I really didn't think much about Marfan
我真的沒往馬方綜合征那方面多想
I was like what are the odds that you know I have this
我只是覺得,這種事發生在我身上又能有多大幾率呢
So I'm driving home from work thinking Isaiah will be the first draftee with a disability
當時我正下班開車回家,還想著以賽亞會是第一位身有殘疾的新秀
And how many people he can continue to inspire
多少人能一直被他激勵下去
And then I get the phone call from the doctor, and he gave us the diagnosis that
然后我就接到了醫生的電話,他把診斷結果告訴了我
You know, the test came back positive, and we are stunned
你也知道,測試結果陽性,然后,我們都傻了
We didn't even know what to do, stunned
我們都不知道該干什么好,就傻了
It was different if, you know this is the first thing he's gone through
那種情況不太一樣,你明白吧,如果這是他第一次遇到這樣的挫折,那還好說
But it wasn't
但已經不是第一次受這樣的打擊了
I was like man, like, I'm not going to be the great basketball player that my family is gonna look up to any more
我就想,天啊,我再也不能成為光宗耀祖的偉大球星了
You know I'm just gonna be a normal human being
你懂得,我以后也就泯然眾人了
Welcome to the 2014 NBA draft at Barkley Center
歡迎來到巴克萊中心2014年NBA選秀大會
Although Isaiah would no longer be drafted
雖然以賽亞不可能再被選中了
NBA commissioner Adam Silver invited Isaiah and his family to experience the event
NBA總裁亞當-蕭華還是邀請了以賽亞和家人參加選秀大會,現場感受這種氣氛
I was happy that I got to go to New York. I know it was different from what I wanted it to be
我很高興能去到紐約,雖然不是為我一直夢想的東西而來
But at the same time I knew that I was gonna be able to experience my brothers getting drafted
但與此同時,我知道我能夠現場見證兄弟們被選中
I thought I was just gonna sit in the green room the whole time, just being able to witness the draft
我以為我會在小綠屋里一直坐著了,只是旁觀整個選秀
With the next pick in the 2014 NBA draft, the NBA selects Isaiah Austin out of Baylor University
2014年NBA選秀下一順位,NBA聯盟選中了來自貝勒大學的以賽亞-奧斯汀
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