翻译自http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=6635 Up Close with Dikembe Mutombo By: Joel Brigham Last Updated: 12/24/07 10:04 PM ET | 88 times read There aren't a lot of guys left in the league who I watched as a kid, but Rockets center Dikembe Mutombo is one of them. It was a pleasure to talk about his decision to come back to the Rockets, as well as his plans for retirement. It's not every day you get a chance to talk with a legend, but his recent trip to Chicago provided me with exactly that. 这联盟中，已经没有几个球员是当我还是个小鬼时就在打球的了，其中一个就是火箭的 中锋 - Dikembe 木桶伯。很高兴能和他聊聊关於他决定回到火箭队，以及退休的计画。 你不是每天都有机会能和一位传奇球星说话的，不过木桶伯最近来到芝加哥，刚好有这 机会让我和他碰面。 Dikembe, I'm sure that it was very difficult for you to make the decision to come back this season or not. What was it ultimately that made you decide to come back? 「嘿，老木，之前在考虑要不要再打一个球季时，你一定很难做抉择吧。最後是什麽让你 决定要回到火箭呢？」 "I think after the big loss in the playoffs last year, I told myself that it was time for me to walk away from the game. Then over the summer I was persuaded by my owner to try and come back and add leadership to the team, direct the young guys in the right in the right direction before I leave the game. I just felt like there was so much more for me to offer to the team. They need my presence in the locker room." 老木说： 「我想在去年季後赛惨败之後，我告诉自己，这是该离开球场的时候了。接着整个夏天 老板一直说服我回到球场，并在离开球场之前指导队上的年轻小伙子们。我只是觉得 这就像我能为球队带来很多东西，他们需要我出现在休息室。」 Speaking of life after basketball, you've done so many great things in your career. What do you see yourself devoting your time to when you do leave the game? 「说说退休之後的生活吧，你已经在你生涯完成了许多伟大的成就。到时候你会把时间 花在哪些方面呢？」 "The commissioner and I have talked about me maybe becoming the international ambassador to the game, to present the NBA worldwide. I also have my own company in Nigeria. It's an international consulting firm, and we're doing a lot of housing in Nigeria and a lot of other things. 老木说： 「NBA官方已经和我谈过，也许我会担任NBA的国际大使。我在奈及利亚也有个自己的公 司，在做国际谘询方面的业务，我们还在奈及利亚盖了很多房子，做许多其他事情。」 "I'm going to be focused on doing my own things, but also keeping touch with the game of basketball. Also, in my hospital I've got more than 320 employees right now, so there are a lot of things to do. I have the African channel TV station and me and a few other guys have put together, and that's doing very well." 「我将会专心做我自己的事情，但也会持续注意篮球赛事。当然，我的医院还拥有超过 320名员工，有一堆事情等着我去做！我还有个非洲电视台，我和几个朋友们一起搞的， 做得很好呢！」 Do you think before it's all said and done that Yao Ming can be one of the game's greatest centers? 「老木，你觉得姚明有没有可能成为NBA第一中锋？」 "That's my hope. Yao still has a lot of things to prove—to win a couple of playoff games and maybe get a chance to win a championship. That's one thing you need to set yourself apart as one of the big elite. But he is headed in the right direction, and that's what I like about him: his work ethic." 老木说： 「这是我的期望。姚明还有很多需要去证明，去赢得季後赛，得到总冠军。只有完成这些 你才有办法让自己和其他大个子有所不同。他正走在正确的道路上，而我最喜欢他的一 点就是他工作的态度。」 You were a Chicago Bull for about five minutes—did you ever think that would stick, or were you pretty sure you'd be released so you could sign with whomever you pleased? 「你在对公牛时出赛了五分钟，你会不会希望自己被释出，这样你就可以为自己喜欢的球 队效力？」 "I think there was a decision made already about me, the way things were going. I didn't want to go anywhere, so it didn't matter where I was being traded. To me, it was frustrating anyway. But, I had to make a decision at the last minute, and that's the reason why I went to Houston." 老木说： 「在我和火箭续约的时候，我就决定再也不想去任何地方了！ 我被交易到哪都没差，但那会让我觉得很沮丧。」 What's the most valuable thing in your life that the NBA has allowed to do? 「什麽是你觉得生命中最有价值的东西呢？」 "By using my gift of talent in the game of basketball, my talent and my fame, I just wanted the opportunity to change the world, and that's something I respect about myself." 「藉着我在篮球场上的天分和名气，我只希望我有机会能改变世界，而这也是我尊敬自己 的地方。」 Clearly he's not on the team this season to play a lot of minutes, but his presence in the locker room as something of a player coach is irreplaceable. He may have had to think hard about coming back this season, but you can bet that the Rockets will never think twice about the decision they made to offer him the new contract. 很显然的，老木这个球季不会上场太久，不过老木在locker room的地位是无可取代的。 他也许曾经得认真思考这球季要不要回到场上，不过可以打赌的是，火箭绝不会後悔 决定给木桶伯这份新的合约。 -- 感谢Hawke26和RookDeol指点 :P --

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