【赢和成功的本质不同】洛杉矶教练John Wooden如此定义成功
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I coined my own definition of success in 1934, when I was teaching at a high school in South Bend, Indiana, being a little bit disappointed, and [disillusioned] perhaps,
by the way parents of the youngsters in my English classes
expected their youngsters to get an A or a B.
They thought a C was all right for the neighbors' children,
because they were all average.
But they weren't satisfied when their own --
it would make the teacher feel that they had failed, or the youngster had failed.
And that's not right.
The good Lord in his infinite wisdom didn't create us all equal
as far as intelligence is concerned,
any more than we're equal for size, appearance.
Not everybody could earn an A or a B, and I didn't like that way of judging,
and I did know how the alumni of various schools
back in the '30s judged coaches and athletic teams.
If you won them all, you were considered to be reasonably successful --
not completely.
参考译文:
我在1934年总结出了我自己对成功的定义, 那时候我在印第安纳州的南岸市一所中学当老师。 有一点点失望,也可能是被 我的英语班年青学生的父母们 期望他们的子女 获得“优秀”或者“良好”的方式给弄糊涂了。他们觉得“一般”给邻居的小孩还差不多, 因为邻居的小孩都是一般般的。 但是如果是他们自己的小孩只拿到“一般”的成绩,他们就不满意了—— 这就使得老师感觉自己很失败,或者年青学生失败了。 但是这是不对的。有着无穷智慧的可敬的上帝 并没有把我们人类在智力上创造成一模一样的, 就像身高体重和相貌的不同。 不是每一个人都能够拿“优秀”或者“良好”,而我也不喜欢这种评判方式。
我确实知道30年代不少学校的校友 怎么评判教练和运动员队伍。 如果你打赢了所有比赛,你就会被认为是比较成功的。 但是也不完全是这样。
【John Wooden】
Coach
★★★推荐理由:
1 有史以来所有运动项目中最伟大的教练
2 加州大学洛杉矶UCLA分校执教40年
3 “成功是内心的平静,这是当你知道你努力成为你能够成为的最好的自己时,自我满足的直接结果。”
“伍教练是一个谦逊、低调的人,他无私地献出了自己的生命,让别人的生活变得更好……约翰·伍登给了我们必要的工具来克服困难和困难,他从一开始就知道这些困难和困难将永远挡在我们的道路上。他教我们寻找动力的来源,激励我们做更高层次的准备和工作。”
John Wooden, affectionately known as Coach, led UCLA to record wins that are still unmatched in the world of basketball. Throughout his long life, he shared the values and life lessons he passed to his players, emphasizing success that’s about much more than winning.