot in the NBA with Minnesota in 1995. 我非常同意她的说法。'88年老桑接掌CBA拉皮德尖叫队时年仅33岁，而且背负着要成 为尽自己所能的最出色教练的使命。在CBA的7个球季，他曾执教鞭的队伍还包括拉科罗斯 猫鹊队及苏瀑空中武力队，他率队赢得两次冠军并两度获颁年度最佳教练，终於他在'95年 得到晋身NBA教练的绝佳机会，接下了明尼苏达灰狼的总教练一职。 Life is about the journey. It’s about all the experiences; all the learning; all the pitfalls; all the times that you fought with doubt and adversity to follow the path you set out on. Don’t forget, Saunders first path was to play, and he was voted Ohio’s best in 1973 when he averaged 32 points a game. He was also a star at the University of Minnesota, and his teammate there, Kevin McHale, would later be in position to hire him to coach the Timberwolves. 生命就像一趟旅途。一切关乎经验、学习、陷阱；为了达到一开始设定的目标，你会 一直和疑惑及逆境奋战。别忘了，老桑的第一个挑战是当个篮球员，而他在'73年时以每场 比赛平均32分获选为俄亥俄州最佳高中篮球员。他同时也是明尼苏达大学的明星球员，而 他当时的队友Kevin McFail就是之後雇用他到灰狼执教的那个贵人。 Saunders only problem as a player was that he was too short. He’s listed at 5-foot-10, but I’m not so sure that’s without his shoes on. But the toughness and determination that enabled him to star as an undersized player also drove him after his playing window closed and he set out to become a coach. His roots are as humble as it gets. He coached at a Lutheran college and was an assistant at his alma mater, Minnesota and at Tulsa before getting to the CBA. 做为一个球员老桑唯一的问题是他太矮了。他登记的身高为5尺10寸(约178公分)，但 我真的很怀疑他鞋子脱掉之後剩下几公分。但斗志和决心让比同样位置球员矮了一截的他 成为了球星并且在高挂球鞋後还能设定目标并顺利成为教练。他的出身卑微至极。在晋身 CBA教练之前，他曾在一所路德教会学院执教，担任过母校明尼苏达大学以及塔尔萨大学的 助理教练。 Every game, every season, every overnight bus ride in the dead of winter in Sioux Falls; every night in a Red Roof is a part of the journey. One night it might be a lesson in a better way to nurture a young player, or how to better beat a zone. You don’t just wind up on the sidelines in the NBA. Especially when you’re a “no name” like Flip Saunders. It’s probably a little different for a guy like Pat Riley. 每一场球赛，每一个赛季，在苏瀑严寒的冬天里每一趟通宵的巴士旅程；每一个委身 Red Roof平价旅馆的夜晚都是这旅途的一部分。一个晚上可能可以给正在培育的年轻球员 好好上一课，或许是教他们如何破解区域联防。NBA教练这份工作不会是从天而降的礼物。 特别当你是像老桑这样的"无名小卒"时。他的经历可能会和油头有些不一样。 Fittingly, when this season is over, Saunders will be second only to Chuck Daly in all-time Pistons victories. Daly was another coach with no pedigree, a high school speech teacher in Pennsylvania who coached basketball to augment a $2,500 a year salary in the 1950s. Chuck’s incredible 50-year coaching journey also led him through Detroit on his way to the Hall of Fame. When his Bad Boys won a title in 1989, Daly was 59 years old. 当本季结束，老桑在活塞的胜场数将刚刚好成为队史上仅次於Chuck Daly第二多的教 练。Daly是另一个没有任何背景和关系的教练，他在'50年代是在宾州教演讲的老师，为了 让年薪达到2500美元才兼职担任篮球教练。Chuck长达50年，不可思议的教练生涯同时也让 他在带领坏小孩於'89年赢得总冠军时，入选了篮球名人堂，当年他59岁。 Flip turns 53 this season – and just like it was back in La Crosse, it’s simply another part of the journey. The lesson for all of us is that you simply work for your family as hard as you can in a life-long journey to points unknown. 本季老桑将满53岁 - 而且就像当时在拉科罗斯，这是旅途中另一个简单的部分。我们 全部都可以学到一课，在长达一生的旅途中你只要尽全力为你的家庭付出，直到不可知的 未来。 --

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