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And the competition didn't stop there. My sister who is one year younger than me, never want to be home by herself. She took classes, extra classes, graduated from high school with me, to go to university North Carolina with me, and to graduate fairer than me. And you guys ask me where my competition nature comes from, it came from them, it came from my older sister and she is not here today. My father who is not here today, obviously he is with us, all of us. My competitive nature has gone a long way from the first time I picked up any sports, baseball, football, run-track, basketball, anything in this class I played it.
我體內的競爭意識的源泉還遠遠不止這些。我的妹妹，她比我小一歲，從來不喜歡一個人在家。她參加了許多額外的課程，最終和我同一年畢業。之后我們都去了北卡羅來納大學，她卻比我早一年畢業。你們問我體內的競爭意識，競爭的本能源自何處，這就是答案。它還來自我的姐姐，她今天沒有出席。我的父親，雖然他已經不在了，但是他的精神一直陪伴著我。我的競爭意識從我第一天從事體育運動就開始萌發，任何運動，棒球、橄欖球、田徑、籃球，你們所能列舉的運動我都參加過。
When you think about, they started to fire me; you know that fire started from my parents. As I moved on my career, people add wood to that fire. Coach Smith, what can I say about him? He is a legendary coach. Lerold Smith, now you guys think that's a mistake. Lerold Smith was the guy when I got kicks he made in the team. He is here tonight. He is still the same six seven guy. He is not even bigger. His lev l is probably about the same. But he started the whole process for me, because when he made the team and I didn't, I wanted to prove, not just to Lerold Smith, not just to myself, but to the coach who actually picked Lerold over me. I want to make sure you understood you make a mistake, dude.
他們點燃了我心中的火焰。從我的父母開始，隨著我的職業生涯的發展，一些人使這股火焰更加旺盛。比如史密斯教練，我該對他說些什么呢？他是一個有著傳奇色彩的教練。里羅德·史密斯，你們可能都認為我說錯了，因為他就是當年我被踢掉的時候進校隊的人。他今天也在現場，他還是六尺七寸那么高，一點也沒長高，水平也和以前差不多。但就是他點起了我心中的火焰——為什么他可以進校隊而我不能，我要證明——不僅僅是向我自己或者他，我還要向教練證明你做出了一個錯誤的選擇。
