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Brushing our teeth relies on a ritual. We do it everyday. It's automatic.
而刷牙是例行公事，我們每天都做，幾乎是自動的
Now there are rituals, we know brushing our teeth is important. People won't talk to us if we don't.
這就是例行公事，我們都知道刷牙很重要。如果不刷牙別人就不會跟我們說話
But we also know that physical exercise is very important.
但我們也知道鍛煉很重要
And yet most people in the world, not at Harvard, but in the world, don't do physical exercise and pay very high price for it.
而世界上許多人，不是就哈佛來說，而是整個世界，不做鍛煉，并為此付出了很大的代價
You know it always amazed me when people used to comment on my incredible self-discipline when I was a squash player.
我經常感到驚訝，當別人夸我有不可思議的自律時，那時我還是個壁球運動員
It always amazed me because I don't see myself as a person with self-discipline.
這經常讓我很驚訝，因為我不覺得我是一個有自律的人
You know we don't have chocolate chip cookies at home. And if we do, Tommy hides them.
我們家是沒有巧克力脆餅的。即使有也會被湯米藏起來
Because if there were, they would disappear two minutes later.
因為如果有，它們兩分鐘后就會消失
Zero self-discipline when it comes to these things.
在這些方面我的自律為零
And yet, with squash, I did have, well people thought and what I thought for many years, self-discipline.
但對于壁球，我確實，人們覺得我也這么覺得了好多年，我很自律
Because I would get up in the morning and go for my run.
因為我早上很早起床去跑步
I would then go to school and after school, straight to the court have a session with my coach, regular session with my coach,
然后去學校，放學之后直接去球場和教練進行訓練，常規訓練
then play games, matches, and then as you can see, went to the gym and worked out.
然后打比賽，然后如你所見,去健身房健身
Every single day. And I went home, did my homework and went to bed. It was a ritual.
每一天都是這樣。然后回家，做作業，上床睡覺。這是例行公事
That is what athletes do: they have rituals, which is why they are able to maintain what seems from the outside,
這正是運動員所做的，例行公事。所以他們才能保持從外界看來似乎是
such high levels of discipline, at times superhuman's. It's not. It's rituals.
很高水平的自律，有時甚至是非常人的。但不是這樣，這些是例行公事
