to be comfortable being Black Mamba

不理會他人的曼巴精神

Right Like how did that happen

你怎麼做到的

It's a good separation for me You know emotionally

對我來說那是很好的隔閡 心理上

to be able to put myself in a place where

可以把我自己分隔起來

at practice or when I'm training and doing games

不管我在練習 還是在比賽

I switch my mind to something else I switch my mode into something else

我會轉換我的思想 轉換我的態度

Right.

對我而言就像《角斗士》裡的馬克西姆斯

For me it's equivalent of Maximus Decimus Meridius in Gladiator

撿起塵土 聞聞塵土

picking up the dirt Smelling the dirt

該上場了

It's go time Right.

這就是我的思想上的轉變 就像演員準備

So that was my mental switch It was like an actor getting ready

拍電影 你必須把自己關在籠子裡

for a film you've got to put yourself in that cage

在那個籠子裡 你就是那個角色

When you're in that cage you are that character Then when you leave there it's something completely

當你離開那邊 一切都變不一樣

different But I'm in that cage bro don't f*cking touch

可是當我在籠子裡 哥們你最好別碰我

me don't talk to me

別和我說話

Leave me alone

不要打擾我

So what is your recruiting approach

你會怎麼招募我

So if you're sitting down with me

比如說我們坐下來

I'm somebody you really want

你要我成為你的隊員

you really want me on the team

你真的要我加入團隊

What's your approach to recruit me ?

你會怎麼樣招募我？

You want first place come play with me

你要冠軍就過來

you want a second place go somewhere else

要亞軍就過去

Trivial things weren't gonna pull my attention It had to be sayings

那些瑣事是不會影響到我的 只有那些

weren't pull my attention It had to be things that were I had a purpose

不會影響到我的 只有那些我有目的去做的事

I wanted to be one of the best basketball player ever play

比如我想成為最佳的籃球員之一

and anything else that was outside of that lane

其他和這個無關的事情

I don't have time for that At what age did that goal become crystal clear

我沒有時間去理會

? I made that deal with myself at 13 years old

你是從幾歲開始清楚這就你的目標？

At 13 years old ? At 13 years old I made

我13歲的時候就和自己承諾了

Crystal clear about it ? Crystal clear

13歲！ ？就是13歲

And where did inspiration come from ? the love of the game

目標明確？目標明確

the love of the game the challenge

你的決心來自哪裡？

like I would watch Magic play I'd watch Michael play

對籃球的熱愛

and I will see them do these unbelievable things

對比賽的熱愛 那種挑戰的感覺

and I say you know Can I get to that level?

我會看魔術師約翰遜的比賽 邁克爾的比賽

I don't know but let's find out Let's find out

然後看到他們做那些不可思議的動作

You know basketball for me was the most important thing

我就很想知道我能不能做到？

So everything I saw whether is TV shows

我不清楚 那就搞清楚吧 試試看

whether it was books I read People I talked to

你知道的籃球對我來說 就是最重要的

Everything was done to try to learn how to become a better basketball

所以不管我看見什麼 不管是電視節目

player Everything

還是我讀的書 還是和我聊天的人

and so when you have that point of view then literally the world becomes your library

一切的一切都是為了讓我成為更好的籃球運動員

to help you to become better at your craft

一切

I had a kill list and so you know

所以當你有了這樣的想法 你會發現這個世界就像你的圖書館

they used to do these rankings who New Street & Smith basketball rankings

都是為了讓你變得更好

and I was nowhere to be found because I was like 6/4 scrawny

我有個“暗殺名單” 你知道

like 160 pounds soaking wet so I was like 57 on the list

他們很喜歡搞一些排名 New Street & Smith的排名

and so I will look at 56 55 all the way up to number one

當時我的名字都不知道在哪裡 因為我當時6尺4

who these players are with club teams they played for

但只有160磅 瘦骨如柴 當時我的排名大概在57

So when we go AAU travel circuit

所以我就會去看誰在56 55 一直到第一名

I got to hunt them down Right and so that became my mission in high

我會記住這些人 他們在哪個團隊

school is to check off every other person

然後到了AAU競賽

all those 56 other names hunt them down and knock them down

我要一個一個解決掉他們 所以這成了我高中任務

That's was it Had a target on him right off the bat

就是要解決過我前面的這些人

That was it Very simple

那56個名字 盯准他們 解決他們

that's unbelievable

就是那麼簡單 你就是一直在想著這些

so we played at 13 I was size you up and see what your strengths and weekness are

就那麼簡單 僅此

how do you approach the game are you silly about it

太無法置信了

are you goofy about it are you good at it

所以13歲的我會觀察你 分析你的強項和弱點

just because you're bigger and stronger than everybody else

你是如何對待比賽的 你是不是狡猾的

Right.

還是憨憨的 還是說你會贏

Or is there actually thought and skill that you put into it

只是因為你比其他人高大

and when I play I played to my weaknesses

還是說你是真的有用一些技巧在玩的

I wouldn't play to my strengths I play to my weaknesses

所以我打球時 我會用我的弱點去玩

because when you're playing summer basketball there's so many games

而不是我的強項 我是用我的弱點的

so there is not a lot of skill work being done so when are you gonna get better ?

因為當你要打籃球時 到時會有很多比賽

When you're playing in competition situations you're only playing to your strengths

你很難有時間去練習你的技術 所以你要幾時才要變強？

Why ? Because you want to win

你打比賽的時候 只用你的強項打

So what I would do I always work on the things during those games

為什麼呢？因為你要贏

that I was week at left-hand

所以我會做的是 我每次比賽時都是

pull up jumpshot post game

用我的弱點的 左手

Right So I have a strategy

幹拔跳投 背身

So then fast forward to when I'm 17 and my game is completely well-rounded

是吧 所以我是有計劃的

and that player at 13 that I saw at 13 is still doing the same sh*t at 17

所以快轉到我17歲時 我已經非常全面了

Now you got a problem Right

而那些我13歲遇到的球員 17歲還用著一樣的技術

You got a problem

那他完蛋了 對吧

Shaq was whispering something in your ear What did Shaq say to you in that moment ?

他完蛋了

I don't even know You don't remember ?

沙克當時在你耳邊耳語了一些東西 沙克當時說了什麼

No I won't pay attention You know like

我根本不知道 你忘記了？

like it was you know for me

不是 我沒專心聽 你知道好像

it's maybe it's a little like a**hole for me

就像 對我而言

whatever but whatever

可能是 我可能有點混蛋

He was like he was trying to whisper encouraging things

還是什麼 隨便

I was like I'm f*cking fine Okay

他當時是嘗試耳語一些激勵的東西

I shot 5 air balls on national TV in front of millions of people

[我想的是我完全沒事 好吧

that cause us the series and I'm 18

我在國際電視上投了5個空球 在幾億人的面前

I'm fine dude How do you get the mental

導致我們輸掉了系列賽 我18歲

How does somebody get there menatlly with that public humiliation to some people

兄弟我沒事 你是怎麼做到的？

hurst them and they don't come back because you know there was a player Barbosa

別人要怎麼和你一樣 當眾出醜

I don't know if you remember abroad Of course remember

但是毫不在意 因為你知道有個球員Barbosa

He was extremely talented for a quick first step

我不知道你還記得嗎 當然記得

but they said he wouldn't do well when the spotlight was on him

他是很有天賦的

How did you get mentally and emotionally so strong

可是他說他在聚光燈下不能發揮極致

where it doesn't bother you at all Well you know you got to look at the reality

你是如何在心理和精神上如此強大的

of the situation You know like for me it's not you know you

而它完全不困擾你 這個你得看看現實的情況

kind of gotta get over yourself It's not about you man

對我來說 你有些太自以為是了

Like ok you feel embarrassed you're not that important like

重點又不在你

Get over yourself That's where you go

好吧 你覺得難堪

Get over yourself Right.

別太自以為是了 你就是這麼想的

Like you're worried about how people may perceive you

別自以為是了

and like you walk around it's embarrasing because you shot five air

是吧 你擔心人家怎麼看

balls Get over yourself

然後你走來走去 你很尷尬因為你投了5個空球

and then after that it's ok Well why did those air balls happen

別自以為是了

Got it High school year before we play 35 games

所以那之後 沒事了 好 想想為什麼會投不進

Max Right.

知道了 高中前一年我們打35場

Week in between spaced out plenty of time to rest

最多

In NBA is back to back to back to back to back to back to back

每週之間 留出時間休息

I didn't have the legs So you look at the shot

在美職籃 一場接著一場接著一場 接著一場接著一場

every shot was on line Every shot was all line

我的腿都不是自己的了 所以你看投籃

but every shot was short I got to get stronger

每個投籃都是在線的 每次都在線

I got to train differently The weight training program that I'm doing

但是每次都很短 我必須更強

I got to tailor it for an 82 game season

我必須用不同方式訓練 我正在做的重量訓練

so that when the playoffs come around my legs are stronger and that ball get there

我必須為一個82場比賽的賽季制定

So I look at it with rationale and say ok

所以季后賽來臨時 我的腿足夠強壯 球就會進籃了

Well the reason why I shot air balls because my legs aren't there

所以我是理性看待它的 說好吧

I go well next year they'll be there

我沒投進是因為我的腿沒有到位

That was it Done

下次就會變好了 它們會到位的

Done

就是這樣 完成

What was realy your work ethic like and for how long did you stay discipline

完成

well I mean everyday I mean since 20 years

你的職業道德是怎麼樣的 還有你保持自律多久了

it was an every day process in trying to figure out strengths and weaknesses

每天啊 我的意思是20年

for example Jumping ability

這是一個日常的行程 用來找出你的弱點和強項

Man my vertical was a 40 wasn't a 46 or 45

比如說 彈跳能力

My hands are big but they are not massive

大哥我的垂直高度才40 不是46還是45

So you got to figure out ways to strengthen them

我的手大 但不是巨大

so your hands are strong enough to be palm a ball

所以你要找出解決方案 強化它們

and do things that you need to do Quickness

所以你的手才能足夠強大去掌球

I was quick but not insanely quick

或者做任何你想做的事情 速度

I was fast but not ridiculously fast

我很快 但不是超級快

So I had to rely on skill a lot more I had to rely on angles a lot more

我迅速 但不是超級迅速

had to study the game a lot more and but I enjoyoyed it though

所以我必須更多地依賴技術 更多地依賴角度

So like from the time I was I can't remember when I started watching the game

更多地觀察比賽 但是我很享受

I studied the game and it just never change

所以就像我忘記什麼時候了 我開始會觀察比賽

What was the conversation like with your wife to say listen this the schedule

我琢磨比賽 然後就不曾改變了

because look you know some entrepreneurs

你和你妻子地對話是怎麼樣的 告訴她這就是我的行程

they're coming home at night and late all my gosh my wife is upset because I came

因為你看 很多生意人

home at 7:30 Oh my goodness what a sacrifice I'm making

他們回家晚了 我的天 我的妻子肯定失望了因為我

You know this life you know I don't know if I can do this

7:30 到家 我天 我犧牲了好多

You're on the road 9 months out of the year escpecially you play Olimpic

這是什麼人生啊 我可以繼續過這種生活嗎

you won two gold medals so you're doing that on the off season

你一年有9個月要出門 尤其是你要比賽

Are you trying to get that part going and training for doing your camps

你要贏獎牌 所以你賽前要準備

What is the conversation life would like with your wife and kids

你在這一方面努力 然後有訓練營

to say listen this is what I'm doing How did that conversation go

所以你會和 你妻子和孩子們

Well with the kids is difference So like the communication with the with our

說這就是我的行程 你是怎麼樣溝通的

children is that Pa is working hard

和孩子是不一樣的 所以我跟孩子們的對話

This is the level of attention to detail you need to have in everything you do

是這樣的 爸爸在努力工作

So it's setting the example Same thing with my wife

這是你必須關注細節的事情

My wife is a stay-at-home wife It's the hardest job man

你要成為榜樣 [我老婆也是一樣

So she works really hard at that I mean it's you know

我老婆是家庭主婦 兄弟 那是最難的工作啊

So her attention to detail with that as well are examples our children

她真的在這方面很努力 我的意思是

and then for my wife It's you know

她必須投入所有的精神 當孩子們的榜樣

she's as competitive as I am She just like listen man

然後我的老婆 你要知道

if you're gonna training 8 hours a day if you're gonna spend 9 months out of the

她和我一樣強勢 她會說 你給我聽著

year away from the family you better f*cking win the championship

如果你一天要花8個小時訓練 如果你一年有9個月不在家

What are we doing this for Go ahead

你最好給我贏著回來

Okay what are we doing this for what are we doing

要不然我們是為了什麼 去吧

what are we doing for you know

我們做這些為了什麼 要不然為了什麼

but it's a balancing act and that's the thing

為了什麼 你知道吧

that's important is understanding that

可是這是平衡的 還有一樣

we have to have so much energy because for like Natalia and Gianna

這個很重要 就是要明白

when they were babies especially Natalia

我們必須充滿能量 因為好像Natalia和Gianna

because it was doing prime years and I go to practice

她們還小時 尤其是Natalia

and I train and play the game I come home and I'd be sore and I'd be tired

因為那是我的黃金時期 我要去練習

and she wants to go swimming and she wants me to take her to the park

要去訓練和比賽 我回到家已經很累了

she wants to just jump on my back whatever the case may be

然後她要去游泳 她要我帶她去公園

You can't say I'm too tired I'm going to lay down

她要在我的背上蹦蹦跳跳 不管要做什麼

That's not fair she don't know what the hell is going on

你不能說我太累了 我要休息

Right and is this was a game

這對她不公平 她又不知道發生什麼事了

you'd suck it up and play I play games with the flu

對吧 如果這是場比賽

I play games with 102 degrees fever Man You can't do that

你給我撐住然後繼續 我感冒的時候也比賽啊

You can't You gotta beyond man

兄弟 我甚至帶著102度的高燒比賽 你不能認輸

You're playing against the Golden State Warriors Score is 107-109

你不能 你必須撐住

You guys are close to getting into the playoffs You know exactly what happens in game

你在對陣金州勇士隊的時候 比分是107-109

You go up you're about to take your shot

你們快進入季后賽了 你完全知道比賽發生了什麼

and then all of a sudden boom Your Achilles happens right

你進攻 準備投籃

Friend of mine, Nima he is here just to listen to

然後突然間 嘭 你跟腱出問題了

he played ball and he told me and said hey Patrick

我有個朋友 Nima 他也在場

I don't think you understand he said when I took my Archilles in high school

他玩球的 他告訴我

He said four friends of mine dragged me

我不覺得你能明白 我高中時跟腱也出問題

I was crying from there straight to the hospital He said

他說 我四個朋友拖著我

I have no clue How the hell this guy did it

我從學校哭到醫院 他說

he went and hit the free throws and then you walked off the stage

我不能明白 這傢伙是怎麼做到的

and you got the surgery done

他去罰完球 然後你下場了

How the hell do you tolerate that kind of pain

你去做手術了

You know I tell this example

你是怎麼能忍受這種痛苦的

and I think this is the best way to explain it

你懂嗎 我做個例子

You know you have a hamstring injury you pull your hamstring

我覺得這是最好的比喻

really really badly can't barely walk

比方說你腿筋受傷了 你扯到你的腿筋

Whether you play anything soccer, basketball, volleyball

真的很嚴重的 不能勉強走路

whatever it's can't do it anything

不管你玩什麼 足球 籃球 排球

doctor tells you go home sit on a couch

隨便 總之什麼都不能做

rest your hammie stay off of it

醫生讓你回家 坐在沙發上

don't up no sudden movements

休息保養 保持不動

You're at home all of a sudden of a fire breaks out in the home

別站起來 不要突然地動

Your kids are upstairs wife is wherever she may be

你在家 突然間你家火災了

you know sh*t going down Right

你的孩子們在樓上 老婆不知道在哪裡

I'm willing to bet that you're going to forget about your hamstring

你知道糟糕了 對吧

you're gonna sprint upstrairs you're gonna grab your kids

我敢打賭 你會忘了你的腿筋

you'll make sure your wife is goog you're getting out of that house

你會衝上樓 你會抱走孩子

Right Hamstring be damned

你會確定你妻子是安全的 然後你要逃離那間家

You're not gonna feel your hamstring Right

對嗎 腿筋會毀掉的

And the reason is because the lives of your family

但是你不會有任何感覺 是吧

are more important than the injury of your hamstring

所有原因在於 你家人的生命

and so when the game is more important than the injury itself

重要過 你腿筋的傷痛

you don't feel that damage Not at that time

所以當比賽比傷痛還要重要

I went in the trainer's room and my kids are in there

你不會感覺到痛的 至少那時候不會

and you know they're looking at you and stuff and I'm looking at them

我去到訓練室 我的孩子在那裡

and I like you know It's alright

他們看著你 然後我看著他們

Dad's gonna be all right We'll be fine

我就告訴他們 沒事的

We'll be fine right It'll be all right

爸爸會沒事的 我們會沒事的

It'll be all right As a parent you got to set the example

我們會沒事的 都會好的

you got to set the example This is another obstacle