http://www.slamonline.com/nba/brandon-roy-interview/
Brandon Roy’s New Chapter
The former NBA All-Star opens up on overcoming his career-ending injuries and
why he began coaching high school basketball this year.
By Franklyn Calle
在本专访中Roy阐述了其受伤后的心路历程，以及其今年开始执教高中篮球的原因
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SLAM: What were those first few months like when you came to the realization
that your playing career was over? You kept a low profile for a while.
Brandon Roy: The biggest thing is, it’s different but the same for everyone.
I had a few veterans tell me that. So my last real game was when I was like
27 or 28. And a couple of veterans, and I won’t say their names, but they
all reached out to me and said, ‘Hey, B, it doesn’t matter if you’re 38 or
28—this thing is not easy to walk away from.’
So the first thing you have to do is understand that it’s normal to feel the
way you do. That helped me so much. Even the greatest player ever came back
from retirement—twice! Because this isn’t easy to walk away from.
For me, the first thing I had to do was say, OK, it’s normal for me to be a
little sad about this. And the first thing we all want to do is feel sorry
for ourselves. I got that for a little bit. I didn’t want to jump into
something just because people think you have to work to take your mind off
it. I was more of like, You know what? This is the first time in my life that
I don’t have to get up and go work out. I don’t have to travel and leave my
family for two weeks at a time. I don’t have to mentally prepare myself to
play against the best players in the world.
几个老将告诉我，退役这件事尽管每个人的过程不同，却始终必须面对，无论你28或38岁
你必须理解你现在的一切情绪是很正常的，即使是最伟大的球员(MJ)也曾复出了两次!!!
所以，我首先告诉自己，有点难过是正常的，我们在退休后所做的第一件事就是感到遗憾
但我并不是因为大家都认为应该有这样的想法而觉得遗憾，我是真的喜欢篮球
这是我人生第一次不必早起练球，不必为了客场比赛一次离开我家人两个礼拜，不必做好
心理建设去面对这世界最好的球员
SLAM: That’s a really good point.
BR: At my position, I had to match up against Kobe, LeBron, Dwyane Wade, Ray
Allen—those were the guys I had to get ready for. In 2006, these are the
best players around. All that stress and all that work. So I just said, I’m
going to relax. I just relaxed and finally said, Hey, I don’t have to play
anymore. When it’s over you get to relax and not have to go through that
anymore.
Once that was over, I started to think. People were saying, “How about
business?” But I was like, I like basketball! You know, I was fortunate
enough to play basketball and people sometimes think that because you made
money playing basketball you must be really big into business. But I wasn’t
really a businessman. I like hoops. I like the competition of strategizing
against another team. I tried some radio stuff, which I liked a lot. And a
few people asked if I wanted to do TV, but it just wasn’t giving me that
feeling like I have now being on the sidelines and in the locker room. So it
just developed. I was working guys out. I would get some of the top high
school kids and we would work out in the gym. And then it just kind of slowly
went from there.
每天晚上我必须面对这世界最好的球员们，我必须准备好去面对他们
但现在我退休了，我只是放松然后告诉自己，我再也不用打球了，我不必去面对这些
但当这些都结束了，我开始思考未来要做什么
我不是当商人的料，我喜欢篮球，我喜欢与对手竞争与斗智
我尝试过广播工作，有不少人邀请我到电视台工作，但这些都没有给我真正参与球赛的感觉
于是执教高中球队的念头就在我脑中萌芽了
SLAM: What are some of the lessons you learned from your NBA career that you
now find yourself applying to your coaching philosophy and emphasizing to
your kids?
BR: I tell these kids to maximize their opportunities. And the reason you say
that is because you can’t worry about the things you can’t control. You can
’t control injuries but what you can control is what you do every day that
you’re healthy. I think sometimes with these kids, they’re young and the
best thing about being young is that you can dream. Reality hasn’t set in
yet. My knees aren’t going to let me play in the NBA—that’s reality right
there. I try to tell these kids keep dreaming but make sure you live in the
moment. I learned that from my own experience.
At the end of the day, you want to open up your book and you want to know you
dominated every single phase of it. Because when you’re done, that’s all
you have. Now that I’m done with basketball, all I have is my memories and
everything I did while playing. So when people say, “Brandon, how does it
feel? Are you okay with your career?” I’m great! Because I did everything
to the fullest of my abilities in basketball. And when the body said I couldn
’t, I didn’t harp on it.
我告诉孩子们，尽可能把握一切机会，因为担心你无法掌握的事是没有意义的
年轻最大的本钱就是你有很多的梦想等待实现，未来拥有无限可能
我只是不断告诉孩子们持续的追逐梦想，并确保你活在当下
现在我的生涯已经结束，我所拥有的只剩与篮球有关的一切回忆，以及在球场上的一切成就
我对我的生涯很满意，因为我已经完全发挥了我的篮球能力
而当我的身体不行了，我并没有抱怨
SLAM: Did you specifically want to coach at the high school level?
BR: I had a lot of people reach out, even NBA people that I’m good friends
with asking if I wanted to do something at that level. Also, there were
colleges asking if I wanted to do something at that level. It just felt right
to be around the high school kids. Look, I’ve played in the NBA, and it’s
hard to get those guys to adjust. And honestly, I didn’t think I was ready
to step in and help a professional get better. But I thought I had a pretty
good idea of how I could help high school kids. That’s why I felt like the
high school level was where I wanted to start my coaching career. And I do
call it a career because it’s something I’m enjoying and want to continue
to pursue. It almost feels like when I was playing I had to go to high school
and college to get ready for the NBA. So that’s where I’m at in coaching—
start at the bottom and develop my skills.
我之所以想执教高中球队，是因为我不确定自己能胜任更高层级球队的教练
但我认为我有很多想法可以帮助这些孩子，而且他们的可塑性比较高
我想要从基础开始，慢慢磨练我的执教能力，而我对现在的生活乐在其中