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And the oars kind of became a symbol of just in how many ways I went beyond what I thought were my limits.
這些槳也變成了我可以用多種方式來突破我自認為是極限的標志。
I suffered from tendinitis on my shoulders and saltwater sores on my bottom.
肩部的腱鞘炎讓我十分痛苦，海水也殺的臀部非常疼。
I really struggled psychologically, totally overwhelmed by the scale of the challenge,
我在心理上也非常掙扎過，完全是因為挑戰的規模之大擊垮了我，
realizing that, if I carried on moving at two miles an hour, 3,000 miles was going to take me a very, very long time.
我意識到，如果我按照每小時2英里的速度劃行，3000英里會讓我劃行很長很長時間。
There were so many times when I thought I'd hit that limit,
好幾次，我都覺得自己已經達到了極限，
but had no choice but to just carry on and try and figure out how I was going to get to the other side without driving myself crazy.
但我沒有別的選擇，只有一路向前，我必須努力克制自己，好讓自己能夠知道如何前行，達到彼岸。
And eventually after 103 days at sea, I arrived in Antigua.
最終，在海上航行了103天以后，我終于抵達了安提瓜。
I don't think I've ever felt so happy in my entire life.
在我整個人生里，我從沒這么高興過。
It was a bit like finishing a marathon and getting out of solitary confinement and winning an Oscar all rolled into one.
這有點像把完成了馬拉松、走出禁閉室，以及贏得了奧斯卡的感覺合在一起的感覺。
I was euphoric. And to see all the people coming out to greet me and standing along the cliff tops and clapping and cheering,
那一刻，我心潮澎湃。所有的人都跑過來向我問候，人們站在懸崖頂上鼓掌和喚呼，
I just felt like a movie star. It was absolutely wonderful.
我覺得自己像電影明星。那感覺簡直太棒了。
And I really learned then that, the bigger the challenge, the bigger the sense of achievement when you get to the end of it.
我也確實明白了一個道理，困難越大，往往最終獲得的成就感就越大。
