An interview on Kobe Bryant(1)

H: So many guys tell stories about your work ethic. 

主持人：很多人在谈论你的职业精神。 

K: Yeah. 

科比：是的。 

H: What was really your work ethic like, and for howlong did you stay disciplined? 

主持人：你的职业精神是什么样的，你能保持多长时间的自律？ 

K: Well, I mean I mean every day. I mean, since 20years. It was an everyday process. And trying to figure outstrengths and weaknesses. For example, jumping ability. Man, my vertical was a40. It wasn't a 46 or 45. My hands are big, but they're not massive,right? 

科比：我认为，每天我都能做到，已经坚持20年了。这是我每天的日常。我尝试找到自己的优缺点。比如，弹跳力。我的弹跳力只有40，不是46或者45。我的手掌挺大的，但是它们还不够大。

So you gotta figure out ways to strengthen them, soyour hands are strong enough to be able to palm a ball and do the things thatyou need to do. Quickness. I was quick but not insanely quick. I was fast butnot ridiculously fast right, right? 

所以我要想办法增强这些方面，这样我的手才能足够有力，才能抓住球，才能做其它我需要做的事情。速度方面，我的速度很快，但速度还不够惊人。我很敏捷，但是还不算极端敏捷。

So I had to rely on skill a lot more. I had to relyon angles a lot more. I had to study the game a lot more. And but I enjoyedthat though. So like from the time I was, I can't remember when I startedwatching the game, I studied the game and it just never changed. 

所以，我更需要依赖技巧，依赖找准角度。我必须花更多精力去研究比赛。但是，其实我挺享受这个过程的。我已经不记得是从什么时候开始研究比赛的了，但这已经成为了习惯。

It's a good separation for me, you know,emotionally to be able to put myself in a place where at practice or when I'mtraining or during games, I switched my mind to something else. I switched mymode into something else, right? 

这对于我来说也是一件好事，让我能够全身心投入在训练中和比赛中，同时也可以灵活地处理其他事，把自己调整到另一个状态。

For me, it's the equivalent of Maximus Decimus Meridiusin Gladiator picking up the dirt, smelling the dirt. It's go time, right? Sothat was my mental switch. I was like an actor getting ready for a film. Yougotta put yourself in that cage. When you're in that cage, you are thatcharacter. And when you leave, there is something completely different. WhenI'm in that cage, bro, don't touch me. Don't talk to me. Leave me alone. 

对于我来说，这就像角斗士Maximus Decimus Meridius在战场上拾起一把尘土，仔细闻它，然后接下来马上就要开始行动了，对吧？这就是我在精神状态上的转换。我就像一个准备好拍电影的演员，我要让自己全身心置身于那个情景，在这时，我就是要扮演的角色本身。完工离开的时候，我的状态又和此前完全不同了。朋友，当我在那个情景中的时候，不要碰我，不要跟我讲话，让我自己一个人待着。

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