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Athletes should be role models
運動員應該是榜樣
I love Charles Barkley like a brother, but we disagree from time to time. Here is an example of what I mean: I disagree with what Charles says in his Nike commercial, the one in which he insists, "I am not a role model." Charles, you can deny being a role model all you want, but I don't think it's your decision to make. We don't choose to be role models, we are chosen. Our only choice is whether to be a good role model or a bad one. I don't think we can accept all the glory and money that comes with being a famous athlete without taking the responsibility of being a role model. We need to know that kids and even some adults are watching us and looking to us to set an example. I mean, why do we get endorsements in the first place? Because there are people who will follow our lead and buy a certain sneaker or cereal for the simple fact that we use it.
我喜歡查爾斯·巴克利，就像喜歡自己的兄弟一樣，但我們經常會持有不同意見。我舉個例子：我不同意查爾斯在耐克廣告里說的話，他堅持認為“我不是一個榜樣”。查爾斯，你要是想的話，可以否認自己是榜樣，但我認為這不是你自己可以決定的。我們不能選擇做榜樣，我們是被選擇做榜樣。我們唯一的選擇就是成為一個好榜樣還是壞榜樣。我認為，因為自己是著名運動員而接受所有的榮耀與金錢，同時還不負擔起成為榜樣的責任，這樣是不正確的。我們要知道，孩子甚至還有一些成年人在看著我們，希望我們樹立榜樣。我的意思是，為什么我們一開始就能接到廣告？因為有人會跟隨我們的引領，購買特定的運動鞋或麥片，只是因為我們用了它。
