Name: 成為職業選手的代價 | 頂尖運動員的商業價值 (The Price To Pay to Go Pro | The Business of Elite Athletes)
Uploaded: 2025-11-13T18:20:05.000Z
Duration: 13 min 46 s

The reason that you cover the sport is for the big occasion and there is no bigger occasion than the Olympics.

你報導這項運動，是因為有盛大賽事，而沒有比奧運更盛大的賽事了。

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There was just this incredible experience of what sport can do.

那真是令人難以置信的體驗，瞭解運動能帶來什麼。

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Growing up, it was my childhood dream to go to an Olympics.

我從小到大，能參加奧運一直是我的童年夢想。

這也是我開始投入這項運動的原因。

That was honestly one of the greatest moments of my career.

說實話，那是我職業生涯中最美好的時刻之一。

Super incredible, life changing experience.

超級難以置信，改變人生的體驗。

Nothing replicates that feeling of adrenaline.

沒有什麼能複製那種腎上腺素飆升的感覺。

The vast majority of these sportsmen and women in sports that are so prominent at the Olympics, you get so little coverage at all.

在奧運會上備受矚目的各種運動項目中，絕大多數運動員得到的報導都非常少。

And they know that really they have one day in four year chance to put their name out there.

他們知道，四年裡他們只有一次機會讓自己聲名遠播。

And the difference between being someone that went to the Olympics but didn't win a medal compared to a gold medalist is astronomical.

而參加奧運卻沒有贏得獎牌，與金牌得主之間的差別，簡直是天文數字般的。

I've interviewed countless teenagers that compete at the very highest level across a whole range of sports.

我訪問過無數青少年，他們在各種運動項目中，都在最高水準上比賽。

And I will forever be in awe at how they manage it.

我永遠都會對他們如何做到這一點感到敬畏。

This is Willa Murray, 17 short track speed skater.

這位是 Willa Murray，17 歲的短道速滑運動員。

This is Freddie Polak, also 17 short track speed skater.

這位是 Freddie Polak，同樣是 17 歲的短道速滑運動員。

I'm a short distance skater, I'm just quicker.

我是短距離滑冰運動員，我只是速度比較快。

500 meters and sometimes 1,000 meter, it's about 35 miles an hour, something around that on the sprinting, maybe a bit more.

500 公尺，有時是 1,000 公尺，短跑速度大約是每小時 35 英里，可能還多一點。

We're both in the same age category and it's not a massive sport in the uk so we're both racing each other all the time really.

我們都屬於同一個年齡組，而且這在英國不是一項很大的運動，所以我們幾乎一直在互相比賽。

不，我知道，年紀，對，永遠。

We're mates off the ice all the time, obviously, but

我們私底下一直都是朋友，這很明顯，但

when we're on the ice you have that competitiveness.

當我們在冰上時，就會有那種競爭的感覺。

You just want to win the race on the ice.

It's a really fast paced sport, really exhilarating to watch first, it's not my choice.

這是一項節奏超快的運動，看的時候真的很刺激，這不是我的選擇。

He used to do ice hockey, but he's always loved the speed skating more.

他以前玩冰球，但他一直更喜歡競速滑冰。

When we were younger, Fred was always just dominating everyone.

我們年輕的時候，Fred 總是能輕鬆擊敗所有人。

I can't remember when I won my first one.

我已經不記得我第一次贏得獎牌是什麼時候了。

I've got like five British records or something in lockdown.

封鎖期間我拿下了五個英國紀錄之類的。

I gained like a lot of weight because I didn't grow, I just plateaued.

我胖了很多，因為我沒有長高，只是停滯不前。

我差點放棄，但我就是堅持了下來。

And then this season I've improved like nine, nine seconds.

然後這個賽季我進步了大概九秒，九秒。

So I've got personal best of nine seconds in all distances.

所以我在所有距離上都有個人最佳成績，快了九秒。

When they're both the same age and they're both skating at the same time, the whole thing makes it very competitive.

當他們年紀一樣，又同時滑冰的時候，整個情況就變得非常有競爭力。

You can see that from early on and all they want to do is try to win and get better and better.

你可以看到，從一開始他們就只想贏，而且越來越好。

The drive comes when they get a little bit older and they start to realise where they can go with the sport and they realise themselves that they've got the talent to do that somehow managing to train and then perform whilst also navigating, growing up and everything that that comes with and finding their place in the world.

當他們年紀漸長，開始意識到自己在這個運動上的潛力，並且發現自己有天賦，能夠在成長的過程中，同時兼顧訓練和比賽，並找到自己在世界上的定位時，這種動力就出現了。

I don't really know how they managed to do it.

我真的不知道他們是怎麼做到的。

My name's Emily Hart and I'm a full time athlete for BMX racing.

我叫 Emily Hart，我是一名全職的 BMX 競速運動員。

We're currently in Manchester indoor BMX track.

我們現在在曼徹斯特的室內 BMX 賽道。

This is the BMX facility, which is fully indoor in the world.

這是全世界第一個全室內的 BMX 設施。

Typically In BMX you're 8 abreast, you're going from 0 to 50, 55, 60K an hour in the space of about 2.5 to 2.7 seconds.

通常在 BMX 比賽中，你們會有八個人並排，在大概 2.5 到 2.7 秒內從 0 加速到 50、55、60 公里。

And you're doing all that within about 2 inches of each other.

而且你們的距離只有大約兩英吋。

So it's all strength, power, explosivity.

所以這一切都是關於力量、爆發力。

You've got to be brave, you've got to be courageous.

You basically go from the start to the finish as quick as you can, getting over the jumps as fast as you can and passing people, literally.

你們基本上就是從頭到尾盡快衝刺，盡快越過跳臺，而且是真的一路超車。

As a kid I hated losing and I feel like it was probably quite bad.

小時候我討厭輸，我覺得那可能有點糟。

But even just in school, the running races or the long distance that I had to win, everyone always says, like, win the Olympics, that's like the go to for everyone.

但即使在學校的跑步比賽或是我必須贏的長跑項目，大家總說，像是贏得奧運，這對每個人來說都是目標。

I think four years is a long time, so I should really be getting into like my prime then.

我覺得四年很長，所以我那時候應該會進入我的巔峰狀態。

But it also doesn't feel like a long time at all.

Different athletes have different motivations at different points, whether that's age or whether that stage in career.

不同的運動員在不同階段有不同的動機，無論是年齡還是職業生涯的哪個階段。

Emily's at that youthful point where she wants to win and anything else isn't good enough.

Emily 正處於年輕氣盛的階段，她想贏，其他一切都不夠好。

The whole point of the reserve status for the Olympics and traveling reserve is that you're taking the athlete on the basis that you believe their capabilities for the next Games.

奧運預備隊員和隨隊預備隊員的整個意義在於，你們是基於相信他們有能力參加下一屆奧運而帶上運動員的。

But ultimately as a traveling reserve, you're preparing to race worst case scenario.

但最終作為隨隊預備隊員，你們是為最壞的情況做準備。

And I think that's a large part of their experience, seeing what goes on on a race day behind the scenes that they typically wouldn't see.

我覺得這也是他們經驗中很重要的一部分，看到比賽日幕後發生的事情，這些是他們平常看不到的。

I went to my first Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000.

我第一次參加奧運是在 2000 年的雪梨奧運。

I was part of a women's quad that won the first medal ever for British rowing at the Olympic Games.

我參加的女子四人單槳隊，贏得了英國划船隊在奧運上的第一面獎牌。

For the women's side, there was just this incredible experience of what sport can do, what one moment can do to influence whole other generation or to inspire or to engage.

對女子組來說，這是一段非常不可思議的經歷，體驗到運動能做什麼，一個瞬間能對下一代產生多大的影響、啟發或吸引力。

I didn't come from a sporting family, so when I graduated and said to my mum and dad, you know, right, I know I've got this really good degree in law, but

我並非出身於運動世家，所以當我畢業時，我告訴我爸媽，你知道嗎，我有一個很棒的法律學位，但是

what I'm really going to try and do is actually just see where this rowing could take me.

我真正想嘗試的是看看划船能帶我去哪裡。

I always, always felt actually education and sport can balance each other brilliantly and there's a sense that, that both worlds can become quite intense and very focused.

我一直、一直覺得教育和運動可以完美地平衡，而且感覺這兩個世界都可以變得非常激烈和專注。

It's all balancing at school at the moment, just making sure that I can get all my sessions done.

目前我得在學校裡取得平衡，確保我能完成所有的訓練。

Sometimes I have to train by myself and not with a team because of my school commitments.

有時候我必須自己一個人訓練，而不是和隊友一起，因為我還有學校的課業。

You've got to have other interests, you've got to stay balanced.

你必須要有其他的興趣，你必須保持平衡。

If you want to become the best at something, you have to commit all your time to that.

如果你想在某件事上做到最好，你就必須投入所有時間。

He's chosen not to go into the education after his GCSEs so he is just a full time athlete now.

他選擇了高中畢業後不繼續升學，現在他是一位全職運動員。

He's got a goal and he wants to achieve, so if that's what it is, I'll support him for that.

他有目標，他想達成，所以如果這是他的選擇，我會支持他。

As they're growing up, we're constantly telling them that education is important and it is for them to do as far as they can.

在他們成長的過程中，我們不斷告訴他們教育很重要，而且他們要盡力而為。

For shortchat speed skaters, there is no financing it afterwards.

對於短道速滑運動員來說，之後沒有經費來源。

So they have to have something that they can fall back on and they usually find it while they are an elite athlete.

所以他們必須要有可以依靠的東西，而他們通常在成為頂尖運動員時就找到了。

While they're skating, they usually find out something that they get into.

當他們在滑冰時，他們通常會發現一些他們感興趣的東西。

Actually for me, having something that was so different.

事實上對我來說，有這麼不一樣的東西。

So, you know, if you get exhausted in lectures and library and essays, actually

所以，你知道，如果你在聽演講、在圖書館和寫論文時感到筋疲力盡，其實

going out in the river or the canal or the gym was so refreshing and stimulating for me.

去河邊、運河或健身房對我來說非常提神和有啟發性。

But likewise after being physically exhausted by sport, I loved going and sitting quietly and thinking and being challenged in a different way.

但同樣地，在運動讓身體精疲力盡之後，我喜歡靜靜地坐著思考，並以不同的方式接受挑戰。

As an athlete who's 19, 20 years old, all you're concerned about is going fast on a BMX bike.

作為一個 19、20 歲的運動員，你只關心在 BMX 單車上騎得飛快。

And the mere thought of when someone who's older, even though we've experienced this stuff, if someone older comes in and goes, you need to have a think about the future.

即使我們經歷過這些事，但光是想到當一個長輩，即使我們經歷過這些事，如果有人長輩進來跟你說，你需要為未來多想想。

You don't really take it on because you don't think it's not prevalent to you yet.

你不會真的接受，因為你覺得這還不適用於你。

I think I did two shifts and then had to leave.

我記得我做了兩班，然後就得離開了。

I have actually thought about what I would do after, just in case and I still don't really know what I do because I don't Want to go to uni?

我其實有想過之後要做什麼，以防萬一，而且我到現在還是不太確定要做什麼，因為我不想去大學唸書嗎？

I'm trying to sort out getting my coaching course done.

我正在努力安排完成我的教練課程。

There are a lot of programs in place to help athletes prepare for what they're going to do after their careers.

有很多計畫可以幫助運動員為他們職業生涯結束後的發展做準備。

And also understand that while they may not have been to university, they may not have the same qualifications that some of their peers that haven't been sports people have.

同時也要明白，雖然他們可能沒唸過大學，但他們可能沒有那些沒當過運動員的同儕所擁有的相同資格。

They have gathered attributes, teamwork and dedication and things like that that other people haven't been able to do, and

他們培養了團隊合作、奉獻精神等其他許多人無法做到的特質，

而且他們可以在其他領域運用這些特質。

I studied law and I was very aware a lot of my peers were going to be going on to careers and salaries that were going to be way beyond anything I could come close to through sport.

我唸法律，我非常清楚我的許多同儕將會擁有遠超我透過運動所能及的職業生涯和薪水。

I think I knew that there isn't going to be a lot of money.

I think I kind of knew it from the start.

There is absolutely no comparison between Premier League footballers and Olympic athletes.

英國足球超級聯賽球員和奧運運動員之間根本沒有可比性。