Jabari Parker opens up: “People say I’m a tragic story – what’s tragic abo
ut me?”
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“People say I’m a tragic story. What’s tragic about me? I made millions of
dollars, I fed my family, I brought my family out of the ghetto. Those same pe
ople who probably wrote those stories haven’t even achieved 1% of what I’ve
done,” Jabari Parker said.
人們說我是一個悲慘的故事，我哪裡悲慘了，我賺了數百萬美元，我養活了我的家人，我
把我的家人帶出了貧民窟，那些可能寫下這些故事的人甚至沒有取得我所做到事情的百分
之一。
“The most important thing for me is being in the moment. My success is that I
get up and I can be with my loved ones, that I can talk to my friends and sha
re this space. That’s all that matters to me. Everything else—money and the
places I’ve been—I haven’t even given any importance to my draft position.
I’ve fulfilled my dream; that’s all that matters to me. Of course, it would
have been nice to be one of the best players in the NBA, but for me, playing h
ere is the same. My life here is wonderful, and that’s why I keep my feet on
the ground—nothing is guaranteed. I could have quit basketball at 14, and now
, at 30, I’m still playing the sport I love, competing in the EuroLeague, in
a spectacular city and club.”
對我來說，最重要的是我能站起來，和我所愛的人在一起，我能和我的朋友們分享，這對
我來說才是最重要的——我甚至沒有考慮過我的選秀位置；當然，成為NBA最好的球員之
一是件好事。我在這裡的生活也很精彩，這就是為什麼我腳踏實地——沒有什麼是可以保
證的，我可以在14歲時退出籃球，而現在，我已經30歲了，我仍然在一個美麗的城市和球
隊參加歐洲聯賽。
“I like to remind myself—I’m not even supposed to be playing anymore. How m
any people are playing at a high level after what I’ve been through? I’ve to
rn my ACL twice, with two meniscus repairs. I shouldn’t even be walking norma
lly, but I’m playing at a high level.”
我該提醒自己——我甚至不應該再打球了。經歷了我這樣的經歷後，還有多少人能打出高
水準的比賽？我的ACL撕裂了兩次，做過兩次半月板修復。我甚至不能正常走路，但我還
在打高水準的比賽。
“I was at a point where I was accepting that I wouldn’t play for any team. I
wasn’t answering my agent’s calls, and he came to see me at the training gr
ound and said, ‘I’ve known you since you were little, and you need to keep p
laying.’ Then my agent called me about Europe and asked if I could be in Barc
elona the next day.”
當時我已經接受了自己不會為任何球隊效力的事實，但我沒有回覆經紀人的電話，他來訓
練場找我說，‘我從小就認識你，你需要繼續打球。’之後我的經紀人打電話給我，詢問
我是否可以在第二天前往巴塞隆納。
“I’ve never kept trophies at home, but the only shirt I’ll always keep at h
ome is the Barca shirt,” Jabari Parker concluded.
我從來沒有在家裡保留過獎盃，但唯一一件我會永遠保留在家裡的球衣就是巴薩球衣。
短評或心得：
確實很不容易了