Welcome to the White House.

歡迎來到白宮

Actually, for these guys, it is welcome back to the White House -- (applause)

事實上，這些人是再度來到白宮---(掌聲)

-- after being back-to-back world champions, the Miami Heat.

-邁阿密熱火隊在贏得二連霸之後

Now, one of the cool things about this job

現在最酷的事就是

is welcoming championship sports teams from across the sporting world to the White House.

歡迎運動冠軍來到白宮

And usually people enjoy coming to the White House.

很多人都很享受來到白宮

I have to say, I’ve never seen folks more excited than the Heat when they came last year. (Laughter.)

我必須說，去年熱火隊來時，我從來沒看過大家這麼興奮(笑聲)

I mean, LeBron was so pumped up I thought he was going to give me a hug

詹姆斯就像充飽氣一樣，我想他應該要給我一個擁抱

and knock me over like the guy in the SportsCenter who hit the half-court shot.

然後就像在比賽中把我噗倒(球迷在中場射籃(一種遊戲)射進了，拿到一筆獎金，LBJ也很興奮地撲向那位球迷)

But it was wonderful to see them then.

但是能看到他們真的很棒

It is wonderful to see them back.

尤其是能再次看到他們

We’ve got some outstanding members of Congress who are big fans of the Heat.

我們議會中有很多很棒的議員都是熱火隊的大粉絲

They’re from both parties -- because we all know nothing brings people together like the Miami Heat.

他們來自不同的黨派，因為我們都知道熱火隊讓人們在一起

(Laughter and applause)

(笑聲和掌聲)

Across the NBA there’s just a unifying -- (laughter) -- sense about the Heat.

NBA就是團結一致---(笑聲)---熱火意識

I want to congratulate Coach Spoelstra for the outstanding work that he does;

我要恭喜Spoelstra教練，因為他領導有方

legendary team president, Pat Riley, for his outstanding leadership;

傳奇的球隊董事長Pat Riley，因為他傑出的領導

and all the coaches and players,

還有所有的教練和球員

members of the staff and crew to make a championship season.

工作人員，還有所有成就這次冠軍的人

This group has now won twice, but it’s gone to the finals three times.

熱火隊已經贏了兩屆冠軍，打入冠軍賽三次了

And sometimes it feels like they’re still fighting for a little respect.

有時候就像是他們還在爭取那一點點的尊重

I can relate to that. (Laughter.)

我可以認同(笑聲)

Last season, the Heat put together one of the most dominating regular seasons ever by a defending champion.

上一季，熱火隊合計起來是最強的隊

They won a team-record 66 games.

他們贏得了隊史紀錄的66勝

At one point, they won 27 games straight –

其中一個理由是，他們連勝27場

the second-longest winning streak ever, extraordinarily impressive

歷史上第二長的連勝，格外的令人印象深刻

-- almost as impressive as the Bulls’ 72-win season.

就像公牛隊72勝一樣

(Laughter)

(笑聲)

Riley and I were reminiscing about those Knicks years. (Laughter.)

我和Riley回想到尼克隊的那些年(笑聲)

But as these guys know, winning a title is never easy.

但就像他們知道的，勝利永遠不是簡單的

In the playoffs, the Pacers put them through seven bruising games.

在最後決賽時刻，溜馬隊把熱火隊逼到了第七場比賽

In the finals, the Spurs showed us all that they’ve got an awful lot of life left in them,

最後時刻，馬刺隊輸給了熱火隊，也是他們感到生命中最糟的時候

and one of the greatest players of all time,

最棒的球員

and one of the greatest coaches of all time,

最棒的教練

In fact, San Antonio had the series all but wrapped up in game six.

事實上，馬刺隊在之前的比賽都很棒，但卻在關鍵的第六場輸了

As you will recall, Miami was down five points, less than 30 seconds to go.

就像大家知道的，熱火隊在30秒落後5分以上的情況下有122次

The last 122 times that happened in the playoffs,

在季後賽，

the team that was down lost 122 times.

但全輸了

And then they brought out the ropes.

當時工作人員，把繩子拿起來 (因為以為熱火輸了)，怕球迷跑進球場

And then Ray Allen saw them bring out the ropes. (Laughter)

然後雷槍看到他們把繩子拿出來(笑)

And with five seconds left, Chris Bosh gets an incredible offensive rebound,

然後在最後5秒 CB搶到一個關鍵防守籃板

passes it out to Ray;

分配給Ray

Ray is backing up, he’s got to jump forward;

Ray 回來了，他躍躍欲試

hits one of the most iconic shots of all time.

擊出了令人印象深刻的一擊

And then he added a few choice words about the ropes,

然後給了拿起繩子這件事情有其它選擇 (因為工作人員覺得他們穩輸，但是雷槍還是射進追平三分，代表就是，別認為我們輸啦，比賽還沒結束)

which we cannot -- (laughter)

我們不能---(笑聲)

-- which we cannot repeat here.

我們不能在這重複

But, Ray, I do want you to know that when you say those things on the court,

但是Ray，我想要知道你知道你在球場上說什麼

like, people can read your lips, right? (Laughter)

大家可以看你的嘴唇，對吧?(笑聲)

You do understand that?

你了解嗎?

Ray:Yeah. President Obama:Okay. All right.

Ray:對歐巴馬總統:好。沒錯

So the Heat won game six, went on to win game seven,

熱火贏了第六戰，才能去打第七戰

their third title in eight seasons.

他們在八屆中的第三次冠軍

LeBron James earned his second straight Finals MVP

詹姆斯贏了他第二次冠軍賽的最有價值球員，

to go along with four regular-season MVPs in five years.

還有五年中第四次的例行賽最有價值球員

Dwayne Wade, warrior that he is, played through a pair of injured knees,

Dwayne Wade是一名戰士，帶著他受傷的膝蓋打球

always came through when it mattered.

常常在比賽中扮演重要角色

Chris Bosh was there playing great defence,

Chris Bosh扮演了很好的防禦者

getting the rebound, hitting a clutch shot.

激勵了球隊的士氣，擊出了重要一擊

Everybody on this team participated.

每一個隊員都參與了

And from Ray’s big shot to the contributions of Mario Chalmers, Shane Battier,

還有Ray的三分球

Udonis Haslem, Birdman, Birdman’s tattoos -- (laughter)

Mario Chalmers, Shane Battie,Birdman刺青的貢獻---(笑聲)

Birdman’s mohawk -- (laughter) -- the Heat showed us the kind of heart

鳥人的雞冠頭 熱火隊讓我們看到他們的決心

and determination it takes to be a champion.

想拿冠軍的決心

And they also showed what heart means off the court.

還有在球場外的愛心

Last year, they raised close to $2 million for local charities.

去年，他們替慈善機關募款到將近兩百萬

Before this event, they met with some of our amazing wounded warriors over at Walter Reed,

在這件事之前，他們還去拜訪在Walter Reed受傷的戰士

and we’re proud to have some of those wounded warriors here in the audience here today.

我們很驕傲這些受傷的戰士今天也在觀眾群裡

Honoring our troops -- (applause) -- honoring our troops isn’t just something

尊敬我們的軍隊---(掌聲)---當他們再次來到白宮

that they do when they come to the White House

這是一件重要的事

-- it’s something they do all year round with their Heat Home Strong initiative.

這些是他們一整年都在做的事

And Pat Riley I know has been hugely invested in this,

我知道Pat Riley投資很多

and we talked a little bit about this

我們有談到一點點

-- his incredible admiration for our men and women in uniform,

他對男女制服的讚嘆

but more concretely his willingness to do something about how we support them

但更具體的說，他樂意去支持他們

I think is a credit to the entire organization.

我想這是整個組織的功勞

On top of that, Coach Spoelstra serves as a member of the NBA Fit team

Spoelstra教練是NBA健身隊的 一員

to encourage healthy habits among young people.

去鼓勵年輕人擁有健康的習慣

I know Michelle is thankful for the support that many of these players have given to her Let’s Move initiative.

第一總統夫人有舉辦一個活動 Let’s move ，是希望胖小孩可以減少(很感謝熱火球員支持這活動)

I heard that all of you are getting ready to embarrass yourselves

我知道你們現在很不好意思

by singing some karaoke for Shane’s education foundation. (Laughter and applause)

因為在Shane’s教育機構唱歌(笑聲和掌聲)

Just leave Al Green to the pros, people. (Laughter)

讓Al Green留下優點(笑聲)

So bottom line is, outstanding athletes, outstanding organization,

傑出的球員.組織

outstanding team, but also outstanding members of their community.

和球隊，還有所有傑出的成員

And so we’re very proud to have them back.

所以我們很驕傲他們再次來到

We wish them great luck for the rest of the season, unless they’re playing the Bulls. (Laughter)

我希望他們能持續好運，除非他們遇到公牛隊(笑聲)

And with that, I think we should take a picture,

我想我們得拍張照

but we should make it quick before one of these guys starts yelling at Mario.

我們必須在他們開始大喊Mario之前快點拍好

(Laughter and applause)

(笑聲和掌聲)

I mean, sometimes it’s just a bad pass, guys.

有時候這是一個不好的傳球

It’s not Mario’s fault. (Laughter) I got your back, man.

這不是Mario的錯(笑聲)，我在背後支持你

Well, this is a great honor for the entire Miami Heat family.

恩，這是整個熱火隊的榮耀

It does not get old.

這不會消失

And what this is, is we put this together before the playoff run last year,

這是，我們在去年決賽之前把這放在一起

and it was a covenant between all of us that we signed that we would commit to each other

這是我們的契約，向每一個人做出保證

-- all the way to the end.

一直到比完賽

This is outstanding.

這真的很棒

So we have marks for each win, and it signified each player would mark the win for that game,

我們標記每一場勝利，這意味著每一位球員都會記住

and the final one was the team one.

最後一場就是球隊的最後一戰

So this one right here, you can see “44” and your name right there.

就在這，你可以看到”44”，還有你的名字在這

There you go. It was added to it.

給你。會加在這。

You know, you guys are winning me over a little bit. (Laughter)

你們說服我一點點了(笑聲)

Getting there. Getting there.

到我這來。到我這來。

We promise we’ll put together another one for you and let you mark it this year. (Laughter)

我們保證還會拿到另一個，讓你能記住這年(笑聲)

Congratulations. (Applause)

恭喜(掌聲)