這個看到這個主題覺得非常好，拿來和大家一起分享。本視頻講的是一個自幼熱愛籃球的孩子，從喜歡籃球，到狂熱，到放棄，再到從籃球中感悟人生得失的一系列回憶，他的經歷就像每一個平凡的我們，也希望曾經愛過籃球的我們，在學習知識的同時，也可以有所感悟。您的關注與分享，是我們奮鬥的不竭動力！
It all started in the fourth grade, I joined the boys for a basketball team, and I was the worst player on the team.
一切都是從四年級開始的，我加入了男子籃球隊且是隊裡水平最差的一個。
on the team: 在球隊中，介詞用on.
But I played a lot, clueless what I was doing, I loved the game but the game didn't love me back.
我經常打球，但全然不知從何練起。我愛籃球，但籃球並不愛我。
So what did I do? In 4th, 5th grade, I was able to buy myself a basketball going home. So, my drive way, I drilled between my legs a thousand times each and then if I messed up, I'll go that a hundred. So since I didn't have a goal, I shot at a brick wall, maybe that's why my shot was so crooked.
（在這種情況下）我做了什麼？我在四、五年級的時候，我攢錢給自己買了個籃球。我在馬路上練習，每天做數千次胯下運球，如果我失誤了，我就會加練100次。因為我沒有籃筐，我就朝著一堵牆練習投籃，也許這就是為什麼我的投籃如此不準的原因。
drive way 車道，過車的馬路
between the legs 胯下運球
Fast forward to junior high, I started all three years, but that doesn't mean I was good. As rare the place, it was until 9th grade, I was finally able to get 10 points a couple of games, others, scoreless. I love the game but the gamedidn't love me back.
轉眼到了初中，我開始了三年的籃球生涯，但這並不意味著我很優秀，我並沒有什麼存在感（此處聽不清，有待再議），直到九年級，我終於在幾場比賽中得了10分，其他時候，幾乎毫無建樹。我愛籃球，籃球卻不愛我。
So what did I do? I went to my local gym and I played pickup games every single day. Then my ninth-grade summer, I met Jake and he pushes me till I couldn't go no further. No one pushed me to work as hard as he did. Meeting him helped me realized the true definition of blood, sweat and tears.
所以我做了什麼呢? 我去當地的球館，每天都打非正式的小比賽。九年級的夏天，我遇到了傑克，他用全力助我更進步，沒有誰能夠像他那樣督促我努力訓練。與他相遇讓我認識到熱血、汗水和眼淚的真正含義。
pickup game 臨時賽，街頭賽，即非正式的、臨時湊成的小比賽
go no further 不能再往前、止步、無法繼續下去
Fast forward to high school and that's where everything starts to go downhill, I played JV until my senior year I had the ability to drop at least 15 a game. The talk is cheap, I like to blame many factors but, in the end there's no one to blame me. But I loved the game, the game didn’t love me back.
很快到了高中，一切都開始走下坡路，一直到高三，我都打二隊。在二隊我場均至少拿15分。光說是沒用的，我喜歡責怪很多因素，但最終卻沒有人責怪我。但我愛籃球，籃球卻不愛我。
JV，junior varsity: A high school or college team made up of people not good enough to be at the top level.
JV 即：二隊/後備隊。在高中或大學，那些非一線球員組成的球隊。
Then my senior year my come-out year the final year I work on everything I was taught and just ball out. First two games, I sat the bench, my third game I played the second half and didn’t do well. so, I gave up one last game and sat the bench.
然後我高三那一年，是我放棄籃球的那一年。在最後一年我努力提高所有學過的技能，但並沒什麼用（此處待再議）。前兩場比賽，我在板凳席沒有上場。第三場比賽，我只打了下半場，而且發揮得不好。所以我放棄了最後一場比賽，沒有上場。
sit (on) the bench 坐板凳席，打替補
While all this was happening, I lost all motivation to play, I jeered every single practice, I cheated every drill. I just stopped trying, I started to hate basketball and everything about it now I hate the game and game hates me too.
當這一切發生的時候，我失去了打球所有動力。每一次練習我都不屑一顧，每次訓練我都偷懶，我放棄了努力。我開始討厭籃球和有關它的一切，現在我討厭籃球，籃球也討厭我。
Drill 訓練，較為正式、系統的訓練
I felt like a complete failure, so what did I do? I quit. I practiced my ass off shot after shot after shot, all I ever did was practice to become good, it go the point where sometimes I put it over school, family, my meals, sleep even putting it over God.
我覺得自己就是一個徹底的失敗者，然後呢? 我放棄了。我不再像以前那樣一次又一次地練習投籃，我曾經所做的一切努力都是為了提高球技，甚至有時候，我會為了打球，置學校、家庭、吃飯、睡覺於不顧，甚至置上帝於不顧。
And I think that's where I went wrong, I put all this unnecessary pressure on myself, I idolized it to point where it was unhealthy, and now as I reflected on it it's not about fame, money or success that dictates my career.
我想這就是我錯的地方，我讓自己承受了這些不必要的壓力，我太崇尚籃球，以至於有些過火了。現在當我反思這些的時候，它並非名譽、金錢或事業的成功。
Sometimes I think basketball did me wrong, but truly all they ever did was help me grow, it taught me hard work to strive to be the best and everything I do, it taught me perseverance, to keep going even when it's hard, It taught me friendship to make bonds and be kind to all people, It taught me confidence to never be let down mentally
有時候，我會認為這是籃球的錯，但我的籃球生涯確實在幫助我成長。它指引我努力工作，成就最好的自己，它教會我即使遇到困難也要堅持下去，它教會了我珍惜友誼，團結協作，善待他人，它讓我自信，永不放棄。
So truly, basketball did nothing but help me, in the end, basketball loved me but I surely never loved it back, and I also learned that my basketball career wasn't a failure, it's only a failure when you don't learn from it.
誠然，籃球確實幫助了我。直到最後，籃球一直在愛著我，我卻沒有愛它。我也意識到，我的籃球生涯並非一敗塗地。但如果我不從失敗中吸取教訓，那才是失敗。
And slowly to think, is a simple ball can change my life, but it did. So thank you basketball，for everything you've done for me, without you, I wouldn't be where I am now.
慢慢地，我想通了，籃球改變了我的生活。
它確實做到了，所以謝謝你，籃球。
謝謝你為我做的一切。
沒有你，就沒有今天的我。
視頻來源：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdnfC_YTWgs