Jabari Parker opens up: “People say I’m a tragic story – what’s tragic abo
ut me?”
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“People say I’m a tragic story. What’s tragic about me? I made millions of
dollars, I fed my family, I brought my family out of the ghetto. Those same pe
ople who probably wrote those stories haven’t even achieved 1% of what I’ve
done,” Jabari Parker said.
人们说我是一个悲惨的故事，我哪里悲惨了，我赚了数百万美元，我养活了我的家人，我
把我的家人带出了贫民窟，那些可能写下这些故事的人甚至没有取得我所做到事情的百分
之一。
“The most important thing for me is being in the moment. My success is that I
get up and I can be with my loved ones, that I can talk to my friends and sha
re this space. That’s all that matters to me. Everything else—money and the
places I’ve been—I haven’t even given any importance to my draft position.
I’ve fulfilled my dream; that’s all that matters to me. Of course, it would
have been nice to be one of the best players in the NBA, but for me, playing h
ere is the same. My life here is wonderful, and that’s why I keep my feet on
the ground—nothing is guaranteed. I could have quit basketball at 14, and now
, at 30, I’m still playing the sport I love, competing in the EuroLeague, in
a spectacular city and club.”
对我来说，最重要的是我能站起来，和我所爱的人在一起，我能和我的朋友们分享，这对
我来说才是最重要的——我甚至没有考虑过我的选秀位置；当然，成为NBA最好的球员之
一是件好事。我在这里的生活也很精彩，这就是为什么我脚踏实地——没有什么是可以保
证的，我可以在14岁时退出篮球，而现在，我已经30岁了，我仍然在一个美丽的城市和球
队参加欧洲联赛。
“I like to remind myself—I’m not even supposed to be playing anymore. How m
any people are playing at a high level after what I’ve been through? I’ve to
rn my ACL twice, with two meniscus repairs. I shouldn’t even be walking norma
lly, but I’m playing at a high level.”
我该提醒自己——我甚至不应该再打球了。经历了我这样的经历后，还有多少人能打出高
水准的比赛？我的ACL撕裂了两次，做过两次半月板修复。我甚至不能正常走路，但我还
在打高水准的比赛。
“I was at a point where I was accepting that I wouldn’t play for any team. I
wasn’t answering my agent’s calls, and he came to see me at the training gr
ound and said, ‘I’ve known you since you were little, and you need to keep p
laying.’ Then my agent called me about Europe and asked if I could be in Barc
elona the next day.”
当时我已经接受了自己不会为任何球队效力的事实，但我没有回复经纪人的电话，他来训
练场找我说，‘我从小就认识你，你需要继续打球。’之后我的经纪人打电话给我，询问
我是否可以在第二天前往巴塞隆纳。
“I’ve never kept trophies at home, but the only shirt I’ll always keep at h
ome is the Barca shirt,” Jabari Parker concluded.
我从来没有在家里保留过奖杯，但唯一一件我会永远保留在家里的球衣就是巴萨球衣。
短评或心得：
确实很不容易了