篮球英文堂 第230期:意志力决定一切

Mental strength is everything, especially when you talk about competing at the highest level,

意志决定一切，尤其是当你在最高水平的舞台竞技，

we have so many great player in our league, it's physically¹ strong, fast, quick,

联盟里有这么多优秀的球员，比赛节奏又强又快，

in order to go up against these guys, you have to prepare yourself for what you're about to go through, you have to be mentally strongly,

为了能够跟这些家伙同台竞技，你必须准备好面对你所要经历的，你必须有强大的意志，

probably the mind is the main difference between good players and great players.

心态可能是好球员和伟大球员之间最大的区别。

My mind is always going through situations to help us get the edge,

我头脑里总是在模拟场上的各种情况来帮助我们掌握优势，

stolen by Lebron James and flushes² it down.

詹姆斯抢断一记大力灌篮。

You have to prepare you mind before you start preparing phisically,

你得先做好心理准备再做身体上的准备，

night in, night out, that's probably my biggest advantage,

没日没夜的训练，那可能是我最大的优势，

being one step ahead, sometimes it even comes to a case when you got to be two steps ahead.

领先别人一步，有些时候甚至你得领先别人两步。

Mentally you have to be tough because going up against the best athletes in the world,

你得做到内心强大，因为与世界上最好的运动员竞争，

you need to be like been through it all, getting inside somebody's head is all,

你必须得事先考虑到所有情况，猜到对手的企图，

really just about competing, I try to visualize³ things, The person I am guarding, rights to do,

只需要你竞争，我试着想象球场上的情况，想象我防守的人，想象在场上做成最正确的选择，

I just try to make it as difficult as possible,

我会尽力给对手制造最大的麻烦，

he is rough all over forcing him out of his comfort zone,

他的球风彪悍，逼迫他离开舒服的区域，

I can either wear out some guys or I can motivate some guys so that's when you find out who you are and who your teammmates are.

我要么消耗对手，要么激励队友，只有这样你才能认识自我，认识队友。

14, pull up tie right now and they're dragging a bit,

14分，奋起直追扳平比赛，但他们显得有些疲惫，

season is tough, it's long, it's grinding⁴, there's no rest for the weary⁵,

赛季很艰辛，很长，很磨人，没有任何休息的时间，

fatigue⁶ is all mental, late in the season, everyone is fatigue,

疲倦完全是心理上的，赛季临近末尾时，每个人都会感到精神上很累，

the one that can extract⁷ this mind from being fatigue and saying you know what, let's give it even more and use the ones that come through,

如果有人能避免精神上的疲倦，这个时候注入更多的精神力量以此战胜精神上的挑战，

it's exciting, exciting when you don't think, you can go to that next level,

那很刺激，当你不认为，你还可以更进一步，

and you tell yourself that you can and when you do it, it's overwhelming⁸ thrilling that night, you've made it through.

但你告诉自己你可以，当你做到了，那个夜晚你会异常的兴奋，因为你做到了。

1 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

2 flushes   

一阵强烈情感( flush的名词复数 )； （纸牌游戏） 同花的一手牌

参考例句：

• No tide flushes through this narrow inlet. 这小湾潮水涌不过来。
• And of course the toilet flushes and the shower has hot and cold water. 当然，厕所冲水很通畅，淋浴也有冷热水。

3 visualize   

vt.使看得见，使具体化，想象，设想

参考例句：

• I remember meeting the man before but I can't visualize him.我记得以前见过那个人，但他的样子我想不起来了。
• She couldn't visualize flying through space.她无法想像在太空中飞行的景象。

4 grinding   

adj.磨的，磨擦的，碾的v.磨碎，嚼碎( grind的现在分词 )；旋转开动；压迫，折磨

参考例句：

• The powerful lords were guilty of grinding the villagers under their heels. 那些大领主的罪过是以权势欺压村民。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This old mill has been grinding away for over 50 years. 50多年来，这间老磨坊一直在磨粮食。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 weary   

adj.疲劳的，使人疲劳的；vi.厌烦，不耐烦

参考例句：

• He has laid out all his strength and is weary.他使出了全部气力，非常疲倦。
• I am weary of his constant complaints.我对他不断发牢骚感到厌烦。

6 fatigue   

n.疲劳，劳累

参考例句：

• The old lady can't bear the fatigue of a long journey.这位老妇人不能忍受长途旅行的疲劳。
• I have got over my weakness and fatigue.我已从虚弱和疲劳中恢复过来了。

7 extract   

vt.取出，提取，获得，摘录；n.摘录，提出物

参考例句：

• The article was a choice extract from her writings.这篇文章是从她的著作中摘录出来的精粹。
• We can extract oil from olive.我们可以从橄榄中榨油。

8 overwhelming   

adj.势不可挡的，压倒的，无法抵抗的

参考例句：

• The flood was overwhelming and the city was soon drowned.洪水来势凶猛，很快这个城市就被淹没了。
• The act was adopted by an overwhelming majority.该法案以压倒多数通过。