It's great to see you and hello class of 2024.

很高興見到你，你好，2024 屆的同學們。

This is so exciting.

太激動人心了

It's an incredible feeling to be here with you and I am so excited to join you today.

今天能和你們在一起，我感到非常激動。

Really you have no idea how excited I am.

真的，你不知道我有多激動。

Keep in mind this is literally only the second time I've ever set foot on a college campus.

請記住，這只是我第二次踏入大學校園。

Second time ever.

第二次了

But for some reason you are giving me a doctorate degree.

但出於某種原因，你要給我一個博士學位。

I just came here to give a speech but I get to go home as Dr. Roger.

我只是來演講的，但我可以以羅傑博士的身份回家。

That's a pretty nice bonus.

這真是一筆不錯的獎金。

So Dr. Roger this has to be my most unexpected victory ever.

羅傑博士，這一定是我最意想不到的勝利。

Thank you.

謝謝。

President Beilock, the board of trustees, faculty members, thank you for this honor.

貝洛克校長、董事會、各位教職員工，感謝你們授予我這項榮譽。

President Beilock, I'm incredibly grateful and I'll try my best not to choke.

貝洛克總統，我非常感激，我會盡力不哽咽。

I'm a little bit outside of my comfort zone today.

我今天有點超出了我的舒適區。

This is not my usual scene and these are not my usual clothes.

這不是我平時的場景，這也不是我平時穿的衣服。

Do you dress like this every day at Dartmouth?

你在達特茅斯每天都穿成這樣嗎？

The robe is hard to move in.

長袍穿起來行動不便。

Keep in mind I've worn shorts almost every day for the last 35 years.

要知道，在過去的 35 年裡，我幾乎每天都穿短褲。

I'm not a person who gives a lot of speeches like this.

我不是一個經常發表類似演講的人。

Maybe the worst but an important speech was when I started on the Swiss national team.

最糟糕但也是最重要的一次演講可能是我開始加入瑞士國家隊的時候。

I was only 17 years old and I was so nervous I couldn't even say more than four words.

我當時只有 17 歲，緊張得連四個字都說不出來。

Happy to be here.

很高興來到這裡。

Well here we are 25 years later and I still feel a little nervous but I've got a lot more than four words to say to you.

25 年後的今天，我仍然感到有些緊張，但我要對你們說的話遠不止四個字。

Starting with I'm happy to be here.

首先，我很高興來到這裡。

Happy to be with you here on the green.

很高興能在綠茵場上與你相伴。

As you might have heard grass is my favorite surface.

你們可能聽說過，草地是我最喜歡的地面。

The big green it must be destiny.

大綠色一定是命運的安排。

And there's another reason I'm here and I can sum it up in two words.

我來這裡還有另一個原因，我可以用兩個詞來概括。

Beer pong.

乒乓啤酒

Or pong as you call it and I guess you can all call it what you like.

或者你們稱之為 "乒乓"，我想你們都可以隨心所欲地稱之為 "乒乓"。

I'm told Dartmouth invented it.

聽說是達特茅斯發明的。

Now this sport, wait is pong a sport?

現在這項運動，等等，乒乓球是一項運動嗎？

It is?

是什麼？

Okay or is it is the way of life?

好吧，還是這就是生活方式？

Either way Dartmouth is the Wimbledon of pong and it's even and it's even raining like in Wimbledon.

無論如何，達特茅斯都是乒乓球界的溫布爾登，它甚至會像溫布爾登那樣下雨。

So I'm glad to work on my shots with some of you.

所以，我很高興能和你們中的一些人一起練習拍攝。

These past few days I'm actually thinking about turning pro.

這幾天，我真的在考慮轉行。

But I know there's more to Dartmouth than pong.

但我知道，達特茅斯不只有乒乓球。

I've spent an amazing couple of days here and you've made Hanover feel like home.

我在這裡度過了愉快的幾天，你們讓漢諾威有了家的感覺。

The mountains here are exactly like the Swiss Alps just shorter.

這裡的山脈與瑞士阿爾卑斯山一模一樣，只是矮一些。

But I'm loving it here.

但我很喜歡這裡。

I got a chance to hit some balls with my kids at the Boss Tennis Center yesterday.

昨天，我有機會和孩子們一起在 Boss 網球中心打了幾個球。

I did a walk-em.

我走了一圈

I got to climb the Baker Tower.

我登上了貝克塔。

I saw some incredible views and took my kids to see the Dr. Zoo's books at the library.

我看到了一些令人難以置信的景色，還帶孩子們去圖書館看了動物園博士的書。

And of course also I crushed some chocolate chip cookies from FOCO and I ate some EBA's chicken sandwich from Lou's.

當然，我還碾碎了一些 FOCO 的巧克力餅乾，吃了一些 Lou's 的 EBA 雞肉三明治。

I've done it all.

我都做過。

But there's another big reason I'm here.

但我來這裡還有一個重要原因。

Tony G, class of 93.

託尼-G，93 屆學生。

Are we rapping now?

我們現在是在說唱嗎？

Tony Gotzig is my business partner, my longtime agent and one of my closest friends and most of all I'm a proud father of Isabella, class of 2024.

託尼-高茲格是我的商業夥伴、長期經紀人和最親密的朋友之一，最重要的是，我是 2024 屆學生伊莎貝拉的父親。

From Tony and now Bea, I know how special this place truly is and how loyal you are to each other and how obsessive you are about this color green.

從託尼和現在的比伊身上，我知道這個地方真的很特別，你們對彼此是多麼忠誠，對這種綠色是多麼痴迷。

I was with their family including Mary Jo and Nico the day Bea got into Dartmouth.

Bea 被達特茅斯大學錄取的那天，我和他們一家，包括 Mary Jo 和 Nico 在一起。

I remember how crazy happy she was.

我還記得她有多開心。

I saw a smile and a level of excitement on her face that I'd never seen before.

我在她臉上看到了前所未有的微笑和興奮。

But then I got here and actually everybody is smiling like this.

但後來我到了這裡，其實每個人都在這樣笑。

I can see how proud you are of this place and this moment.

我看得出，你對這個地方和此時此刻有多麼自豪。

You've worked so hard to get here.

你們辛辛苦苦才來到這裡。

I have huge respect for all of you, what you have achieved.

我非常敬佩你們所有人，敬佩你們所取得的成就。

And for the families and friends who have helped to achieve it, let's give them a big hand.

而對於那些幫助實現這一目標的家人和朋友，讓我們向他們致以崇高的敬意。

I'm even more impressed because I left school at the age of 16 to play tennis full-time, so I never went to college.

更讓我印象深刻的是，我 16 歲就輟學全職打網球，所以從未上過大學。

But I did graduate recently.

但我最近畢業了。

I graduated tennis.

我從網球專業畢業。

I know the word is retire.

我知道 "退休 "這個詞。

Roger Federer retired from tennis.

羅傑-費德勒退役

Retired, the word is awful.

退休，這個詞太可怕了。

You wouldn't say you retired from college, right?

你不會說你從大學退休了吧？

It sounds terrible.

聽起來很可怕。

Like you, I finished one big thing and I'm moving on to the next.

和你一樣，我已經完成了一件大事，現在要做下一件。

Like you, I'm figuring out what that is.

和你一樣，我也在摸索那是什麼。

Graduates, I feel your pain.

畢業生們，你們的痛苦我感同身受。

I know what it's like when people keep asking what your plan is for the rest of your life.

我知道當人們不斷問你下半輩子的計劃時是什麼感覺。

They ask me, now that you are not a professional tennis player, what do you do?

他們問我，現在你不是職業網球運動員了，你是做什麼的？

I don't know and it's okay not to know.

我不知道，不知道也沒關係。

So what do I do with my time?

那我該如何打發時間呢？

I'm a dad first, so I guess I drive my kids to school.

我首先是個父親，所以我開車送孩子們上學。

I play chess online against strangers.

我在網上和陌生人下棋。

I vacuum the house.

我用吸塵器打掃房間。

No, in truth, I'm loving the life of a tennis graduate.

不，事實上，我很喜歡網球專業畢業生的生活。

I graduated tennis in 2022 and you are graduating college in 2024, so I have a head start in answering the questions of what's next.

我是 2022 年網球專業畢業的，而你們是 2024 年大學畢業的，所以在回答 "下一步該怎麼走 "的問題上，我佔了先機。

Today, I want to share a few lessons I've relied on through this transition.

今天，我想和大家分享一下我在這一轉變過程中總結出的幾條經驗。

Let's call them tennis lessons.

就叫網球課吧。

I hope they will be useful in the world beyond Dartmouth.

我希望它們能在達特茅斯以外的世界發揮作用。

So here's the first.

這是第一個。

Effortless is a myth.

毫不費力是一個神話。

I mean it.

我是認真的

I say that as someone who has heard that word a lot.

我是一個經常聽到這個詞的人。

Effortless.

毫不費力。

People would say my play was effortless.

人們會說我的表演毫不費力。

Most of the time they meant it as a compliment, but it used to frustrate me when they would say he barely broke a sweat or he's even trying.

大多數時候，他們是在誇我，但當他們說他幾乎沒出汗，或者他甚至在努力時，我就會感到沮喪。

The truth is I had to work very hard to make it look easy.

事實上，我必須付出很大的努力，才能讓它看起來很容易。

I spent years whining, swearing, sorry, throwing my racket before I learned to keep my cool.

在我學會保持冷靜之前，我花了很多年時間抱怨、咒罵、抱歉、扔球拍。

The wake-up call came early in my career when an opponent at the Italian Open publicly questioned my mental discipline.

在我職業生涯的早期，意大利公開賽上的一位對手公開質疑我的心理紀律，這給我敲響了警鐘。

He said, Roger will be the favorite for the first two hours, then I'll be the favorite after that.

他說，前兩個小時羅傑會是最受歡迎的，之後我會是最受歡迎的。

I was puzzled at first, but eventually I realized what he was trying to say.

起初我很困惑，但最終我明白了他想說什麼。

Everybody can play well the first two hours.

每個人都能在前兩個小時發揮出色。

You're fit, you're fast, you're clear, and after two hours your legs get wobbly, your mind starts wandering, and your discipline starts to fade.

你體格健壯、速度快、頭腦清醒，但兩個小時後，你的雙腿開始打擺子，你的思緒開始飄忽不定，你的紀律性開始消退。

It made me understand I have so much work ahead of me and I'm ready to go on this journey.

它讓我明白，我還有很多工作要做，我已經準備好踏上這段旅程。

I get it.

我明白了。

My parents, my coaches, my fitness coach, everyone had been calling me out.

我的父母、教練、健身教練，所有人都在罵我。

And now even my rivals were doing it.

現在，連我的競爭對手也這麼做了。

Players, thank you.

球員們，謝謝你們。

I'm eternally grateful for what you did because you made me work is the ultimate achievement.

我永遠感激你所做的一切，因為你讓我工作是最終的成就。

I got that reputation because my warm-ups at the tournaments were so casual that people didn't think I'd been training hard.

我之所以有這樣的名聲，是因為我在比賽中的熱身太隨意了，以至於人們不認為我進行了刻苦的訓練。

But I had been working hard before the tournament when nobody was watching.

但在比賽前，我一直在努力工作，因為當時沒有人在看。

Maybe you've seen a version of this at Dartmouth.

也許你在達特茅斯見過這樣的版本。

How many times did you feel like your classmates were racking up A after A without even trying while you were pulling all-nighters?

有多少次，當你通宵達旦地學習時，你覺得同學們不費吹灰之力就能拿到一個又一個的 A？

Loading up on caffeine, maybe, or crying softly in a corner of Sanborn Library?

也許是在補充咖啡因，也許是在桑伯恩圖書館的角落裡輕聲哭泣？

Hopefully, like me, you learned that effortless is a myth.

希望你能像我一樣，明白毫不費力只是一個神話。

I didn't get where I got on pure talent alone.

我的成就並非僅靠天賦。

I got there by trying to outwork my opponents.

我是通過努力超越對手才取得的成績。

I believed in myself, but belief in yourself has to be earned.

我相信自己，但對自己的信念必須靠自己去爭取。

There was a moment in 2003 when my self-belief really kicked in.

2003 年，有那麼一刻，我的自信心真正萌發了。

I was at the ATP finals where only the best eight players qualify, and I beat some of the top players I really, really admired by aiming right at their strength.

我參加的是 ATP 總決賽，只有最好的八名選手才有資格參賽，而我通過瞄準他們的強項擊敗了一些我非常非常欽佩的頂尖選手。

Before, I would run away from their strength.

以前，我會逃避他們的力量。

If a guy had a strong forehand, I would try to hit his backhand, but now I would try to go after his forehand.

如果一個人的正手很強，我會嘗試打他的反手，但現在我會嘗試打他的正手。

I tried to beat the baseliners from the baseline.

我試圖從底線擊敗底線球員。

I tried to beat the attackers by attacking.

我試圖通過進攻擊敗進攻者。

I tried to beat the net Why did I do it?

我試圖擊敗球網 我為什麼要這麼做？

To amplify my game and expand my options.

放大我的遊戲，擴大我的選擇。

You need a whole arsenal of strength, so if one of them breaks down, you've got something left.

你需要一個完整的武器庫，這樣即使其中一個壞了，你還能剩下一些東西。

When your game is clicking like that, winning is easy, relatively.

當你的比賽進入這種狀態時，贏球相對來說就容易多了。

Then there are days when you just feel broken.

有些時候，你會覺得自己崩潰了。

Your back hurts, your knee hurts.

你的背疼，你的膝蓋疼。

I had that a lot.

我經常這樣。

Maybe you're a little sick or scared, but you still find a way to win, and those are the victories we can be most proud of because they prove that you can win not just when you're at your best, but especially when you aren't.

也許你有點不舒服或害怕，但你仍然找到了獲勝的方法，這些都是我們最值得驕傲的勝利，因為它們證明了你不僅可以在最佳狀態時獲勝，而且尤其可以在不最佳狀態時獲勝。

Yes, talent matters.

是的，人才很重要。

I'm not going to stand here and tell you it doesn't, but talent has a broad definition.

我不會站在這裡告訴你它不是，但人才有一個廣泛的定義。

Most of the time, it's not about having a gift.

大多數時候，這與禮物無關。

It's about having grit.

這就是勇氣。

In tennis, a great forehand with sick racket head can be called a talent, but in tennis, like in life, discipline is also a talent, and so is patience.

在網球運動中，用變態的拍頭打出一記精彩的正手球可以說是一種天賦，但在網球運動中，就像在生活中一樣，紀律也是一種天賦，耐心也是一種天賦。

Trusting yourself is a talent.

相信自己是一種才能。

Embracing the process, loving the process is a talent.

擁抱過程、熱愛過程是一種才能。

Managing your life, managing yourself, these can be talents too.

管理自己的生活、管理自己，這些也可以是才能。

Some people are born with them.

有些人天生就有。

Everybody has to work at them.

每個人都必須為之努力。

From this day forward, some people are going to assume that because you graduated from Dartmouth, it all is going to come easy for you, and you know what?

從今天開始，有些人會認為，因為你畢業於達特茅斯學院，所以一切都會對你來說輕而易舉，你知道嗎？

Let them believe that as long as you don't.

只要你不相信，就讓他們相信吧。

Okay, second lesson.

好了，第二課。

It's only a point.

這只是一個點。

Let me explain.

讓我來解釋一下。

You can work harder than you thought possible and still lose.

你可以付出超乎想象的努力，但還是會輸。

I have many times.

我已經說過很多次了。

Tennis is brutal.

網球是殘酷的。

There's no getting around the fact that every tournament ends the same way.

每場比賽的結局都是一樣的，這是無法迴避的事實。

One player gets a trophy.

一名選手獲得獎盃。

Every other player gets back on a plane, stares out of the window, and thinks, how the hell did I miss that shot?

其他球員回到飛機上，盯著窗外，心想：我怎麼會沒打中？

Imagine if today only one of you got a degree.

想象一下，如果今天你們中只有一個人拿到了學位。

Congratulations, this year's graduate.

祝賀今年的畢業生

Let's give her a hand.

讓我們幫她一把。

The rest of you, the other 1,000 of you, better luck next time.

其餘的 1000 人，祝你們下次好運。

So you know, I tried not to lose, but I did lose, sometimes big.

所以你知道，我試著不輸，但我還是輸了，有時輸得很慘。

For me, one of the biggest was the finals at Wimbledon in 2008, me versus Nadal.

對我來說，最重要的比賽之一是 2008 年溫布爾登的決賽，我對陣納達爾。

Some call it the greatest match of all time.

有人稱這是有史以來最偉大的比賽。

Okay, all respect to Rafa, but I think it would have been way, way better if I had won.

好吧，我尊重拉法，但我認為如果我贏了，那會更好。

Losing at Wimbledon was a big deal because winning Wimbledon is everything.

在溫布爾登輸球是件大事，因為贏得溫布爾登就是一切。

Obviously, except winning that Dartmouth Master Pong title sophomore summer, it is.

顯然，除了在大二暑假贏得達特茅斯乒乓球大師賽冠軍之外，就是這樣了。

I mean, I've gotten to play in some amazing venues around the world, but when you have the chance to walk onto center court at Wimbledon, the cathedral of tennis, and when you finish as the champion, you feel the magnitude of the moment, and there's nothing like it.

我的意思是，我曾在世界各地一些令人驚歎的場地打過球，但當你有機會走進網球大教堂溫布爾登的中央球場，當你以冠軍身份結束比賽時，你會感受到那一刻的偉大，沒有什麼能與之媲美。

In 2008, I was going for a record six consecutive title.

2008 年，我向創紀錄的六連冠發起衝擊。

I was playing for history.

我是在為歷史而戰。

I'm not going to walk you through the match point by point.

我就不逐點講解了。

If we did, we would be here for hours, almost five hours to be exact.

如果我們這樣做，我們會在這裡待上幾個小時，確切地說，將近五個小時。

There were rain delays.

有雨延誤。

The sun went down.

太陽下山了。

Rafa won two sets.

拉法贏了兩盤

I won the next two sets in tie breaks, and we found ourselves at seven all in the fifth.

我在接下來的兩盤比賽中均獲勝，第五盤我們打成七平。

I understand why people focus on the end.

我理解人們為什麼只關注結尾。

The final minute is so dark, I could barely see the chalk on the grass, but looking back, I feel like I lost at the very first point of the match.

最後一分鐘是如此黑暗，我幾乎看不到草地上的粉筆，但回想起來，我覺得自己在比賽的第一分就輸了。

I looked across the net, and I saw a guy who just a few weeks earlier crushed me in straight sets at the French Open, and I thought this guy is maybe hungrier than I am, and he's finally got my number.

我看著對面的球網，我看到一個幾周前剛剛在法國網球公開賽上直落兩盤擊敗我的傢伙，我想這傢伙可能比我更飢渴，他終於得到了我的號碼。

It took me onto the third set before I remembered, hey, buddy, you're the five-time defending champion, and you're on grass, by the way.

打到第三盤，我才想起來，嘿，老兄，你可是五屆衛冕冠軍，而且還是在草地上。

You know how to do this, but I came too late, and Rafa won, and it was well deserved.

你知道該怎麼做，但我來得太晚了，拉法贏了，而且是實至名歸。

Some defeats hurt more than others.

有些失敗比其他失敗更傷人。

I knew I would never get another shot at six in a row.

我知道，我再也不會有連續六次的機會了。

I lost Wimbledon.

我輸掉了溫布爾登。

I lost my number one ranking, and suddenly people said, he had a great run.

我失去了排名第一的位置，人們突然說，他的表現很棒。

Is this the changing of the guard?

這是換防嗎？

But I knew what I had to do, keep working and keep competing.

但我知道自己該做什麼，繼續努力，繼續比賽。

In tennis, perfection is impossible.

在網球運動中，完美是不可能的。

In the 1,526 singles matches I played in my career, I won almost 80% of those matches.

在我職業生涯中參加的 1526 場單打比賽中，我幾乎贏得了 80% 的比賽。

Now, I have a question for you.

現在，我有一個問題要問你。

What percentage of points do you think I won in those matches?

你認為我在這些比賽中的勝率是多少？

Only 54%.

只有 54%。

In other words, even top-ranked tennis players win barely more than half of the points they play.

換句話說，即使是排名靠前的網球運動員，他們贏得的分數也不過一半多。

When you lose every second point on average, you learn not to dwell on every shot.

當你平均每一秒鐘就輸一分時，你就會學會不要糾結於每一球。

You teach yourself to think, okay, I double-faulted, it's only a point.

你要教自己想，好吧，我犯了兩次錯誤，這只是一分而已。

Okay, I came to the net, then I got passed again, it's only a point.

好吧，我來到網前，然後又被超過了，這只是一分而已。

Even a great shot, an overhead backhand smash that ends up on ESPN's top ten playlist, that too is just a point.

即使是一個偉大的擊球，一個高高舉起的反手擊球，最終登上了 ESPN 的十大播放列表，那也只是一分而已。

So here's why I'm telling you this.

這就是我告訴你這些的原因。

When you're playing a point, it has to be the most important thing in the world, and it is.

當你打分時，它必須是世界上最重要的事情，而事實也的確如此。

But when it's behind you, it's behind you.

但當它在你身後時，它就在你身後。

This mindset is really crucial, because it frees you to fully commit to the next point and the next point after that, with intensity, clarity and focus.

這種心態真的很重要，因為它能讓你自由地全身心投入到下一個點和下下一個點之後的工作中去，並保持強度、清晰度和專注度。

The truth is, whatever game you play in life, sometimes you're going to lose a point, a match, a season, a job.